[PSY 340] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 39 pages long Study Guide!
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Understand psychological triad: thought, feelings, behavior. Functioning of whole individual: different approaches focus on different topics. Trait: conceptualization of individual differences, measurement of individual differences. Phenomenological: conscious awareness and experience, humanistic psychology, cross-cultural psychology. Learning and cognitive: behaviorism, social learning theory, cognitive personality psychology. In psychology research: constructs are represented by indicators. Best indicators are consistent (reliability) and measuring the: four types in personality research construct of interest (validity) A perso(cid:374)"s e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) of his/her o(cid:449)(cid:374) perso(cid:374)ality: questionnaires, surveys, interviews. Advantages: easily obtained, high face validity, based on large amount of info, can get at thoughts, feelings, intentions (which can be hard to obtain from other sources), Casual force (the way you view yourself affects how you act) Judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:271)y k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledgea(cid:271)le i(cid:374)for(cid:373)a(cid:374)ts a(cid:271)out ge(cid:374)eral attri(cid:271)utes of the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s personality: acquaintances, coworkers, family members. Advantages: based on large amount of information, across many situations, based on real-world behavior, based on contextual information, causal force (expectancy effect/behavioral confirmation)
