01:830:338 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Desirability Bias, Inter-Rater Reliability, Likert Scale

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:338
• Professor: Professor Lyra Stein

Document Summary

Pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person"s behavior (if you know someone"s personality, you can somewhat predict someone"s behavior. Set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively endu ring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptations to, the intrapsychic, physical, and social environments. If you know someone"s personality, you might not be able to predict someone"s behavior in a specific sit uation, but you can predict their general behavior. S-data: self-report (specifically asking the person about themselves) S-data and o-data agree with a lot of ideas. Allows respondents to structure their answers freely (ex: twenty statements test: i am. ____ nice, tired, etc) woman who are married say i am a wife ; students in college talk about their social group.