PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Takers, Projective Test, Convergent Validity
23 Jan 2013
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Self report data is the information a person reveals obtained through interviews, reports, and questionnaires. The 20 statements test is when a participant receives a sheet of paper that is blank except for the words 1 am repeated 20 times and then they are asked to complete them. Simplest form of structured self report questionnaires involve trait descriptive adjectives like active, ambitious, anxious, arrogant, artistic, generous, gregarious, greedy, good natured, etc presented through a checklist in which participants indicate whether the trait describes them. Likert rating scale involves a simple way for a person to express with numbers the degree to which a particular trait describes them. A personality scale consists of summing the scores on a series of individual rating scores; for example a personality scale for activity level would sum scores for energetic, active and vigorous. Self report inventories include the neo personality inventory, the. Being more regular in this cycle than extroverts.
