PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Eidetic Memory, Face Validity, Gordon Allport
24 Jan 2017
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Self-report data (s-data): the information a person reveals: most common method, but individuals may not always provide accurate information for different reasons (ex. Desire to present themselves in a positive light) Questionnaire method: individuals respond to a series of items that request information about them most commonly used self-report assessment procedure. Pros: individuals have a lot of information about themselves that others. Tell me about the parties you like the most; fill in the blank. Self-report is an indispensable source of personality data don"t (cid:523)ex. (abitual level of anxiety(cid:524) Ex. (cid:498)) like loud and crowded parties true or false? (cid:499) Forced-choice response options are provided involves a series of trait descriptive adjectives. Simplest form of the structured self-report questionnaire. Personality instruments that use open-ended formats require coding schemes for classifying the responses they obtain: structured (*most common): Simplest format for presenting these terms is a checklist.
