PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Statistical Significance, Sensation Seeking, Construct Validity
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74 college students reported their moods for 84 consecutive days: discovering the link between days of the week and mood, found a strong weekly cycle with positive moods peaking on friday and. 1)use professional personality assessors who do not know the participant. Evaluation of personality measures: three standards are used to evaluate personality measures: reliability, validity, and generalizability. Generalizability: generalizability is the degree to which the measure retains its validity across various contexts, one context is the groups of persons (age groups, gender, cultures, or ethnic groups, ex. Is a particular scale equally valid when used on men versus women: another facet of generalizability refers to different conditions, ex. Does a dominance scale predict who becomes the leader in business settings as well as in informal, after-work settings: scales have high generalizability to the degree that they apply widely over different persons, situations, cultures, and times.
