PSYB30H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
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Self-report data (s-data) the information a person reveals the most common method of measuring personality. Can be obtained through interviews, period reports by a person and questionnaires. Good reasons why we use self-report individual have access to wealth info about themselves. E. g. feelings, emotions, desires, beliefs, and private experiences that"s why very important it comes in a variety of forms: Participants are give a paper with i am 20x and they expected to fill in the blank. Psychologists must devise a way to score or interpret the participant"s open-ended responses. Close ended question true or false involves a series of trait-descriptive adjective. E. g. active, ambitious, anxious, arrogant, artistic, generous, gregarious, greedy, good-natured, xenophobic, and zany. Use the adjective check list (acl) individuals place a check beside adjectives that they feel accurately describe them. A way for someone to express with numbers the degree to which a particular trait describes him or her.
