Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Job Performance, Test Validity, Trait Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Rachel Plouffe

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Chapter 9 applications in clinical and counselling settings. Personality: relatively stable and distinctive patterns of behaviour that characterize an individual and his or her reactions to the environment. Personality assessment: provides descriptive measures of latent constructs accounting for systematic diffs between people in affect, cognition, and behaviour. Sampled over time and across situations (relatively stable) Typically related to specific outcome: e. g. o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)al pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e, e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)da(cid:455) p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of othe(cid:396)s" futu(cid:396)e (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) To uncover the causal roots of observed individual differences. Personality trait: enduring dispositions differences among individuals in typical tendency to behave, think, or feel in some conceptually related ways across time and situations. Personality state: emotional reactions varying from one situation to another (in the moment) E. g. we may typically be optimistic person but if we encounter death in the family then we might be in state of depression or sadness for that period of time (temporary) Self-concept: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:862)defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)(cid:863) of the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es consistent assumptions about self.