PSYC 2030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Extraversion And Introversion, Thematic Apperception Test, Suggestibility
1 Feb 2018
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Chapter 5 methods for looking within ourselves. Researchers often ask people to look within self and disclose their own attitudes/ feelings/ beliefs in order to elicit unique info. Self- report measures = inner- directed observations; used for very long time; is used regularly. Introspection = used while ago; verbally reporting sensations and perceptions; no longer used. Ex. of this = going to doctor and asking how person feels. Psychological researchers who use standardized measures (they were developed and are administer and scored according to certain rules or standards) to study subjective well- being also ask respondents how they feel. Self- report measures can be personality inventories, opinion polls, attitude questionnaires. Personality testing of professional athletes: found is possible to estimate further performance in some occupations from well- constructed measures of normal personality. To find public psychological measures can look at the directory of unpublished.
