PSYC 3325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Open Data Protocol, Convergent Validity, Discriminant Validity
13 May 2019
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Information provided by a person, such as through a survey or interview. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves that is inaccessible to anyone else. Information provided by someone else about another person. Provide access to information not attainable through other sources. Multiple observers can be used to assess a person. People who actually know the target person. Often in better position to observe target"s natural behaviors than professional personality assessors. Allows for assessment of multiple social personalities. Because of relationship to target, however, observer may be. Information provided by standardized tests or testing situations. Idea is to see if different people behave differently in identical situations. Situation designed to elicit behaviors that serve as indicators of personality. Elicited behavior scored without reliance on inference. Information that can be gleaned from events, activities, and outcomes in a person"s life that is available for public scrutiny e. g. , marriage, speeding tickets.
