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Psychology 205 with Cahill at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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By: Alex Moltzan
Created: 2011-10-03
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Created: 2011-10-03
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individual differences
the difference btwn ppls personalities
parsimony
the quality of requiring fiew assumptions, simplicity
Gordon Allport
dynamic organizartion of systems (interpersonal functioning)
you cant have a mind w/o a body
BF Skinner
thinks that personality and behavior are not directly coorilated
A good theory:
must be falsifiable
explains the known
makes predictions
had multiple sorces of info
has parsimony
experience sampeling
diary studies
correlation
the slope of the best fit line compaired to the data points
statistically significant
weather a probability is under 5%`
(believable)
clinically/practically significant
both statisticaly significant and large enough to have a practical use
multifactor study
2 variables are seperate, all the combinations make the predictor variable
ideographic
an approach that watches a person accross different senarios
descriptive stats
describe a group
inferential stats
find existances of relationships betwn variables
acquiesence
the tendancy to say yes on a questionare
construct validity
the accuracy of a measurment
convergent validity
the amnt a measure relates to different types of measures, measuring the same thing
criterion keying
making a test by finding things that distinguish btwn the groups
criterion validity
the amnt a measure correlates with another criterion in the same concept
discriminant validity
the amnt a scale does not measure unintended qualities. ( you want alot of discriminant validity)
emperical approach
the use of data instead of a theory to descide what changes should be made to the measure
face validity
the measure looks like its mesuring what it is measuring
internal reliability
consistancy with the responces to the measure
inventory
a test measuring several parts of personality on distinct subscales
objective rating
a rating that requires no interpertation
operational deffinition
a definition created by the concrete ecents through which it is measured
rational/ theoretical approach
using a theory to descide what ot measure and how to measure it
resopnse set
a biased orientation to answering
test-retest reliability
the consistancy of a measure accross time
Diathesis-stress model
a theory that vulnerability plus stress creates problems in behaivior.
idiographic
an approach that focuses on the individual
interpersonal circle
paterrns deriving from varying levels of dominance and love`
lexical criterion
an index of the number of words for trait based behavior and their importance
nomeopathic
an approch that focuses on how much of a trait everyone has
2nd order factor
a factor that emerges from a factor anaylsis
jerry Wiggins
jerry Wiggins
big 5
Social adaptablity - power
emotional control - love
conformity - work
will to achieve - affect
inquiring intellect - intellect
Neuroticism
high levesl of distress
situationism
the idea that situations determin behavior not personality.
interactionism
traits and situations interact to influence behavior
bheavioral signitature
ppl with the same trait will not act the same.
About this deck
By: Alex Moltzan
Created: 2011-10-03
Size: 39 flashcards
Views: 13
Created: 2011-10-03
Size: 39 flashcards
Views: 13
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