PSYCH 290 - Midterm Review

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What are the four types of data?

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Behavioral data
Life outcome data
Informant data
Self-report data

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What type of error will the incorrect scale cause in Linda's study of 100 marathon athletes?

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Measurement error

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_____ describes the extent to which personality predicts behavior given the presence of external factors such as social rules and expectations.

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Situational constraint

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What is the situationist argument?

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Personality is an inconsistent predictor of behavior; situational factors contribute to a person's behavior.

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What is the main principle of interactionism?

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Interactionism contends that aspects of personality and of situations work together to determine behavior; neither has an effect by itself, nor is one more important than the other.

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Fill in the blank:

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Availability

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U-M professors rated Slauson Middle School teachers’ traits based on brief, silent clips of them teaching. If these judgements were strongly and positively correlated with the middle school teachers’ evaluations of their own traits, their judgements could be said to have a high level of _____?

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Accuracy/Validity

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According to your textbook, the accuracy of judgment improves the longer the judges watch a person’s behavior, but consensus does not change much because:

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Accuracy improves because judges rely less on stereotypes the longer they observe.

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Which approach to traits looks for the most important traits and is most related to the Five Factor Model (Big Five)?

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Essential-Trait Approach

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Which of the Big Five is most related to trust, compassion, and altruism?

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Agreeableness