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How is personality psychology different from other areas of psychology
- Answer: - Personality: how people think, feel, and behave
- Cognitive Psychology - concerned with processes of how people think
- Social Psychology - concerned with the processes of interaction
between people (behavior)
- Biopsychology - concerned with how the mind and body interact
,- Developmental Psychology - how a person changes and grows over
time
- We might think of personality psychology as the space where all areas
of psychology meet and find common ground
Goals of personality psychology - Answer: - to explain the whole
person in her or his daily environment
- many approaches have been taken but none are complete
- Other areas of psychology: tend to treat people like being alike but
personality psychology is interested in individual differences
Self Data - (S) Data - Answer: - Definition: ask the person and report to
us what they know
- Purpose: every person can answer the same questions which allows us
to compare people to one another by using their scores
- Advantages: easy, person may be the best expert on themselves,
access to things others don't. Causal Force - what a person thinks about
themselves may be what they work to become
-Disadvantages: people may not be able to tell you some things, people
may not want to tell you some things
,Informant Data - (I) Data - Answer: - Definition: we ask other people to
tell us about the person they know. I-data rely on the judgements of
others, which means they are subject to bias.
- Advantages: can get multiple perspectives on someone by asking
multiple informants
comes from others observing actual behavior in the real world,
determine "characteristic" behavior, causal force of I-data, similar to
self-data
- Disadvantages: limited information
even those who know you well do not have access to all of your inner
thoughts, observers can simply be wrong, bias
Life Outcomes Data - (L) Data - Answer: - Definition: examine what they
have accomplished, not a measure of personality, but a reflection of
what happens as a result of characteristic behaviors
- Advantages: real-world outcomes, most are objective and verifiable,
psychologically relevant
- Disadvantages: information may be easier to find for some people
than others. life outcomes are determined by many things - not all due
to personality; context not taken into account
Behavioral Data - Answer: - Definition: observe how they behave
, - Collection: collecting B-Data directly from the person: diaries/daily
questionnaires, EAR (sound recorder) or collected in a laboratory
setting: put people in situations and see how they react
- Advantages: can observe people across a range of contexts, can
control the context in some instances, can deliberately elicit specific
behaviors, more objectivity
- Disadvantages: sometimes difficult to interpret data (ambiguous
meanings)
open to bias, can be very time-consuming
& costly to carry out
Projective Tests - Answer: - based on B data
- observed responses to stimuli
- there may be unconscious personality attributes that we are trying to
figure out
- Tests: Rorshach Inkblot test, Thematic Apperception Test, Draw-A-
Person test, dream interpretation
Advantages of projective tests - Answer: clues to unconscious content
that person may or may not be aware of
Disadvantages of progressive tests - Answer: - takes a long time to
administer and score
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How is personality psychology different from other areas of psychology
- Answer: - Personality: how people think, feel, and behave
- Cognitive Psychology - concerned with processes of how people think
- Social Psychology - concerned with the processes of interaction
between people (behavior)
- Biopsychology - concerned with how the mind and body interact
,- Developmental Psychology - how a person changes and grows over
time
- We might think of personality psychology as the space where all areas
of psychology meet and find common ground
Goals of personality psychology - Answer: - to explain the whole
person in her or his daily environment
- many approaches have been taken but none are complete
- Other areas of psychology: tend to treat people like being alike but
personality psychology is interested in individual differences
Self Data - (S) Data - Answer: - Definition: ask the person and report to
us what they know
- Purpose: every person can answer the same questions which allows us
to compare people to one another by using their scores
- Advantages: easy, person may be the best expert on themselves,
access to things others don't. Causal Force - what a person thinks about
themselves may be what they work to become
-Disadvantages: people may not be able to tell you some things, people
may not want to tell you some things
,Informant Data - (I) Data - Answer: - Definition: we ask other people to
tell us about the person they know. I-data rely on the judgements of
others, which means they are subject to bias.
- Advantages: can get multiple perspectives on someone by asking
multiple informants
comes from others observing actual behavior in the real world,
determine "characteristic" behavior, causal force of I-data, similar to
self-data
- Disadvantages: limited information
even those who know you well do not have access to all of your inner
thoughts, observers can simply be wrong, bias
Life Outcomes Data - (L) Data - Answer: - Definition: examine what they
have accomplished, not a measure of personality, but a reflection of
what happens as a result of characteristic behaviors
- Advantages: real-world outcomes, most are objective and verifiable,
psychologically relevant
- Disadvantages: information may be easier to find for some people
than others. life outcomes are determined by many things - not all due
to personality; context not taken into account
Behavioral Data - Answer: - Definition: observe how they behave
, - Collection: collecting B-Data directly from the person: diaries/daily
questionnaires, EAR (sound recorder) or collected in a laboratory
setting: put people in situations and see how they react
- Advantages: can observe people across a range of contexts, can
control the context in some instances, can deliberately elicit specific
behaviors, more objectivity
- Disadvantages: sometimes difficult to interpret data (ambiguous
meanings)
open to bias, can be very time-consuming
& costly to carry out
Projective Tests - Answer: - based on B data
- observed responses to stimuli
- there may be unconscious personality attributes that we are trying to
figure out
- Tests: Rorshach Inkblot test, Thematic Apperception Test, Draw-A-
Person test, dream interpretation
Advantages of projective tests - Answer: clues to unconscious content
that person may or may not be aware of
Disadvantages of progressive tests - Answer: - takes a long time to
administer and score
