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| If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it very probable that it is a duck, but it is still not absoultley a duck |
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| is achieved by assembling diverse pieces of info. like appearance, walking, swimming, style, that all "coverage" on a common ground (common conclusion) |
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a persons perception of who you are are affects you whethe ror not their perception is accurate.
Example: think you're competent (as a potential employer) you will likley be hired |
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| important whether it is accurate or not |
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Expectancies
self fulling prophecies: (EXPECTANCY EFFORTS)
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1. Intellectual expectancy
2. social expectancy |
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If an expectation is set (up or down) and a person is treated in a manner that reflects the expectation the subject is likley to fullfill said expectation
ex) school children "bloomers" + IQ |
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4 factor theory: think of the practice space with amps
(Rosenthal) |
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- climate
- feedback
- input
- output
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Our interaction with others is influenced by the way in which they expect us to act
based on social ques (+/-) |
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| Where do expectancy effects come from? |
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- real life situations
- ee cannot be tested in controlled enviroment (i.e labs)
- light on how people affect eachothers performance and social behavior
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| Accuracy of pesonality judgements |
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| no way to check accuracy b/c debate on criteria can be made on persoanlity judgments. |
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a philosophy that holds that reality as a concrect idenity does not exist, and all that does exist are our constructions of reality
--> would imply no accurate way to judge
-->human ideas-->constructions of reality--> all that exist |
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| not all the interputations that human beings make are all equally correct even in regards to their idea of reality |
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| Infalliable criteria is not always correct for determing truth of interruputations of reality. |
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| This is when you take a bunch of diverse apparent information and make judgements or conclusions of commonality. The more options you have for diverse info. the more confidence you can have to an accurate conclusion. |
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| Personality judgements: 2 criteria |
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- interjudge agreement
- behavioral prediction
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| Research can evaluate the accuracy of the personaity judgments by asking two questions: |
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- Do the judgements agree with one another?
- Can they predict behavior?
If the answers are yes then the judgements are probably accurate. |
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| interjudge agreement/ behavioral prediction and predictive validity all go together in this way: |
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Lets say I think you are a conscientious peson, so does your parents and you freinds, it is not 100% that you are but it is likley that you are.
now since i judged based off that empircally that you are conscientious and you arrive to all your classes on time; I can predicte that you most likley that you will you will be on time to the next 3 semesters of classes and that is what we call PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; it is not 100% accurate but it is even more correct based off the interjudge agreement and the behavioral prediction that your friends and family agree upon as well. |
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| The extent to which an individual's personality can be judged accurately by others. (page 185) |
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| A variable that affects the relationship between two other variables. (page 182) |
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| The degree to which one measure can be used to predict another. (page 178) |
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| The degree to which a judgment or measurement can predict the behavior of the person in question. (page 178) |
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| The degree to which two or more people making judgments about the same person provide the same description of that person's personality. (page 178) |
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| The process of assembling diverse pieces of information that converge on a common conclusion. (page 178) |
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| The philosophical view that the absence of perfect, infallible criteria for determining the truth does not imply that all interpretations of reality are equally valid; instead, one can use |
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| Configural properties of faces |
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| overall arrangements of features of someones face rather then a single body part; this has helped with research on 1st impressions |
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| 4 research methods used to connect traits and behavior |
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single trait approach
many trait appraoch
essential trait approach
typological appraoch |
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| The single Trait approach |
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| examine correlations btwn one trait and many behaviors |
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| The single trait approach: conscientiousness |
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careful and vigilant about tasks and interested in doing things;
predicts job performance and absenteeism
predicts success in college
might explain motivation
predicts longer life expectancy
postivley correlated w/yrs of schooling
more likley to get a phd
more likley to work out
do not skip on on work
learn more about job; step outside of box, do more then you have to
not likley to call in sick, and even come into work if you are sick
avoid risky behaviors like smoking/drinking/drugs/bad eating health (nutrtion diet is poor) |
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