PS271 - Chapter 2
Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural B Data - ANS -A:
1. Realistic
B:
1. Difficult to do
2. Desired contexts seldom occur
\Advantages of Informant Data - ANS -1. Large amount of info
- Many behaviours in many situations
- Judgements from multiple people
2. Real-world basis
-people see them and how they act in everyday
- not contrived
3. Common Sense
- context of person taken into account
4. Definitional Truth (ie. how charming you are)
5. Causal Force
- the reputation u have a result of who u are
- Behaviour confrimation/expectancy effect -->self fulfilling prophecy act like how people
percieve you as
\Advantages of Lab B Data - ANS -1.range of contexts
2. appearance of objectivity
\Advantages of Life Outcomes Data - ANS -1. Intrinsic Importance - the traits this measures are
important to psychologists
2. Psychological Relevance
3. Verifiable, Objective Events
\Advantages of S-Data - ANS -1. Large amount of info
2. Access to thoughts, feelings
3. Causal force (if you think you are something you act in a way to be it, it causes itself)
4. Definitional truth (ie. self esteem, must ask person to rate their own)
5. Simple/easy
\Behavioural Data - ANS -- Observations about daily life or lab
\Case method advantages - ANS -1. describes whole phenomenon
2. source for ideas
3. sometimes necessary to understand individual
\Construct validity - ANS -the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
\Demand characteristics - ANS -cues in an exp. that tell participant what they are researching
and what they expect
\Disadvantage of case method - ANS -generalizability unknown
\Disadvantages of Informant Data - ANS -1. Limits to how much people know (limit of
behavioural data)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural B Data - ANS -A:
1. Realistic
B:
1. Difficult to do
2. Desired contexts seldom occur
\Advantages of Informant Data - ANS -1. Large amount of info
- Many behaviours in many situations
- Judgements from multiple people
2. Real-world basis
-people see them and how they act in everyday
- not contrived
3. Common Sense
- context of person taken into account
4. Definitional Truth (ie. how charming you are)
5. Causal Force
- the reputation u have a result of who u are
- Behaviour confrimation/expectancy effect -->self fulfilling prophecy act like how people
percieve you as
\Advantages of Lab B Data - ANS -1.range of contexts
2. appearance of objectivity
\Advantages of Life Outcomes Data - ANS -1. Intrinsic Importance - the traits this measures are
important to psychologists
2. Psychological Relevance
3. Verifiable, Objective Events
\Advantages of S-Data - ANS -1. Large amount of info
2. Access to thoughts, feelings
3. Causal force (if you think you are something you act in a way to be it, it causes itself)
4. Definitional truth (ie. self esteem, must ask person to rate their own)
5. Simple/easy
\Behavioural Data - ANS -- Observations about daily life or lab
\Case method advantages - ANS -1. describes whole phenomenon
2. source for ideas
3. sometimes necessary to understand individual
\Construct validity - ANS -the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
\Demand characteristics - ANS -cues in an exp. that tell participant what they are researching
and what they expect
\Disadvantage of case method - ANS -generalizability unknown
\Disadvantages of Informant Data - ANS -1. Limits to how much people know (limit of
behavioural data)
