PSY 340 MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the psychological triad - Answer -how we feel, think, and behave
define personality - Answer -Individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and
behavior
What is the trait approach - Answer -a way of studying personality that places
emphasis on the traits of an individual as markers of personality
What is the biological approach - Answer -a way of studying personality by physical
basis for human behavior
what is the psychoanalytic approach - Answer -theoretical view of personality, based on
writings of Freud, that emphasizes the unconscious processes of the mind
What is the phenomenological approach - Answer -The theoretical view of personality
that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life
what is L data - Answer -Life data, or more-or-less easily verifiable, concrete, real-life
outcomes, which are of possible psychological significance.
What is B data - Answer -behavioral data, or direct observations of another's behavior
that are translated directly or nearly directly into numerical form; can be gathered in
natural or contrived (experimental) settings
How does bias impact personality assessment - Answer -blind spots and halo effect
what are the two methods of collecting B data - Answer -medical data
objective view of physique
define reliability - Answer -consistency of measurement
differentiate traits from states - Answer -traits are constant and states are tempory
based on emotion
define aggregation and how does it impact reliability - Answer -collect multiple data and
find average to get reliable measure
factors that impede reliability - Answer -poorly worded or forms of questions
factors that enhance reliability - Answer -aggregation, training the people collecting
data, standaredized questions
define validity - Answer -How accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute
, why is generalizability an important factor to consider in research design - Answer -So
that there are no WEIRD participants
what is WEIRD participants - Answer -Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
democratic
what is a case study design - Answer -Exploration of single unit of study (e.g., family,
group, or community)
Even though sample is small, number of variables studied is large.
Design can be source of descriptive information to support or invalidate theories.
It has potential to reveal important findings that can generate new hypotheses for
testing.
There is no control.
what is a correlational design - Answer -research design that examines the extent to
which two variables are associated
What is the cognitive processes approach - Answer -a theory that emphasizes
cognitive processes such as thinking in development of personality
what is funders first law and what is an example - Answer -a weakness can also be a
strength
anxiety/stress
differentiate technical training from scientific education in terms of purpose, content, and
methodology - Answer -what they are doing, what they are using, how it is performed
What is s data - Answer -self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of their own
personality attributes or behavior
what is I data - Answer -informants data, of judgments made by knowledgeable
informants about general attributes of an individual's personality
what is a experimental design - Answer -researcher systematically manipulates one
variable and holds others constant
what is the purpose for MMPI - Answer -for mental illness
what is the purpose of CPI - Answer -for normal range
What is the projective hypothesis - Answer -The theory that when people are
confronted with ambiguous stimuli (that is, stimuli that can be interpreted in more than
one way), their responses will be influenced by their unconscious thoughts, needs,
wishes, and impulses. so an individual will be given an object and they say what it is
What is the psychological triad - Answer -how we feel, think, and behave
define personality - Answer -Individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and
behavior
What is the trait approach - Answer -a way of studying personality that places
emphasis on the traits of an individual as markers of personality
What is the biological approach - Answer -a way of studying personality by physical
basis for human behavior
what is the psychoanalytic approach - Answer -theoretical view of personality, based on
writings of Freud, that emphasizes the unconscious processes of the mind
What is the phenomenological approach - Answer -The theoretical view of personality
that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life
what is L data - Answer -Life data, or more-or-less easily verifiable, concrete, real-life
outcomes, which are of possible psychological significance.
What is B data - Answer -behavioral data, or direct observations of another's behavior
that are translated directly or nearly directly into numerical form; can be gathered in
natural or contrived (experimental) settings
How does bias impact personality assessment - Answer -blind spots and halo effect
what are the two methods of collecting B data - Answer -medical data
objective view of physique
define reliability - Answer -consistency of measurement
differentiate traits from states - Answer -traits are constant and states are tempory
based on emotion
define aggregation and how does it impact reliability - Answer -collect multiple data and
find average to get reliable measure
factors that impede reliability - Answer -poorly worded or forms of questions
factors that enhance reliability - Answer -aggregation, training the people collecting
data, standaredized questions
define validity - Answer -How accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute
, why is generalizability an important factor to consider in research design - Answer -So
that there are no WEIRD participants
what is WEIRD participants - Answer -Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
democratic
what is a case study design - Answer -Exploration of single unit of study (e.g., family,
group, or community)
Even though sample is small, number of variables studied is large.
Design can be source of descriptive information to support or invalidate theories.
It has potential to reveal important findings that can generate new hypotheses for
testing.
There is no control.
what is a correlational design - Answer -research design that examines the extent to
which two variables are associated
What is the cognitive processes approach - Answer -a theory that emphasizes
cognitive processes such as thinking in development of personality
what is funders first law and what is an example - Answer -a weakness can also be a
strength
anxiety/stress
differentiate technical training from scientific education in terms of purpose, content, and
methodology - Answer -what they are doing, what they are using, how it is performed
What is s data - Answer -self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of their own
personality attributes or behavior
what is I data - Answer -informants data, of judgments made by knowledgeable
informants about general attributes of an individual's personality
what is a experimental design - Answer -researcher systematically manipulates one
variable and holds others constant
what is the purpose for MMPI - Answer -for mental illness
what is the purpose of CPI - Answer -for normal range
What is the projective hypothesis - Answer -The theory that when people are
confronted with ambiguous stimuli (that is, stimuli that can be interpreted in more than
one way), their responses will be influenced by their unconscious thoughts, needs,
wishes, and impulses. so an individual will be given an object and they say what it is
