Research 1
If two psychologists are observing a child with autism and their observations of behaviors agree with each other
Interrater or inter-judge
reliability
Which is stronger....a correlation of -.79 or +.55
-.79
The Big Five traits are
openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism (OCEAN)
The Big 5 was based of a factor analysis of words in the dictionary. That is known as the _______ approach.
lexical
Ultimate causes refer to explanations associated with.....
Evolution
The only type of research design that allows you to establish cause and effect
experiment
Making sure you extroversion test actually measures extroversion is related to?
validity
These people tend to be argumentative, cruel, untrustworthy, and manipulative
low agreeableness
This is the cause of the Big 5 traits
biology/genetics
Two siblings who grow up in the same household, but one is extroverted and joins the school drama club, while the other is introverted and prefers to go home after school. What kind of environment are the siblings experiencing?
nonshared environments
Correlation never equals
causation
One problem with using a self-report survey
a person tries to make themselves look better, they have poor insight
Which part of the brain is most closely associated with high agreeableness?
the frontal lobe
Does the Big 5 focus on the way you are typically are or how you are in specific situations?
how you are typically (or on average)
Parenthood probability theory suggests males are more or less concerned about rivals?
More
The key component of an experiment that allows you to infer causation
random assignment
What type of data would your past Facebook posts or tweets be considered?
Life or Archival Data
Ashley tends to get anxious when she goes through periods of change in her life. Ashley likely measures high on which Big Five trait?
neuroticism
Research suggests that students in high school should start school at a later time a change in hormones affects their ___________
circadian rhythm
A heritability coefficient of 1.00 would indicate that all of the variability in personality in a specific population is due to
genes
You score an 85 on a math test and then decide to take the test a year later and you score an 88. This test would be high in which type of reliability?
Test-retest
You develop a new test to measure happiness and want to make sure it does not correlate highly with an established measure of life satisfaction. You are trying to examine which type of validity?
discriminant
If you wanted to hire a person who would be more likely to get projects done on time, you would want someone high in?
conscientiousness
Is the Big 5 universal across cultures?
No. In many only 3 traits hold, in some none of the traits hold, and in other cultures they have identified a 6th trait (honesty)
According to parental investment theory, do men or women have greater costs associated with having a child?
Women. Therefore the theory suggests women are more selective in mate choice because they need a partner who will help care for them and the child.