Coincides with parts of Chapter 2 in Text
Self-Report Data (S-Data)
Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
Test-Data (T-Data)
Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
S-data personality tests
Unstructured items—open-ended
Structured items—response options provided Please write down any significant memories or experiences you had during the following periods of your life: 1 – 5 years
5 – 10 years
11 – 15 years
16 – 20 years
Etc.
From: Multimodal Life History, Lazarus &
Lazarus, 1980
Check any of the following feelings that apply to you:
____angry
____fearful ____happy
____bored
____annoyed ____panicky ____conflicted
____optimistic
____sad
____shameful
____energetic
____relaxed
____depressed
____lonely
____envious ____regretful
____anxious ____guilty
____unhappy
____hopeless
____jealous
____excited
____contented
From:
Multimodal
Life History,
Lazarus &
____tense
Lazarus,
1980
Who Am I ????
A popular personality assessment for social psychologists is the Twenty (20)
Statement Test (TST), also known as “Who am I?” Below are 20 fill in the blank areas for you to answer the basic question “Who am I?” Simply type in an answer next to the numbered item and make each answer different.
I am a college student attending drexel
I am an introvert
I am a avid player of card games
I am Error
I am…………………………………………………..
I am…………………………………………………..
I am…………………………………………………..
I am…………………………………………………..
I am…………………………………………………..
Category 1: Positions you hold (for example, student, sister, friend, singer, son, grand-daughter, volunteer, etc.)
Category 2: Character traits (for example, fun-loving, sincere, honest, jealous, careful, trustworthy, talented, strong, agile, etc.)
Looked
at statements from over
1,000 individuals age 7 to 24.
Older respondents defined themselves more in terms of social group and category (age, sex, education)
Females more in terms of sex and kinship than males
Females less by race
Married women more in terms of roles than single women
Limitations
of S-data
People may not respond honestly
People may lack accurate self-
knowledge (remember our experiment from the first class?) Information provided by someone else about another person Key features of O-data
Provide access to information not attainable through other sources
Multiple observers can be used to assess a person
Naturalistic vs. Artificial Observation
Naturalistic observation: Observers witness
and record events that occur in the normal course of lives of the participants
Artificial observation: Occurs in artificial
settings or situations (“analogues”)
Information provided by standardized tests or testing situations
Idea is to see if different people behave differently in identical situations
Situation
designed to elicit behaviors
(response to test items) that serve as indicators of personality
Responses