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After studying Chapter 4, you should be able to
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identify and discuss three assumptions about personality traits that most trait psychologists share; |
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define and discuss situationism, and provide an example of a situationist interpretation of individual behavioral differences; |
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discuss the idea of person-situation interaction, providing an example of an interactionist interpretation of individual behavioral differences; |
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define and give an example of situational specificity; |
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define and give an example of a strong situation; |
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discuss and give examples of selection, evocation, and manipulation as ways in which traits and situations can interact to produce behavior; |
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discuss aggregation and why it is now a standard practice among trait psychologists; |
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discuss the measurement issue of careless responding and how trait psychologists might address this problem; |
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discuss the measurement issue of faking and how trait psychologists might address this problem; |
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discuss the measurement issue of response sets and how trait psychologists might address this problem; |
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discuss the two major views of socially desirable responding among trait psychologists; |
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discuss the application of trait measures to employment selection--for example, you should be able to name some of the benefits and liabilities of using traits measures for employment selection; |
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discuss the use of the GRE as a means of selecting applicants for admission to graduate school in psychology; |
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define and discuss the "criterion problem" that one faces when attempting to use trait measures to predict real-world behavior; |
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define and discuss "restriction of range" as a problem one can face when attempting to use trait measures to predict real-world behavior; and finally, |
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discuss integrity testing as a means of employment selection. |