Report on Psychology of 313 Assignment 1

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• Report on Psychology of 313 Assignment 1
• 119 completed / 133 in class 89.5 ?
• Percent participation in next assignment to get
  up to a total of 90 90.5
• Assignment 2 will open after class and remain
  open THROUGH SATURDAY.

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Interests of 313 Module 1Individual Differences

• Everybody is inherently the same. Just kidding.
• What I find most interesting about personality is
  that every person has a different one.
• Probably the most interesting thing about
  personality is how diverse it is from person to
  person.
• The attempt to categorize people is interesting.

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Interests of 313 Module 1Personality Processes

• Understanding personality helps you understand
  why people do the things they do better.
• How different people effect situations or groups.
• Understanding how personality use can alter
  situations.
• How some people can be so positive all the time.
• I find it interesting how personality can change
  depending on various situations.
• Im intrigued with how personality will develop
  and change over the course of someones life.
• Can we consciously, drastically change our
  personality type? Can an introvert become a true
  extravert?

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Interests of 313 To be added

• Everyones personality is extremely different . .
  . the most interesting thing, to me, about
  personality is how people react to social
  situations based on their individual backgrounds.
• I love how personalities can vary from person to
  person . . . I think that it is interesting how 2
  people with very different personalities are
  attracted to one another.
• I like the diversity of personality, and I also
  enjoy seeing and learning about how different
  personalities interact.

Interpersonal circumplex
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Interests of 313 Module 2Genetics and biology

• Gender differences personality differences in
  males and females
• The physical, biological activity that affects
  personality
• The nature vs. nurture issue is what interests me
  so far.
• Babies as young as 2 months old can exhibit
  personality traits that stick with them.
• The genetic component sometimes I think, Man,
  I dont want to be a worrier but I know my mom
  is, so . . .

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Interests of 313 Module 3Cognition and
applications

• The unconscious
• The most interesting part of personality to me is
  the separation of normal personalities from
  those described in the DSM.
• People are crazy, I wanna know why.
• (personality in forensic psychology)
• I am interesting in knowing if physical health
  has a strong impact on personality.

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Interests of 313 Module 1Individual Differences

• Everybody is inherently the same. Just kidding.
• What I find most interesting about personality is
  that every person has a different one.
• Probably the most interesting thing about
  personality is how diverse it is from person to
  person.

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What is personality?

• What is personality from an idiographic
  (person-centered) point of view?
• What I find most interesting about personality
  is that every person has a different one
• What is personality from a nomothetic
  (variable-centered) point of view?
• How some people can be so positive all the time
• I am interesting in knowing if physical health
  has a strong impact on personality
• Gender differences personality differences in
  males and females

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Variance
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Variance
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Variance
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Variance
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Correlation r .60
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Book Figure 2.1 (p. 15)
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Equals 85 fewer deaths among patients of 10,845
study physicians (OR 5,408 deaths among all
690,000 US physicians)
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Correlation r -.67
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Correlation r .19
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313 Exam 1

• How do you calculate variance from correlation?
• Take the square root of the correlation
• Multiply the correlation by alpha
• Take the square of the correlation
• The two measures are unrelated

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Correlation r -.29 Effect of restricting range
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Correlation r .60 Prediction? Causation?
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Could some people be faking good on Neuroticism?