Interpersonal- Psychopath
Superficial charm, grandiose sense of worth, narcisstic, pathological lying, manipulative
Affective- Psychopath
lack of remorse or guilt, rationalize being violent, emotionally shallow, less intense emotions, lack of empathy, doesn't accept responsibility
Lifestyle- Psychopath
proneness to boredom, engage in sensation seeking behaviors, parasitic lifestyle, lack of longterm goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility
Antisociality- Psychopath
poor behavioral controls, early behavior problems, abusing animals as kids, juvenile deliquency, keep failing on probation, criminal versatility
How do personality traits and the situation interact to drive behavior?
Behaviors are not entirely determined by personality, some situations restrict or promote behavior, same trait may manifest itself in different behaviors in different situations. The same behavior may reflect different traits
Conscientiousness
Low: Disorganized, careless, impulsive
High: Organized, Careful, disciplined
Agreeableness
Low: Ruthless, Suspicious, Uncooperative
High: Soft-hearted, trusting, helpful
Neuroticism
Low: calm , secure, self-satisfied
High: anxious, insecure, self-pitying
Opennes
Low: practical, prefers routines, conforming
High: imaginative, prefers variety, independent
Extraversion
Low: retiring, sober, reserved
High: sociable, fun loving, affectionate
Non-content based response bias
Non-responding
Fixed responding (all As or yes)
Random responding
Faking bad (over-reporting)
Unusual or uncommon responses
Reporting excessive problems
Faking good (under-reporting)
Enhancing (claiming positive traits)
Denial (denying negative traits)
self -deception (unwillingness to acknowledge one's own faults
passive avoidance learning
the perfect storm"
inability to learn from behaviors that punish
hypersensitivity to rewards
PET Scan - psychopath vs non psychopath
when presented with the word murder, psychopaths had much less brain activity. the brain activity is in the occipital lobe. the limited brain activity in the frontal lobe demonstrates less activity in decision making, moral reasoning, impulses, conscious
criterion related sources of bias
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regression - test fairness
separate regression lines are used for different groups, those with the predicted criterion scores are selected
this is fair because those with highest estimated level of success are selected
few minority group members are selected
quota- test fairness
The proportion of people to be selected from each group is predetermined. Separate regression equations are used to select those from each group who are expected to perform highest on the criterion
This is fair because members of different subgroups are s
Diana vs. State Board of Education
Implications for the use of standardized tests for bilingual children
IQ tests were significantly lower when tested in English instead of first language
Children could be tested in primary language, questions would be eliminated they would not know, new s
Marchall v Georgia
African american students were being disproportionally placed in EMR classes (educable mentally retarded) and underpresentated in classes with learning disabilities
New focus on curriculum based test bias rather than IQ testing
Test information could be u
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Reverse discrimination, Bakke sued on the ground that he had been discriminated and denied admissions because he was not a minority group member
Cutoff of MCAT was different for minority and majority groups
Signified a change in attitude about affirmative
Meredith v Jefferson County Board of Education
Meredith Case asked if the desire to achieve racial balance in a student body is a valid goal for an elementary or high school district
Found the county policy unconstitutional
Argued that the goal of achieving racial balance in the schools did not justif