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| Consists of info that can be obtained from a person's life history or life record. (school grades) |
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| Consists of info provided by knowledgeable observers such as parents, friends or teachers. |
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| Consists of info obtained from experimental procedures or stadardized tests. |
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| Consists of info provided by the subject himself or herself. |
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| Primary goal in research is to find a common set of principles or laws that apply to everyone. |
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| Primary goal is to obtain a portrait of the potentially unique individual |
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| Extent to which observations can be replicated. |
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| Extent to which observations actually reflect the thing of interest in a given study. |
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| Studies an in-depth analysis case of a person |
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| Used to gauge the degree to which two variables go together. |
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| A number that reflects the degree to which two measures are linearly related. |
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| The tendency for a person to respond to questions in a consistant and patterned way |
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| Cues that are hidden in the experimental setting and influence the subject's behavior. |
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