Ch 1 - How and Why Do People Differ?
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12 Terms
Individual Differences
the stable, measureable ways one person is not like the next
Trait
a relatively stable, internal tendency (in how you feel, act, think and want) that varies from person to person
Patterned Traits
some behaviors infer the persistance of other, similar ones
Affect
what you feel
Behavior
what you do
Cognition
what you think
Desire
what you want
Correlation Range
-1 to +1
Standardized Difference Range
0 to 1
“Between-Person” Question Example
“How do people differ from each other?”
“Within-Person” Question Example
“How does one person vary from day to day, around their own average?”
Ecological Fallacy
Between- and Within-People Responses do not have to agree or be consistent