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| What are "hypothetical" or "psychological constructs"? |
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-1) hypothesized cause for observed regularity in human behavior (thousands of psychological concepts and terms out there) TRAIT ADJECTIVES: different ways people behave..words evolve -2)A label for a cluster of covarying behaviors |
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| What is the logic underlying hypothetical constructs? |
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| How do underlying constructs help psychologists understand human behavior? |
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| Start the process by drawing conclusions about what types of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics, that fuel cells and patter other behavior |
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| What are the conceptual differences between abilities and affective personality traits? |
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| What different ability domains have been described? |
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| What are the various construct domainsin the United Framework? |
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3 fundamental domains: *Physical, Cognitive, and Affective Interstintial-3 Hubrid Domains: *psychomotor, valuative, and somatic functioning All 6 above create personality |
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| What specific methods are used to measure the different KSAO constructs? |
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| What are the important differences between projective versus structured measures of personality? |
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| What are some common examples of KSAO constructs? |
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Processes within an individual that explain why he or she behaves in characteristic ways *attitudes, emotions, and ways of thinking *fairly stable across time and situations *partly inherited |
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