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Celebrity Worship: Celebrity Attitude Scale Flashcards

(13 cards)

1
Q

Who developed the CAS? What are the % within this?

A

McCutcheon 2002, Maltby 2004: 5% intense personal, 2% borderline pathological

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What is the life of a celebrity worshipper?

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obsessive behaviour, life taken up with celeb, show characteristics from intense personal dimension of CAS: extreme parasocial bereavement, celeb seen as soul mate

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What can celebrity worshipping lead to?

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borderline pathological behaviour: feeling compelled to learn details of celeb’s life

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4
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What validity does the CAS possess/not posses?

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no ecological or internal/external, has predictive and concurrent

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5
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What are the 3 dimensions of Eysenck’s personality theory?

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extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism

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What part of the CAS reflects extroversion?

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entertainment-social dimension (sociable, lively, sensation seeking)

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What part of the CAS relates to neuroticism?

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intense personal (anxious, emotional, moody)

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What part of the CAS related to psychoticism?

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borderline pathological (antisocial, solitary, troublesome)

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What kind of validity does Eysensk’s personal dimensions show?

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discriminant validity: the dimensions are independent of each other and other factors like intelligence

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What evidence has found correlations between Eysenck and CAS?

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Maltby 2003: 0.3 between extro and entertainment s.

  1. 3 between neuro and IP
  2. 2 between psycho and b-p
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11
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Who conducted research into CAS and movies watched?

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Ashe and McCutcheon 2001: found CAS scores correlated with self-reported number of movies watched per week

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What is an alpha reliability coefficient?

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measure of internal reliability of a scale, score of 0.7 acceptable, closer to 1 = better

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What alpha reliability coefficients were found for the part of the CAS scale?

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McCutcheon 2006: ES: 0.9, IP: 0.8, BP: 0.7

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