SELF REPORT Flashcards
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Define self report measures
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- A data collection method
- In which ppts provide information about their thoughts, feelings, behaviours.
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Types of self report measures
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- Interviews
- Questionnaries
- Diary entries
- Therapy sessions (transcripts)
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Define questionnaires
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- A self report measure that uses written questions through a paper pencil or online technqiue.
- Data comes directly from the ppt
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Strengths of a questionnare
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- Reliable: Often use standardised questions, which are easy to replicate.
- Generalisable: Many can be adminsitered to a large sample of people at once, so the results are typically generalisable.
- Data can be analysed and compared using statistical technqiues.
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Weaknesses of questionnaires
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- Low validity: The options provided may not be reflective of the ppts feelings/ attitudes. Leading questions or misunderstanding of the questions can lead to distortions.
- Socially desirability bias. May arise (ppts may provide inauthentic, inaccurate responses)
- Generalisability/ low responses: Data collected relies on responses to be returned. Reponses rates may be poor, or only a certain** type of person** may return them, lowering generalisability.
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2 types of question formats used in self reports
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- open questions
- closed questions
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Open questions
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- Pptts can give attitudes, opinions, recall experiences in their own words.
- No pre made response categories/ free to elaborate and provide detail
- Produces qualitative and subjective data
“Describe/ explain how/ why”
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Closed questions
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- Pptts respond via pre-made response categories such as “yes or no” limiting pppt responses.
- They ususally produce quantitative or objective data.
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There are several types of closed questions researchers use to collect data/ quantify a respondents attitudes. What are they?
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- Likert scale
- Rank orders
- Checklists
- Semantic differential scales
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Likert scales
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- A type of rating scale.
- That usually assigns numerical values to each response option.
- 1= Strongly disagree 10= Strongly agree
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Rank orders
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- Ordering a set based on a common measure or attribute.
“Rank each item in order of importance: with number 1 as the ‘most important’ item and number10 as the ‘least important’ item.
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Semantic differential scales
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- 2 extremes are given
- and responses usually fall between these values.
Democratic party : Good + + + bad
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Checklists
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- Ticking items applicable to you
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What are filler questions?
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- Questions that are irrelvant to a studies aims put amongst the relevant questions.
- To disguise teh aim of a study and reduce demand charactersistics/ social desirability bias
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Social desirability bias
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- When ppts provide socially acceptable awnsers,
- Unreflective of their true attiudes or feelings
- in order to present themselves favourablly.
