Psychology Reading assignment


After reading Chapter 2, please answer the following questions:

  1. Explain what S data, I data, L data, and B data are, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each type of data. (You should have at least 3-4 sentences for each type of data.
  2. Let’s say you want to answer the following question: Do people who create more than 5 TikTok videos a day more often show greater signs of certain traits, such as narcissism, creativity, intelligence, etc.? How would the different types of data discussed in Chapter 2 of your book: S data, I data, L data, and B data be used to determine the answer to that question. Explain how you would use each type of data to answer that question.
  3. What is the difference between between reliability and validity in terms of research.
  4. A lot of psychology research is done on college students. Why could this be considered a problem for the generalizability of the research findings?
  5. What are the differences between the case method, experimental method, and correlational method?

Funder, David C. (2019). The Personality Puzzle (8th ed.). W.W. Norton and Company. ISBN-13: 978-0393421781, ISBN-10: 0393421783