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Mind Map by Veronica_88, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Veronica_88
about 11 years ago
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What is a Psychological Construct?
- An unobservable hypothetical entity that is used to
represent a pattern of psychologically related phenomena
- Hypothetical - driven by theory
- Latent
variables
- hypothetical
constructs
- theoretical
concepts
- Theory helps to define construct
- To identify
the relevant &
irrelevant
distractors
- To identify
the relevant &
irrelevant
distractors
- Latent
variables
- An unobservable psychological attribute
- Measured by more than one test
- The idea of capturing
the attribute through
more than one
perspective
- The idea of capturing
the attribute through
more than one
perspective
- Measured by observing the observable behaviours
- ASSUMPTION: observed
behaviour or event measures
the psychological attribute
- Theory suggests
the observed and
unobserved
behaviours are
related.
- Theory suggests
the observed and
unobserved
behaviours are
related.
- ASSUMPTION: observed
behaviour or event measures
the psychological attribute
- Measured by more than one test
- Hypothetical - driven by theory
- Examples
- Feelings
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Happinness
- Shyness
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- Cognitive
- Working
Memory
- Knowledge
- Working
Memory
- Feelings
- Operational Definitions
- The operations or procedures
used to measure these
psychological constructs
- E,g,, tests that
indirectly
measure the
construct of
interest
- The operations or procedures
used to measure these
psychological constructs
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