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- n. an expert who is consulted in ethnographic and related research. The researcher obtains information from the informant regarding the individual, group, and cultural characteristics and behaviors of the unit (e.g., group, tribe, society) about which the informant has knowledge.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Information Processing Theory explains human thinking as a series of steps similar to how computers process information, including receiving input, interpreting sensory information, organizing data, forming mental representations, retrieving info from memory, making decisions, and giving output.
Researchers use multiple informants’ reports to assess and examine behavior. However, informants’ reports commonly disagree. Informants’ reports often disagree in their perceived levels of a behavior (“low” vs. “elevated” mood), and examining multiple reports in a single study often results in inconsistent findings.
- Andres De Los Reyes, Sarah A. Thomas, Kimberly L. Goodman, Shannon M.A. Kundey
- 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185617
- 2013
- 2013
David Watson. This module provides a basic overview to the assessment of personality. It discusses objective personality tests (based on both self-report and informant ratings), projective and implicit tests, and behavioral/performance measures.
- David Watson
- 2019
Discrepancies between self- and informant-reports can come from at least three plausible sources: self-report biases, access to different information, and psychometric differences across informants. Self-report biases can take many forms ( Podsakoff et al., 2003 ).
- Thomas M. Olino, Daniel N. Klein
- 2015
informant. n. an expert who is consulted in ethnographic and related research. The researcher obtains information from the informant regarding the individual, group, and cultural characteristics and behaviors of the unit (e.g., group, tribe, society) about which the informant has knowledge.
Self-report inventories evolved from behavioral observations and informant rating scales. Various scale construction methods were used to develop self-report inventories to measure normal personality, specific clinical problems like anxiety or depression, or a broader range of mental health problems. This chapter covers four multidimensional ...
Apr 12, 2022 · Informant Reports in Clinical Assessment 11. multiple approaches exist for integrating multi-informant data, although we wish to highlight two key issues at the outset of. describing these ...
