Constructs

The proactive personality construct was introduced by Bateman and Crant (1993) who defined it as “a relatively stable tendency to effect environmental change” (p. 107). Since that time proactive personality has emerged as a heuristic construct in organizational settings, showing significant relationships with such variables as job performance, career success, and leadership quality (e.g., Crant & Bateman, 2000; Crant, 1995; Seibert et al., 1999; Thompson, 2005). Proactive personality is most frequently

The present study contains a correlational study design as well as a between-subject design. A correlational study design will allow the researchers to adequately answer the first research question. The correlational study design allows the researchers to identify and interpret any correlational trends regarding mental health effects and the success of transitioning amongst the participants. The dependent variable of the first research question includes the success of transitioning (employment,

social construct as a social mechanism, phenomenon or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is constructed through cultural or social practice. Social constructs or social constructions define meanings, notions, or connotations that are assigned to objects and events in the environment and to people’s notions of their relationships to and interactions with these objects. In the domain of social constructionist thought, a social construct is an

Construct Questionnaire Part 1 Dawn Carlton Psychology 245 August 10, 2015 Tracy Masiello Construct Questionnaire Part 1 I chose motivation as my construct because I am very curious at what drives people and keeps them on track to reach goals, deadlines, and thing of this nature. Motivation of course is not something that can be measured, nor could it possibly measured accurately. First motivation can be defined in multiple ways to different people. Internal and external influences that fuel

False memory is a term for the event of an individual remembering information or events they were not exposed to. Jerwen and Flores (2013) defined it as the creation of a memory about an event that an individual did not experience. They point out, “although not being able to remember something is a memory problem, ‘remembering’ something that did not happen can be as serious a problem.” The seriousness of this problem is exemplified in the cases of individuals creating false memories of sexual abuse

identify and define the relevant constructs, in doing so we will also identify psychological measures and determine the validity of the constructs. Constructs are defined as … (come back if you need padding) Psychological measurement refers to scores assigned to individuals to describe some characteristic of the individual. In turn that characteristics are used to define the construct, which refers to an informed concept that explains or describes a given behaviour. Construct validity refers to how well

the 19th and 20th Centuries, Race was categorised as a biological concept. It wasn’t till the middle of the 20th century where scientists began to rethink the notion and view race as more of a social construct race. Race will be thoroughly looked at in this study as both a biological and social construct and finally examined as to why it is still seen as socially significant. This essay will show that race is a socially significant and powerful because people naturally create categories, especially

questioning the possible social constructs revolving around race and its reason for being used in society today. An article, written by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, points out that early anthropology and biology alike assume that race is real based upon “obvious physical features such as skin color, features of the face, shape and size of the body, and the underlying skeleton.”

psychology, Sigmund Freud, believed that the psyche could be divided into three constructs. These divisions aren’t physical parts of the brain but rather hypothetical separations. Freud’s Psychic Apparatus, as he called it, consists of what are known as the Id, the Ego, and the Superego. These constructs help the mind avoid pain or displeasure in everyday life. Stephen Dobyns takes an interesting perspective on these constructs in his poem “How to Like it”. In the poem, Dobyns uses the relationship between

should be measuring the same thing (i.e. internal consistency). Nevertheless, personality measurement can be evaluated by its validity as well. Construct validity is one of the main subtypes of validity. Construct validity refers to the ability that a personality test measures what it is intended to measure. Discriminant validity is a subtype of construct validity, which refers to the extent that the concept that is not related to the test doesn’t emerge in the test. Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2009)