ENQUIRE‚ Volume 1‚ Issue 1‚ June 2008 Measuring Personality Constructs: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Self-Reports‚ Informant Reports and Behavioural Assessments Jennifer Dodorico McDonald University of Cambridge jad64@hermes.cam.ac.uk Abstract Achieving construct validity‚ or using measures that accurately represent particular theoretical constructs‚ is an important goal of social science research. This article reviews arguments regarding the strengths and limitations of personality
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What does respect mean to you? To me‚ respect means following the golden rule. It means treating others with kindness‚ love‚ generosity‚ and having polite manners. “Treat others as you would like to be treated.” That is the golden rule‚ is it not? Who wouldn’t want to be treated with kindness? Who wouldn’t want to be around someone with manners and cleanliness? Respect is being considerate to others and their feelings and beliefs. Respect isn’t just for others though‚ you need to respect yourself
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Respect is defined as a positive feeling of esteem for a person or institution It is characterized by specific actions and conduct that demonstrate esteem Respect for tradition and legitimate authority has been identified by J. Haidt as one of five fundamental moral values of different societies and individuals We show respect by considering and taking seriously other peoples’ feelings‚ thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and needs By showing respect to others‚ we show that we value them and their thoughts We also
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the month RESPECT keep coming back to me over and over again. As adults we know how we define respect and how we would like it displayed to us and why it is important to us. For example‚ my definition of respect is; Think good things about who a person is or how they act based on there deeds‚ character and how they conduct their lives everyday even when no one else is looking. I also know how I would like respect shown to me; I would hope that people that respect me would show me respect to me in
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treated with much respect as human” I think that animals should not be treated differently and should not be treated as horrible beasts‚ because they are living things just like us humans. They might not have a voice but they are alive and living. It is a common belief that a human is superior to any other animal‚ mainly because of the extended intelligence that the former is gifted with. However‚ it is my strong conviction that all living things are worthy of the same respect and deserve to be
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a Trojan soldier‚ must fight Akhilleus‚ an Achaean‚ during the Trojan War. Both men are regarded as powerful warriors by both Trojan and Achaean forces. Homer‚ author of the epic poem‚ also held great respect for both warriors‚ but respected them in different ways. Homer demonstrates this respect greatly in lines 97 to 184 of The Iliad. Throughout the beginning of the excerpt‚ Homer paints Hektor as an energetic‚ powerful soldier. Lines 98 – 102 compare Hektor to a snake using an epic simile.
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controversial issue comes up that whether nowadays students do not respect teachers as much as in the past. Admittedly‚ we are emphasizing that everyone is equal and stressing the right to express our ideas different from others. However‚ can we say that nowadays students do not respect teachers as much as in the past? Perhaps not. Despite of different people hold various perspectives‚ I‚ given this chance‚ prefer to assert that nowadays students respect teachers as much as in the past. My point of view‚ involves
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Compassion and Respect Respect and compassion are what everyone needs to have in life to have a great relationship between others and so that life can be peaceful. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Scout learns about respect and compassion and how important they are to lead a good life. Through the characterization of Scout as a young girl who learns about the feeling of others‚ Lee demonstrates that people need to learn compassion and respect to understand the feelings
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Respect: Something Earned‚ Not Given Respect is a very valuable thing; especially in cultures such as the Chinese. It is one of the aspects in life that must be earned‚ not taken for granite. Respect is also very difficult to obtain‚ yet it is so common that nine year old chess prodigies can harness it. One does not have to be as brave a knight or as powerful as a king in order to gain respect‚ but the use of “invisible strength‚” according to Amy Tan’s‚ “Rules of the Game‚” is the power needed
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Daoist‚ came to believe that people need to respect and preserve the ecology and the nature as a whole. Even though Daoist didn’t have any rules preventing polluting before 1970s‚ people who followed Daoist still respected the nature because they believed that in order to have a positive connection with the nature‚ one itself need to respect it first. It was believed that a self-respecting man will also respect the nature and will try to preserve it. People who practiced Daoist were often found to
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