Meaning of Life and Gritz Survey Reflection Rubi Garza Texas A&M International University The Meaning of Life survey strives to pinpoint how much meaning or purpose an individual gives their own life by giving a questionnaire, which concludes the measurements of presence and search by a score range of 5-35. The Gritz survey strives to determine how much interest and persistence an individual has in their long term goals by giving a questionnaire, which concludes the measurement by a score range of 1-5. These surveys use the S-Data approach, the qualitative, and quantities methods. The reliability, validity, and generalizability of the assessment are evaluated individually in order to conclude their effectiveness. The findings …show more content…
This approach is very beneficial for researchers in the aspect that self-surveys involve only the participants and their own thoughts, which usually brings the best answers possible (Fudner, 2012). It also allows the participant to not feel any discomfort or judgement by what they answer because they are able to evaluate themselves without any actual researcher asking them personally (Fudner, 2012). The qualitative method was used for these assessment as well, due to the embedded wording throughout the surveys that allow the researcher to gain an understanding in underlying answers and/or opinions (Fudner, 2012). It provides insight to an individual personality without primarily focusing on numerical data. Furthermore, it also involved a bit of the quantitative approach. It gathered its conclusions about the measurements of the individual by calculating a numerical score from two different numerical …show more content…
For example, on the Life Satisfaction survey, they state that they are trying to research how much meaning or purpose an individual puts in their lives. However, it leaves the participant with an unclear view on which questions are linked to the designed measures, being presence and search. Also, in the Gritz survey, they don’t give much information of what “gritz” really is, other than stating that it measures determinism, interests, and persistence. Furthermore, the assessments do not account for the many uncertainties than an individual may have when taking surveys that really involves deep thinking towards a person’s
First, all data have both an objective and a subjective component. Numbers can be easily assigned to all qualitative data (such as open-ended questions in surveys), and any number obtained by a quantitative study is interpreted using a subjective or qualitative judgment. Second, using differen...
Again, I believe Taylor is missing some important feature to his theory. It seems he is correct in stating one should have their own sense of meaning to their life not just others’ perception that one’s life is meaningful. However, there is still the problem of giving equal meaning to everyone life that is doing what they love to do. As a result, to answer this problem one could suggest in order for one to have a meaningful life a person must be subjectively fulfilled by pursuing objectively valuable ends. This way it ensures the person must find meaning in their own lives as well as creating something that benefits many that will give others the perception the person has a meaningful life.
The Values and Motives Questionnaire (VMQ) manual explained two types of reliability that they utilized to assess the consistency of the assessment: test-retest reliability and homogeneity reliability (Psytech, 2016). The test-retest reliability assesses compares the scales that occurred at two or more separate testings, whereas the homogeneity assesses if the items within the test are similar in their ability to test the target attribute. (Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones, 2016). The two types of validity the VMQ manual acknowledged wereconstruct and criterion validity (Psytech, 2016). Construct validity is an assessment that tests if the target attribute is effectively being measured. The test needs to reflect meaning and be consistent with other established tests measuring the same attribute. Criterion validity measures the tests ability to predict the target attribute successfully, this is especially important since most assessment are given in order to predict wellness or behaviors (Drummond et al., 2016). The primary reliability assessment used to portray reliability in the manual is the homogeneity. It was reported that all of the scales have a strong measurement, except for achievement and infrequency (Psychnet, 2016). This means that of all the sub-categories that are in the VMQ are asking questions that are similar in their measurement of the target category. For validity, the inter-correlations were assessed. The results indicated that the sub-scales did not directly impact each other and that they did measure the specific sub-scales they were intending to measure (Psychnet, 2016).
Many people wonder: what is the meaning of life? What is the human purpose on this earth? At least one time in our lifetime, we all look at ourselves and wonder if we are living our lives the way we were meant to live them. Sadly, there is not a definite answer to the principles of human life. Every human comes from different backgrounds and different experiences throughout their existence.
Self-report personality inventories such as these allow for a comparison of various traits within an individual to other people’s qualities (Nevid, 2015, p. 435). Additionally, this form of testing is inexpensive to administer and score. Another benefit of these types of tests is the likelihood that one will be honest, due to the lack of face-to-face communication with an interviewer (Nevid, 2015, p. 436). Lastly, this form of testing also offers the possibility of boosting one’s confidence level, because of the positive wording that does not focus on the negative aspects of one’s personality (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 21). Nevertheless, negative factors remain, such as the results of these tests have the ability to change based on one’s mood, which may have been the reason for the variance in my testing results. According to an article by Vox media, fifty percent of testers had a changed result in as little as five weeks after the first testing experience (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 24). These self-reported tests depend on the truthfulness of the individual taking the test, thus they rely on the self-judgment of one’s opinion (Nevid, 2015, p. 435) Additionally, these tests which are bias, measure a single dimension of personality (Nevid, 2015, p.
Focusing on surveys and questionnaires, and quantitative research methods, it varies on the person getting questioned as to which method they prefer. Some individuals may prefer to fill in a questionnaire, as it is quick and simple for them, whereas someone else would rather have a face-to-face interview because they may find questionnaires to complicated. Giving people the choice gives the more chance of getting a response overall. It is important that the researchers are aware of the advantages and disadvantages because they will then be aware of what method to use, and will know what method is best to use. It is also an advantage to work with experienced researchers in order to find out the best results.
Like any other science, psychology is concerned with theories and data. Psychologists use a wide range of research methods and techniques that allow them to gather and make sense of the data that they produce. The methods that psychologists use to research and analyse the experience and behaviours of individuals or groups are called psychological research methods. This essay will be investigating and analysing three research methods to include; experimental, observational and surveys, also, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses of each in addition to their usefulness in the psychology field.
On the other hand, Quantitative research refers to “variance theory” where quantity describes the research in terms of statistical relationships between different variables (Maxwell, 2013). Quantitative research answers the questions “how much” or “how many?” Quantitative research is an objective, deductive process and is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and other defined variables with generalized results from a larger sample population. Much more structured than qualitative research, quantitative data collection methods include various forms of surveys, personal interviews and telephone interviews, polls, and systematic observations. Methods can be considered “cookie cutter” with a predetermined starting point and a fixed sequence of
Health and longevity positively correlated with high life satisfaction which means that individuals with high life satisfaction are more likely to be healthy and live longer (Pressman and Cohen, 2012; Diener and Chan, 2011). It was also reported that people with high life satisfaction have stronger and cardiovascular systems (Pressman and Cohen, 2005). Productivity and effectiveness in the workplace as well as success in career is also attributable to high life satisfaction (Tay, Kuykendall, Diener, 2015). Additionally, individuals with high life satisfaction engage in more physical activities (Huang and Humpreys, 2012). Presence of meaning in life as well as search for meaning in life correlated positively with life satisfaction. It is also notable that the older the respondents are, the meaning in life and presence of meaning in life also increases. Therefore, it is deemed that internal assessment of one’s purpose in life can affect life satisfaction (Santos et al.
They’re just not something you would frame on your wall, you probably wouldn’t use them in a resume, you likely wouldn’t boast about your results to anyone, and they’re not science based. I could think of few places where these results would be of any real-world use. These quizzes are helpful in that they point out personality traits you may not have been aware you possess. One example of this: being considered introverted when I thought I was extroverted. In my mind, I associated being shy with being an introvert. I am not shy, so in my mind that made me an extrovert. Personality is definitely a big part of who you are, however it’s not
I have always been to asking myself what is meaning of life? or what I supposed to do ? or what I have to achieve? . Meaning of life what 's you have been given? what you have given by different kind of human? Or what I believe or what I do not believe in life .Everybody have Meaning of life it depends between person to person, I found myself when I was young because my parents always talk about experience in their life.Throughout my entire life ,I have wondered about the significance meaning of life that has beneficial for the people, because the life is beginning odds and ending odds .Even though struggle of life, I believe meaning of life are ,regional ,ambition, participate ,achievement ,and happiness .Due to this, I
The last two measures Stable satisfaction and Positive Satisfaction have total of 10 questions that are originated from the something to live for and life satisfaction (SLLS) scale. These questions are graded on a 4-point scale, which 1 being ‘not at all’ and 4 being ‘very much.’ Through these two measures, the score reflects the well being of the individual; higher score means higher satisfaction of life.
According to Saunders, ET al. (2007) Questionnaires comprise of open and closed- ended questions, or either of the two. In an open-ended question, the respondent(s) are permitted to offer personal responses while the in the closed-ended question the respondent(s) is provided with a list of options to choose a response from. In this study, the closed ended question technique has been applied.
I will first talk about the Likert Scale. The Likert Scale is a really popular type of questionnaire that’s used in the educational world. It was developed by Rensis Likert, whom was an educator and a psychologist. Ever since the creation of this scale, there have been many different versions based on the number of points in the scale. The Likert Scale can be four-point, five-point, six-point, and so on. The even-numbered scale mostly makes the respondent choose, whereas the odd-numbered scale provides the option for indecision or neutrality. Having indecisiveness or neutrality can make this type of questionnaire less effective in trying to find a definite answer to your research.
The survey was finished on 11 October. 32 respondents had answered my survey. It was a bit difficult to find the questions, nonetheless the respondent’s answers were easy to obtain the outcomes.