In: Psychology
Describe the nature of psychological data and briefly explain it.
Data is any information related to mental processes, experiences and behaviour, collected by using various tools.
Psychological data are of different types, such as:
a) Demographic information:
This information includes personal information related to a particular individual. This includes name, age, gender, education etc.whicj are personally relevant.
b) Physical information:
This includes information pertaining to physical environment i.e ecological condition. It also includes information about economy, housing conditions etc.
c) Physiological data:
This is related to Biological data. For example, height, weight, heart rate, level of fatigue EEG etc. is collected.
d) Psychological information:
This includes data regarding psychological functioning of individual. It involves data about intelligence, personality, attitudes etc.
Data is any information related to mental processes, experiences and behaviour, collected by using various tools.