Disadvantages of self reports include:

- Limited behavioral information 

- Lack of private experience

- Error (remembering only extreme/ out of character instances)

- Bias 

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Informant reports are data collected about an individual that comes from someone who knows that individual. They are a form of judgement based on common sense, experience, and rating the behavior of others.

Examples:

- letters of recommendation

- gossip



Informant Reports

Funder, D. C. (2019). The personality puzzle. New York, NY: W. W. Norton &amp; Company.

The Personality Puzzle

Advantages of informant reports include:

- Large amount of information

- Real world bias/information

- Utilizes common sense

- Definitional Truth

- Casual forces (expectancy effect)

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