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{21} Personality II Flashcards

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Identify:

Evolutionary Perspective?

A

Personality traits, like physical traits evolve over long periods of time and have adaptive functions

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Identify:

Biological Persepective?

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Individual differences in personality traits stem from genetic, neurological, and physiological sources

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Identify:

Two problems faced by living things?

Evolutionary Perspective

A

Survival & Reproduction

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Define:

Mechanisms?

Physical? Psychological?

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Adaptive solutions to problems faced by living things
Physical : The bodily organs and systems that solve survival and reprodutctive problems
Psychological : Internal and specific cognitive, motivational, or personality systems that solve problems

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Define:

Psychoticism?

Traits?

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A combination of openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness

Aggresive, Cold, Antisocial, Impulsive, Egocentric, Creative,

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Define:

Cortical Arousal?

High? Low?

A

How active the brain is at a resting state as well as how sensitive it is to stimulation
High - High Sensitivity; Less stimulation required
Low - Low Sensitivity; More Stimulation Required

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Define:

Sensory Threshold?

High? Low?

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How much of a stimulus is required for it to be percieved

High- Lower sensitivity to stimuli
Low - Greater sensitivty to stimuli

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Define:

Collectivism?

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A group that is more concerned about the impact of their behavior on their family, friends, and social groups

Score higher on Conscientiousness and Agreeableness

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Define:

Individualism?

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A group more concerned with how their behavior will affect their personal goals

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Identify:

Relationship between Personality & Career Choice?

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Extraverts : Prefer social and enterprising majors (such as psychology, social work, and education)
Introverts/Thinking Types : Prefer realistic and investigative majors (Mech E or Arachaeology)

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Define:

Congruence?

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When people find environments reinforcing and satisfying because they resemble their personality patterns

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Define:

Counterproductive Work Behavior?

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Anything done by the employee that is intentionally negative for the organization

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Identify:

Best Big 5 for Careers?

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Conscientiousness & Extraversion

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Define:

Expectancy?

High? Low? More?

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The subjective probabilty that a given behavior will lead to a particular outcome, or reinforcer
High - Confident behavior will result in outcome
Low- Not Confident behavior will result in outcome

Formed based on past experiences

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Explain:

Equally desirable Outcomes?

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If equal outcomes, one wil engage in behavior that has the greatest likelihood of paying off (Highest Expectancy)

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Explain:

What do you need for High Expectancy?

A

a) The capacity to enact the behavior effectively
b) The behavior will result in reinforcement

17
Q

Define:

Reinforcement Value?

High? Low?

A

The desirabilty of the outcomes of our behavior
High- Things that we want to happen
Low - Things that we wish to avoid

18
Q

Explain:

Observational & Over time Expectancy?

A
  • If you see other people getting reinforced, it will influence your expectancy
  • If in the past you were reinforced for a behavior, you are going to have a higher expectancy
19
Q

Explain:

Reciprocal Determinism?

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Cognitive Processes, Behavior, and context, all interact, each factor influencing each other simultaneously determines behavior

20
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Define:

Cognitive Processes? Behavior? Context?

A

Cognitive Processes: All characteristics previosuly learned including beliefs, expectations, and personailty characteristics
Behavior: Anything that we do that may be rewarded or punished
Context: The environment or situation which includes rewarding/punishing stimuli

21
Q

Define:

Self-Efficacy?

A

Our level of confidence in our own abilities through social experiences

22
Q

Explain:

Locus of Control?

Internal? External?

A

Our beliefs about the power we have over our lives
Internal - People who tend to believe that most of our outcomes are the direct result of our efforts
External - Believe that our outcomes are outside of our control

23
Q

Explain:

Mischel’s Cognitive Affective Personality System (CAPS)?

A

Individual’s behavior is dictated on situational cues (The needs of a given situation) rather than personality traits

Situation -> EEGAPS -> Behavior

24
Q

Identify:

EE GAPS?

A
  1. Encoding
  2. Expectancies & Beliefs
  3. Goals & Values
  4. Affects/Emotions
  5. Personal Competencies
  6. Self-Regulation

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