4.6 - The Great Debate Flashcards

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behaviourism

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  • personality = behavioural patterns, between person structures + processes
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BF skinner

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  • operant conditioning
  • reinforcement, punishment, behaviour modification
  • emphasise role of consequences in shaping behaviour, skinner box
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Albert Bandura

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  • social learning theory
  • observational learning, imitation, Bobo doll
  • bridge gap btwn behaviourism + cognitive psychology, role of mental processes in learning, modeling to acquire new behaviours
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Walter Mishcel

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  • Marshmallow test
  • delayed gratification, self-control
  • behavioural is more situational, self-control predict long-term life outcomes
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5
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interactionism

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  • cybernetic big five theory for personality psychology
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6
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behaviour observation

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  • assessment of attribute manifestations
  • interviews, observations,
    problem of replicability
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self-reports

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  • assessment of own or peers’ feelings, attitudes, beliefs
  • personality tests, clinical interviews, surveys
  • dishonesty + response bias, social desirability
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8
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nomonological scoring

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standardised questionnaires e.g. OCEAN

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9
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idiographic scoring

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judgement based evaluations, clinical, workplace, research

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10
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validity

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degree to which claim is correct or true –> IS IT MEASURING WHAT YOU THINK IT IS (internal validity
can results be generalised (external validity)

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reliability

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  • consistency/stable accuracy of measurement across time/context
  • reliability necessary but not sufficient condition for validity
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problems with test results

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  • cultural test biases
  • procedural biases (interviewer mood)
  • faking (dishonesty)
  • q framing biases
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13
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psychobiological assessment

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  • measuring biological functions relating to personality
  • fMRI, EEG, GSR, PET, blood tests, gene sequencing
  • reductionist and impractical often
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neuroticism practical associations

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  • work performance negatively associated
  • anxiety disorders positively associated
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intelligence associations

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  • oppenness to experience
  • academic performance positively associated
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conscientiousness academic performance

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  • high in conscientiousnes = perform better as motivation increases
  • lower in conscientiousness perform similarly regardless of motivation
17
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asscn btwn loneliness + frequency of touch

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  • less extraverted score lower on loneliness as frequency of touch increases, extraverted doesn’t matter
18
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narcissism + emotional eating

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  • narcissistic men less likely to emotionally eat
  • little difference for women