Assumptions

Question 1

What are the three assumptions of the biological approach to personality?

Answer 1

1. Many personality characteristics are genetically determined
2. That human behaviour is produced by complex biological systems
3. Our behavioural tendencies are personality to an extent derive from our evolutionary history

Question 2

Assumptions of the Biological Approach

1. Many personality characteristics are __________ determined
2. That human behaviour is produced by complex ________ systems
3. Our behavioural tendencies are personality to an extent derive from our evolutionary history

Answer 2

genetically; biological ; evolutionary

Question 3

What are the 5 assumptions of the humanistic approach?

Answer 3

Personal responsibility; Here and now; phenomenology of the individual; personal change and growth; holistic view

Question 4

1. Personal __________;
2. Here and now;
3. ___________ of the individual;
4. personal change and growth;
5. _______ view

are the assumptions of the humanistic view

Answer 4

responsibility; phenomenology; holistic

Question 5

What are the 3 assumptions of the cognitive perspective?

Answer 5

Sees the human being as a complex but orderly information processing system; We integrate, organise, store and retrieve information; We develop characteristics patterns of thinking

Question 6

(1) Sees the human being as a complex but orderly _________ _________ system
(2) We integrate, organise, store and retrieve information
(3) We develop characteristics ________ of thinking

Are the assumptions of the cognitive perspective

Answer 6

information processing; patterns

Question 7

What are the assumptions of the behavioural/social learning approach?

Answer 7

The experiences of life change us, and they do so in ways which are lawful and predictable

Question 8

What is the assumption of the trait approach?

Answer 8

Personality characteristics are relatively stable across time and situations