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Ch 12 Flashcards

1
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what theorist has super factors

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Eysenck

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2
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biosocial

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emphasizing biological and genetic factors as well as social and environmental ones

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3
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humors

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reflect the four elements of the cosmos

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sanguine

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prominence of blood led to sanguine character, marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness

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5
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phlegmatic

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predominance of mucus

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melancholic

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predominance of black bile or depressed personality

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choleric

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yellow bile infused the irascible and violent choleric personality

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8
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typologies

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imply distinct, discrete , and separate categories into which an individual can be placed

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traits

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refers to continuous dimensions that individuals possess to varying degrees

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Sheldons relationships among components of the physique and temperament

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Endomorphy
Mesomorphy
Ectomorphy
Visceratonia
Somatotonia
Cerebrotonia
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11
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Endomorphy

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Predominance of soft roundness

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Mesomorphy

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Predominance of muscle, bone, and connective tissue

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Ectomorphy

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Predominance of linearity and fragility

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Visceratonia

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General love of comfort, relaxation, sociability, people, and food

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Somatotonia

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Tendency to seek action and power through bodily assertiveness

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Cerebrotonia

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Predominance of restraint, inhibition, and concealment

17
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Eysenck’s Scientific model of personality focused on two distinct aspects

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A description of personality derived from factors analytics studies and a casual analysis based on experimental test of deduction

18
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Eysenck defined personality as

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A more or less stable and enduring organization of a person’s character, temperament, intellect, and physique which determines his unique adjustment to the environment

19
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Superfactors

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Extraversion vs introversion

Emotionality vs stability

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Psychoticism

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Characterized by the loss or distortion of reality and the inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy

21
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Criterion analysis

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A method of analysis employed by Eysenck that begins with a hypothesis about possible variables and conducts statistical analysis is in order to test the hypothesis

22
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Reticular activating system

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The part of the brain that regulates levels of arousal ranging from sleep to states of high alertness

23
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Visceral brain

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The limbic system and the hypothalamus

24
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Evoked potential

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Electrical activity in the brain

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