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Ch.1 - Introduction Flashcards

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Psychological Triad

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Feel, think, behave

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Applications with clinical psychology

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  • normal vs extreme personality patterns

* personality disorders

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The Whole Person

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How all areas of psychology come together

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3 Levels of Personality Analysis

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  • human nature
  • individual and group differences
  • individual uniqueness
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Human Nature

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How we are like ALL others, traits of our species

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Individual and Group differences

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How we are like SOME others, creating groups, which are different than others

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Individual Uniqueness

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How we are like NO others

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Goal of Personality psych

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  • explain the whole person

* very difficult to do with a scientific approach

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Basic Approaches to Personality

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  • trait approach
  • biological approach
  • psychoanalytic approach
  • phenomenological approach
  • learning and cognitive approach
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Biological Approach

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  • anatomy
  • physiology
  • genetics
  • evolution
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Trait Approach

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  • conceptualization of individual differences

* measurement of individual differences

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Psychoanalytic Approach

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• unconscious internal conflict

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Phenomenological Approach

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  • conscious awareness and experience

* humanistic

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Learning and Cognitive Approach

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  • behaviorism

* social learning theory

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One Big Theory

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It is difficult to do everything well

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Consistency of Personality

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Individuals behavior may be consistent across changing situations

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Disadvantages of Theories

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  1. No theory explains all

2. Theories affect new published information, biasing

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Advantages of Theories

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  1. Theories allow us to summarize the result of studies
  2. Theories are starting points for research
  3. Theories offer explanations
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Barnum Effect

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Construing vague information to oneself

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