Chapter 1 FIB Flashcards
The term personality comes from the word persona, meaning a theatrical
mask
Personality is a pattern of relatively permanent _____________________, dispositions, or characteristics within an individual that give some measure of consistency to that person’s behavior.
traits
A ___________________ is a set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses
theory
Theories are most closely related to _________________________, the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge
epistemology
The field of study concerned with observation and classification of data and with the verification of general laws through the testing of hypotheses is called
science
A _________________________ is a classification of things according to their natural relationships
taxonomy
A hypothesis is often defined as an ___________________ guess
educated guess
The psychology of _______________________ is a subdiscipline of psychology that studies the personal traits of scientists
science
A useful theory must be _____________________, which means that research must be able to either confirm or disconfirm its major tenets
falsifiable
The law of parsimony states that the ______________________ of two theories is preferred
simpler
The most important function of a ___________________ is to generate research
theory
An _________________ definition is one that defines concepts and units in terms of specific operations
operational
Teleology is an explanation of behavior in terms of _______________________ goals
future
A reliable test will yield ___________________ results
reliable
A test that measures what it is supposed to measure is said to be
valid
