Chapter 15- Second Half

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Humanistic perspective

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Focuses on the ways of healthy growth potential

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Terror management theory

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Proposes that faith in one’s worldview and the pursuit of self-esteem provide protection against deeply rooted fear of death

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Abraham Maslow

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Develop self actualization

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Self actualization

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The ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the desire to fulfill one’s potential

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Carl Rogers

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Believed that a growth promoting climate requires 3 conditions,
Acceptance
Genuineness
Empathy

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Unconditional positive regard

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Attitude of total acceptance towards another person

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Self-concept

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All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question “who am I? “

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Trait

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Characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and he reports

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Gordon Allport

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Defines personality in terms of identifiable behavior patterns

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Factor analysis

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Statistical procedure used to identify clusters of traits that go together

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Personality inventories

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A questionnaire on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors used to determine selected personality traits

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MMPI

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The most widely researched and clinically used personality test, designed to identify abnormal behavior

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Empirically derived test

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A test developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups

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The big five

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Openness 
Conscientiousness- organizational
Extraversion- introverted vs extroverted 
Agreeableness
Neuroticism-emotional stability

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Social cognitive perspective

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View behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons and their social context

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Reciprocal determinism

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The interacting influences between personality and environmental factors

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Personal control

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Our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless

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External locus of control

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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond one’s personal control determine one’s fate

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Internal locus of control

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Perception that one controls ones own fate

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Learned helplessness

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The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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Positive psychology

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Scientific study of optimal human functioning

Aims to discover and promote strengths and urges that enable individual and communities to thrive

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Spotlight effect

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Overestimating others noticing evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders

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Self-esteem

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One’s feelings of high or low self-worth

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Self-serving bias

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A readiness to perceive oneself favorably

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Myers Briggs test

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Personality test focuses on how a person takes information and makes decisions, and focuses on a person’s day to day lifestyle

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Martin Seligman

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Developed positive psychology