Chapter 15 Second Half Flashcards
according to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one’s potential.
Self-Actualization
proposes that faith in one’s worldview and the pursuit of self-esteem provide protection against a deeply rooted fear of death.
Terror-Management Theory
: according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person.
Unconditional Positive Regard
: all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, “Who am I?”
Self Concept
a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports.
Trait
a questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits.
Personality Inventory
the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality test. Originally developed to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), this test is now used for many other screening purposes.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
: a test (such as the MMPI) developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups.
Empirically Derived Test
views behavior as influence by the interaction between persons (and their thinking) and their social context.
Social-Cognitive Perspective
: the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors.
Reciprocal Determinism
our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless.
Personal Control
: the perception that chance or outside forces beyond one’s personal control determine one’s fate.
External Locus of Control
Conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extroversion…CANOE or OCEAN
The big five
: the perception that one control one’s own fate.
Internal Locus of Control
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events.
Learned Helplessness
