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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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what are the 5 factors to personality

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neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness

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anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, vulnerable, sensitivity to reward

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neuroticism

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diligent, disciplined, well-organized, punctual, dependable

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conscientiousness

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outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, assertive, gregarious

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extraversion

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curiosity, flexibility, imaginativeness, artistic, sensitivity, unconventional attitudes

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openness

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sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, modest, straightforward

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agreeableness

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a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study observable behavior

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behaviorism

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pairing two things that did not previously go together and eliciting a response

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classical conditioning

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a form of learning in which a voluntary response comes to be controlled by their consequences

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operant conditioning

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happens when a person or animals response to the environment is influenced by observing others who are referred to as models

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observational learning

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what is the importance of self-efficacy

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belief about one’s ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes

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theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans especially their free will and their potential for personal growth

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humanism

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what is the emphasis on the humanistic perspective

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individuals have the freedom to chart their courses of action and are not pawns in the environment

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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self-actualization
esteem
love and belonging
safety
psychological needs

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an organized collection of beliefs about the self

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self-concept

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qualities people think they people

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actual self

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qualities people would like to have

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ideal self

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qualities people think they should have

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ought self

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mismatches between the actual, ideal, and ought selves

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self-discrepancies

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falling short of the ideal

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dejected and sad

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falling short of the ought

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irritable and guilty

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we choose to reference groups of superior quality

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upward social comparison

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we choose inferior groups as reference

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downward social comparison

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ones overall assessment of one’s worth

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self esteem

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an eduring sense of confidence

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self esteem triat

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dynamic feelings about the self that change with the situation

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self esteem state

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cognitive processes affect the ability to maintain a view of the self

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self perception

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default mode, not much deliberate decision making

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automatic self perception

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active thinking required for important decisions

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controlled self perception

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inferences that people draw about the causes of their own behavior

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internal/external
stable/unstable
controllable/uncontrollable

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tendency to use suminal causal attributions for a wide variety of events in one’s life

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explanatory style

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attributes setbacks to external, unstable, specific factors

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optimistic explanatory style

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attribute setbacks to internal, stable, global factors

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pessimistic explanatory style

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what are the two motives that guide self-understanding

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self-assessment, self-enhancement

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desire for truthful information about the self

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self assessment

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desire to maintain positive feelings about the self

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self enhancement

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tendency to attribute one’s success to personal factors and failures to situational factors

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self serving bias

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tendency to enhance one’s image by publicly announcing one’s association with those who are successful

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basking in reflected glory

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tendency to sabotage one’s performance to provide an excuse for possible failure

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self handicapping

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the process of directing and controlling one’s behavior

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self regulation

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seemingly intentional actions that thwart a person’s self-interest

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self-defeating behaviors

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forms of self-defeating behaviors

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deliberate self destruction
trade offs
counterproductive strategies

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short-term, potentially harmful behaviors used to pursue a goal

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trade offs

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persisting in ineffective strategies to achieve a goal

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counterproductive strategies

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