Chapter Four Flashcards
temperament
the individual differences that emerge very early in life, likely heritable basis and are often involved with emotionality and arousabilty
stability coefficients
the correlations between the same measures obtained at two different points in time
validity coefficients
the correlations between different measures of the same trait obtained at the same time
person-situation debate
suggests that behaviour is a function of the interaction between personality traits and situational forces
situationism
if behaviour differs from situation to situation, then it must be situational differences that determine behaviour
strong situation
referd to situations which nearly all people react the same
weak situations
when personality has its strongest on behaviour
situational selection
when we choose the situations we enter
i.e.
evocation
the reactions we produce in others
i.e. a child with high activity level may evoke their parents to constrain them
manipulation
the ways which we intentionally influence others
aggregation
summing or averaging several single observations resulting in a better measure of a trait rather than from a single observation
i.e. choosing to marry someone because they are cheerful in general, despite having occasional bad times
goldilocks zone of personality measurement
personality factor measures are too broad, personality behaviour measured are too narrow, but personality trait measures are just right
