Exam 1 PPT Notes Flashcards
Personality
- dictionary definitions
- state of …
- … and … that form a person’s distinctive character
- sum total of a person’s …, …, and … characteristics
being a person;
characteristics; qualities;
mental; emotional; social
personality
psychological definition
- unique and relatively … … and … aspects of a person’s character
- they influence behavior in …
enduring; internal; external;
different situations
personality
- description is complex
- humans change according to … and …
different situations; people
Questions on Personality and Social Media Interaction
- Do people present their … on social media?
- Does the use of social media … or … one’s personality?
- Does the use of social media differ with …?
real selves;
influence; change;
different personalities
Personality and Social Media
- personality includes how others …
- social media has a wide and a more … audience
- … and … personality
see a person online;
instantly reachable;
shapes; reflects
Role of Race, Gender, and Culture in Shaping Personality
- Race and Gender
- personality theorists traditionally consisted of … of … and … heritage
- ignored … and … influences
- personality theorists traditionally consisted of … of … and … heritage
white men;
European; American;
ethnic; gender
Role of Race, Gender, and Culture in Shaping Personality
- Culture
- … psychology research
- conclusion shows that personality is formed by … and … influences
- … psychology research
cross-cultural;
genetic;
environmental
Differences in Cultural Beliefs and Values
- Individualism vs collectivism
- impacts:
- …
- … - tendency to … oneself aggressively and be …
- impacts:
child-rearing practices;
self enhancement; promote; conspicuous
Assessment in Personality Study
- evaluation of personality
- used for …, …, …, and …
diagnosis;
education;
counseling;
research
Assessment in Personality Study
- principles of measurement:
- …: consistency of response to a psychological assessment device
- …: extent to which an assessment device measures what it is intended to measure
reliability;
validity
Assessment Methods:
- …
- … administration
- … tests
- …
- … assessment
- … and … samples
self-report inventories;
online test;
projective;
clinical interviews;
behavioral;
thought;
experience
Self-Report Inventories:
- subjects answer questions about their … and …
- … measure - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
behaviors;
feelings;
objective
Self-Report Inventories
- Advantages: … scoring, … assessment
- Disadvantages: not suited for people who possess …, tendency to provide … answers
objective;
quick;
limited reading skills;
desirable
Online Test Advantages
- Advantages
- less … and …
- … scoring
- accepted by …
- prevents test takers from … and …
time-consuming;
expensive;
objective;
younger employees;
looking ahead at questions; changing their answers
Projective Tests
- projective techniques
- …
- … Test
- … and …
Rorschach Inkblot Technique;
Thematic Apperception Test;
word association; sentence completion
Projective tests:
- interpretation is …
- … and … of the tests are low
subjective;
reliability; validity
Clinical interviews
- involves asking relevant questions about:
- … and … experiences
- … and … relationships
- reasons for …
past and present life experiences;
social; family;
seeking psychological help
Clinical Interviews:
- advantage: problem areas can be …
- Disadvantage: …
explored in detail;
subjective
Behavioral Assessments
- observer evaluates a person’s behavior …
- assessment occurs during …
- advantage: provides …
- disadvantage: less …
in a given situaiton;
clinical interview;
valuable insights;
systematic
Thought and Experience Sampling
- Thought sampling
- records … and … in a … manner
- provides a sample over a …
- records … and … in a … manner
thoughts;
moods;
systematic
period of time
Thought and Experience Sampling
- Experience sampling: participants are asked to describe … and … context in which the experience being sampled occurs
social;
environmental
Thought and Experience Sampling:
- relies on …
- advantage:
- determines how context influences … and …
- disadvantage:
- participant may forget to …
- … and … affect nature of info reported
technological developments;
thought; mood;
record activities;
emotions;
mood
Gender Issues in Assessment
- personality assessment is influenced by gender
- assessment measures indicate differential rates of diagnosis based on gender for …
- therapists may exhibit …
emotional disorders;
bias against women
Ethnic Issues in Assessment
- Asians
- less likely to … for …
- African Americans
- personality tests used are …
seek help;
emotional problems;
biased
Ethnic Issues in Assessment
- Hispanics
- less likely to seek …
- prefer to seek mental health advice from their …
- less likely to seek …
- translation of personality tests
- … and … expressions
- problems arising from … application
psychological treatment;
family physician;
slang; colloquial;
cross-culture
Personality Assessment Highlights
- Asians tend to score:
- high in …
- low in … and ..
collectivism;
assertiveness; optimism
Personality Assessment Highlights
- Hispanics tend to score:
- high in …
- high in … symptoms following injuries
collectivism;
PTSD
Personality Assessment Highlights
- African-Americans tend to score:
- low on …
- low on … and … (if they identify with …)
- low on … if they perceive … against them
trust;
hopelessness; depression; Black cultural values;
self-esteem; discrimination
Personality Research Methods:
- … method
- … method
- … method
- … method
clinical;
experimental;
virtual research;
correlational
clinical method:
- case study: detailed … of an individual
- contains data from …
- consistences in the patient’s lives are used by theorists to … their findings
- advantage: provides an … view of one’s personality
history;
various sources;
generalize;
in-depth
clinical method:
- case study:
- disadvantages:
- no … and control of the … and … methods
- …
- accuracy of … cannot be checked
- disadvantages:
precision; experimental; correlational;
subjective;
childhood memories
experimental method
- involves determining effects of … or … on …
- an … is arranged by psychologists
variables;
events;
behavior;
experimental situation
Experimental Method
- .. variable: variable that is manipulated
- … variable: variable that is measured
- … group: exposed to experimental treatment
- … group: does not receive experimental treatment
independent;
dependent;
experimental;
control
experimental method:
- advantages: … and …
- disadvantages:
- … and … reasons restrict control over some aspects of personality and behavior
- dependent variable is influenced by the …
well controlled; systematic;
safety; ethical;
subject’s attitude
Virtual Research Method
- online test administration:
- … tests
- …
- subject responses to …
- advantages:
- … responses
- …
- reaches … of subjects
psychological;
opinion surveys;
experimental stimuli;
fast;
inexpensive;
broad range
Virtual Research Method
- online tests:
- disadvantages:
- sample may not …
- online test-takers may have different … from …
- … and … of data is questionable
- disadvantages:
represent the population;
characteristics; non-responders;
honesty; accuracy
Correlational Method:
- measures the … between two variables
- expressed by the …, which ranges from …. to …
degree of relationship ;
correlation coefficient;
- 1.00; +1.00
Correlational Method
- advantage:
- helps make … in the real world
- disadvantage:
- … conclusions may be flawed
predictions;
cause and effect
Theory in the Study of Personality
Theory: provides the … to describe data in a …
- set of principles that must:
- be … and capable of …
- be able to … and … data by organizing those data into …
- help understand …
framework; meaningful;
testable; stimulating research;
clarify; explain;
coherent framework;
behavior
Questions about human nature:
- … or …
- … or …
- … or … of childhood
- … or …
- … or …
- … or …
free will; determinism;
inherited nature; nurturing environment;
dependent; independent;
unique; universal;
satisfaction; growth;
optimism; pessimism
The Person and the Situation:
- both the … and the … contribute to behavior
- individual’s personality determines:
- how .. he/she is from others
- how he/she … in the different situations
situation; person;
different;
behaves
The Personality
- … behavior … and … processes originating within the individual
consistent;
patterns;
intrapersonal
The Personality
- consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within the individual
- consistent patterns of behavior
- to an extent, individual behavior is consistent across … and …
- intrapersonal processes
- …, …, and … processes that influence individual’s … and …
- consistent patterns of behavior
time; situations;
emotional;
motivational;
cognitive;
feelings;
actions
Approaches to Personality
- psychoanalytic
- … is responsible for important differences in behavior styles
- traait
- an individual lies along a … of …
unconscious mind;
continuum;
various personality characteristics
Approaches to Personality
- biological
- … and … contribute to differences in personality
- humanistic
- … and feelings of … cause differences in personality
inherited predispositions; physiological processes;
personal responsibility; self-acceptance
Approaches to Personality
- behavioral/social learning
- consistent behavior patterns are the result of … and …
- cognitive
- people … to explain differences in behavior
conditioning; expectations;
process information
Aggression
- psychoanalytic approach’s explanation
- people possess an unconscious desire to …
- … impulses are expressed against others in the form of …
- aggression occurs when people are blocked from …
- people possess an unconscious desire to …
self-destruct;
self-destructive;
aggression;
reaching their goals
Aggression
- trait approach’s explanation
- focuses on … and the … of aggressive behavior
- aggressive … are most likely to become …
- focuses on … and the … of aggressive behavior
individual differences;
stability;
children;
aggressive adults
Aggression
- biological approach’s explanation
- … towards aggression
- …
genetic predisposition;
evolutionary theory
Aggression
- humanistic approach’s explanation
- people are …
- aggresion arises when something … with …
- …, poor …
basically good;
interferes;
natural growth process;
inadequate basic needs;
self-image
Aggression
- cognitive explanation
- certain … in the … trigger a network of … and …
cues; environment;
aggressive thoughts; emotions
Depression
- psychoanalytic approach’s explanation
- depression is a result of holding unconscious feelings of … and …
- trait approach’s explanation
- focuses on identifying … individuals
- person’s general emotional level at present can indicate that person’s …
anger; hostility;
depression-prone;
emotions in the future
Depression
- biological approach’s explanation
- certain people … to depression
- humanistic approach’s explanation
- people frequently suffering from depression are those who have ..
inherit a genetic susceptibility;
low self-worth
Depression
- behavioral/social approach’s explanation
- depression results from a lack of … in a person’s life
- cognitive approach’s explanation
- depression depends on how people … their …
- certain individuals use a … to interpret and process info
positive reinforcers;
interpret; inability to control events;
depressive filter
Depression
- what causes depression?
- depending on which approach to personality you adopt, you might expain depression in terms of:
- …
- a …
- an …
- ….
- a lack of …
- …
- depending on which approach to personality you adopt, you might expain depression in terms of:
anger turned inward;
stable trait;
inherited predisposition;
low self-esteem;
reinforcers;
negative thoughts
Personality and Culture
- … influences an individual’s personality
- individualistic cultures:
- emphasize on … and …
- individuals perceive themselves as … and …
- includes … countries and …
cultural context;
individual needs; accomplishments;
independent; unique;
Northern European; the US