Exam 3

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

Typical way of thinking behaving and feeling

These traits contain part for consistencies in our behaviour across time and situations

Question 2

Nomothetic approach

Answer 2

Seeks out general principles in nature rather than principles specific to an individual

Question 3

Idiographic approach

Answer 3

Focuses on identifying the unique configuration of characteristics and life history experiences within a person

Question 4

Causes of personality

Answer 4

Behaviour genetic methods attempt to disentangle the effects of
Genetic factors
Shared environments
No shared environments

Use twin and adoption studies to do this
Turns out little to no shared environment plays a role in this
Numerous personality traits are influenced be genetics but all much below 1.0 correlation

Question 5

Sigmund Freud

Answer 5

Viennese neurologist who developed first comprehensive theory of personality

Question 6

Psychoanalytic theory

Answer 6

Developed by Sigmunds
Psychic determinism
Symbolic meaning
Unconscious motivation

Question 7

Freud’s model of personality

Answer 7

Thought that the psyche consisted of three components

Id
Basic instincts, pleasure principle

Supergo
Sense of morality

Ego
Principal decision maker

Conflict between these causes distress