intro

Question 1

humanistic approaches

Answer 1

1. Maslow’s theory of self actualisation
2. Rogers’ person centered therapy

Question 2

Humanistic questions

Answer 2

Who am I really?
Who do I want to become?
How is my real self different from the self I would ideally like to be?
What is my ideal self?

Question 3

Trait approach - Alport, Cattell, Eysenck

Answer 3

Big five model: open, extravert, conscientious, stable, agreeable.
HAXACO model

Question 4

Theories and measurement of intellegnce

Answer 4

Nature of intellegence
General intellegence
Multifactor thoerists

Question 5

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 5

The skills associated with emotional intelligence provide us with the ability to build better relationships, manage difficult emotions, increase creativity and innovation and to lead others effectively

Question 6

Multiple intelligence

Answer 6

Dr. Howard Gardner proposed that people are more complex than standard testing suggested and that people have different strengths.

Question 7

Intelligence

Answer 7

“a composite of several functions. The term denotes that combination of abilities required for survival and advancement within a particular culture.” Anastasi (1992)

Question 8

Personality

Answer 8

Personality refers to those individual differences that:
Are psychological in nature
Fall outside the intellegctual domain
Are enduring dispostitions rather than transient states
Form relatively broad or generalised patterns.

Question 9

Idiographic

Answer 9

Each person has a unique personality structure - Qualitative methods – interviews, treatment -
Single case study method

Question 10

Nomethetic

Answer 10

Focuses on similarities between groups of individuals/ Quantitative methods – questionnaires

Question 11

personality psychology’s place in psychology

Answer 11

Examines differences between people/ examines enduring characteristics of person that are consistent across different situations