lecture 1

Question 1

what is personality psychology

Answer 1

to predict a person behaviour you need to understand what theyre like as a person

Question 2

what is social psychology

Answer 2

to predict a persons behaviour you need to understand the situation theyre in

Question 3

what do social situations predict

Answer 3

behaviour regardless of personality

Question 4

classic social psychology studies demonstrated what

Answer 4

power of the situation

Question 5

personality psychology definition

Answer 5

behaviour is determined by characteristics of the person

Question 6

social psychology definition

Answer 6

behaviour is determined by social situation

Question 7

what is the average correlation between a person characteristic and specific behaviour tested

Answer 7

0.3

Question 8

what does the correlation between person characteristic and specific behaviour mean

Answer 8

only about 15% of behaviour can be predicted by characteristics of a person

Question 9

is the consistency in behaviour across situations low or high

Answer 9

low

Question 10

is there such thing as a personality

Answer 10

personality intuitively exists

Question 11

is personality stable across time

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

what personality good at predicting

Answer 12

behaviour in general

Question 13

what does personality not predict as accurately

Answer 13

behaviour at any one given time

Question 14

what is the correlation between well-established situational variables and behaviour

Answer 14

0.3-0.4

Question 15

what is the interactionist consensus

Answer 15

behaviour= interaction between characteristics of the person and the situation theyre in

Question 16

what does it mean to have a self (hint 4 answers)

Answer 16

1. to have a body
2. capacity for reflexive behaviour
3. a psychological collection of information about who you are as a person
4. heavily shaped by the social world

Question 17

what does having a body mean

Answer 17

enables distinction from others

Question 18

what are humans capable of doing towards ourselves

Answer 18

thinking and behaving

Question 19

who first conceptualized reflexive behaviour

Answer 19

william james 1890

Question 20

what is the ‘I’ (WJ)

Answer 20

subjective self that is aware of its own thinking and actions

Question 21

what is the ‘me’ (WJ)

Answer 21

self as object or self you can describe

Question 22

the self definition

Answer 22

your social identity and your inner processes that enable you to operate your body successfully in society

Question 23

what is the self

Answer 23

not a thing but a process/system

Question 24

what are selves always in flux with

Answer 24

dealing with new situations, learning and adapting

Question 25

the self is not just the self-concept because

Answer 25

theres no action in a self-concept