Lecture 9: Contemporary Approaches to Personality Flashcards
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Idiographic
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Person-centered
2
Q
Nomothetic approach
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Study groups, compare people
3
Q
Forer/Barnum effect
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Tendency to see ourselves in vague descriptions of personality.
4
Q
Cardinal traits
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Dominates entire personality.
5
Q
Central traits
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Personality.
6
Q
Secondary traits
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Less obvious or consistent.
7
Q
Five factor model
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Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism
8
Q
Dark Triad
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Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism
