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Modules 46-48 Flashcards

1
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Is an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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personality

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2
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behavior is dynamic interaction between conscious and unconscious mind

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psychodynamic/psychoanalysis theories

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Focus on inner capacities for growth and self-fulfillment

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humanistic approach (Carl Rogers)

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4
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Examine characteristic patterns of behavior

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trait theories

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5
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Explore interaction between traits and social context

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social-cognitive theories

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6
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  • Observed patients whose disorders and/or distress had no clear physical explanations
  • Concluded their problems reflected unacceptable thoughts and feelings, hidden away in the unconscious mind
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Freud

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Psychologists have used an – image to illustrate Freud’s idea that the mind is mostly hidden beneath the conscious surface

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iceberg

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8
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id is totally –

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unconscious

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9
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T/F: ego and superego operate both consciously and unconsciously.

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true

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10
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Unlike the parts of a frozen iceberg; however, the id, ego, and superego –

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interact

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11
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first theory of personality

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Freud’s idea of the mind’s structure

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12
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operates off the pleasure principle (gimme me now)

babies

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id

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13
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operates off our morality principle (everything is wrong, fun = wrong)

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superego

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14
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operates off the reality principle (middle ground), communicates with the id and superego

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ego

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15
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devil

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id

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16
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angel

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superego

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17
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mostly conscious; makes peace between id and superego

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ego

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18
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id is – energy

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unconscious

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19
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internalized ideals

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superego

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20
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outside awareness but accessible

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preconscious

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21
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Operates on pleasure principle; unconsciously strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress

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id

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22
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Operates on reality principle; seeks to realistically gratify id’s impulses to bring long-term pleasure; contains perceptions, thoughts, judgments and memories

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ego

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23
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Focuses on ideal behavior; strives for perfections; acts as moral conscious

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superego

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24
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Pleasure centers on the mouth— sucking, biting, chewing

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oral (0-18 months)

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25
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Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

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anal (18-36 months)

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26
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Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings

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phallic (3-6 years)

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27
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A phase of dormant sexual feelings

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latency (6 to puberty)

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28
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maturation of sexual interests

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genital (puberty on)

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29
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Ego protects itself with tactics that reduce and redirect anxiety by – (defense mechanisms).

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reality distortion

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30
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Defense mechanisms function – and indirectly.

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unconsciously

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31
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stuck in a stage is called

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fixation

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32
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  • Faced with a mild stressor, children and young orangutans seek from their caregivers.
  • Freud might have interpreted these behaviors as –, a retreat to an earlier developmental stage.
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regression

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33
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Retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated.

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regression

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34
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Switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites.

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reaction formation

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35
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Disguising one’s own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.

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projection

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36
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Offering self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening unconscious reasons for one’s actions.

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rationalization

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37
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Shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person.

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displacement

38
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defense mechanisms can cause problems when used –

39
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in denial is an example of

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defense mechanism

40
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Refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities.

41
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Repressing angry feelings, a person displays exaggerated friendliness.

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reaction formation

42
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“The thief thinks everyone else is a thief”

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projection

43
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A habitual drinker says she drinks with her friends “just to be sociable.”

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rationalization

44
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A little girl kicks the family dog after her mother sends her to her room.

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displacement

45
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Freud believed that –, the basic mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing impulses, enables other defense mechanisms

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repression

46
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smooching

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repression

47
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Neo-Freudians accepted many of Freud’s ideas but placed more emphasis on – and on social motives than sexual or aggression related ones

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conscious mind

48
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Personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics and reveal unconscious motives

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projective test

49
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Projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes (black and white cards)

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

50
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Seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots; attempts to address low reliability and validity in most areas addressed with research-based, computer-aided tool (Most widely used projective test, a set of 10 inkblots)

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Rorschach inkblot test

51
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Many research psychologists now think of the unconscious as information processing that occurs –

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without awareness

52
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– involves schemas, priming, right-hemisphere activity, implicit
memories, emotions, and stereotypes

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unconsciousness

53
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Research supports two of Freud’s defense mechanisms:

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reaction formation and projection

54
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– focused on potential for healthy personal growth and people’s striving for self- determination and self- realization

55
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– posited that growth-promoting environment characteristics are genuineness, acceptance, and empathy.

56
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– see personality as a stable and enduring pattern of behavior

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trait theorists

57
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trait theorists – differences rather than trying to explain them

58
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trait theorists use – to identify clusters of behavior tendencies that occur together to tap basic components of intelligence

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factor analysis

59
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trait theorists suggest – predispositions influence many traits

60
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Eysenck Personality Questionnaire – and emotionality factors inevitably emerged as basic personality dimensions

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extraversion

61
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Brain-activity scans of extroverts indicate they seek stimulation because normal brain arousal is relatively –.

62
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Dopamine and dopamine-related neural activity tend to be – in extroverts.

63
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Introversion is often misunderstood as shyness, but introverted people often simply seek – levels of stimulation from their environment.

64
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  • Questionnaire on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits
  • Test items empirically derived, and tests objectively scored
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personality inventory (MMPI; Eysenck)

65
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Big Five personality factors

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Conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extraversion

66
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Behavior is influenced by the interaction of our – with our environment.

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inner disposition

67
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In general, personality traits are – and socially significant.

68
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Personality traits are – of mortality, divorce, and occupational attainment.

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predictors

69
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Consistency of specific behaviors from one situation to another is –; average behaviors are predictable

70
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At any moment the – situation powerfully influences a person’s behavior.

71
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  • Views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (including their thinking) and their social context
  • Emphasizes interaction of our traits with our situations
  • Applies principles of learning, cognition, and social behavior to personality
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Social-cognitive perspective (Bandura)

72
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Big Five Research Questions?

How – and – are these traits?

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stable and heritable

73
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Big Five Research Questions?

Do traits reflect differing –?

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brain structure

74
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Big Five Research Questions?

Have these traits – over time?

75
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Big Five Research Questions?

How well do these traits apply to various –?

76
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Big Five Research Questions?

Do the Big Five traits predict our – behaviors?

77
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Describes interaction and mutual influence of behavior, internal personal factors, and environmental factors

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reciprocal determinism

78
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Interaction of individuals and environments: Internal personal factors
Different people choose different –

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environment

79
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Interaction of individuals and environments: Internal personal factors
– shape how people interpret and react to events

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personalities

80
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Interaction of individuals and environments: Internal personal factors
personalities help create – to which people react

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situations

81
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our feeling of self-worth

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self-esteem

82
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our sense of competence on a task

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self-efficacy

83
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– self-esteem correlates with less pressure to conform, with persistence at difficult tasks, and with happiness (but the direction of correlation is not clear)

84
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Excessive optimism may lead to – and may prevent recognition of real risks

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complacency

85
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excessive optimism may be – when dealing with temptations

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self-defeating

86
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excessive optimism may be directed toward group

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illusionary optimism

87
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  • Involves a readiness to perceive self favorably
  • Suggests people accept more responsibility for good deeds than for bad, and for successes than for failure
  • Often creates a better-than-average effect
  • May underlie a range of conflicts
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self-serving bias

88
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is fragile, threatened by failure and criticism, and more vulnerable to perceived threats which feed anger and feelings of vulnerability.

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defensive self-esteem

89
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is less fragile, less contingent on external evaluations, and more likely to achieve a greater quality of life.

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secure self-esteem

90
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self-actualizing person

91
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person-centered perspective

92
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T/F: Researchers use self-report inventories and peer reports to assess and score the Big Five personality factors.

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