Personality Flashcards
Dispositional trait
Aspects of personality that are stable and enduring across different contexts and can be compared across a group along a continuum
Androgyny
Gender role reflecting the most adaptive aspects of the traditional masculine and feminine roles
Ego development
The fundamental changes in the ways in which our thoughts, values, morals, and god are organized. Transitions from one stage to another depend on both internal biological changes and external social changes to which the person must adapt
Epigenetic principle
In Erikson’s theory, the notion that development is guided by an underlying plan in which certain psychosocial issues have their own particular time of importance
5 factor model
A model of dispositional traits with the independent dimensions of neuroticism, extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness
Hierarchical linear modelling (HLM) method
Creates a growth curve for each individual in a study and pieces the curves together to create an overall age trend
Life narrative
The aspects of personality that pull everything together. The integrative aspects that give a person an identity or sense of self
Life span construct
In whitbourne’s theory of identity, the way in which people build a view of who they are. The person’s unified sense of past, present, and future
Midlife correction
Re-evaluating one’a roles and dreams and making the necessary corrections
Personal concerns
Things that are important to people, their goals, and their major concerns in life
Possible selves
Aspects of the self-concept involving oneself in the future in both positive and negative ways
Self-concept
The organized, coherent, integrated pattern of self perceptions, which includes the notions of self esteem and self imagine
Spiritual support
The value of seeking pastoral care, participating in organized and non-organized religious activities, and expressing faith in a god who cares for people as a key coping strategy
3 assumptions about traits
- Traits are based on comparisons of people bc there are no absolute quantitative standards of concepts such as friendliness.
- The qualities or behaviours making up a particular trait must be distinctive enough to avoid confusion
- The traits attributed to a specific person are assumed to be stable characteristics
5 traits that are part of the big 5
- Openness to experience
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
6 facets of neuroticism
- Anxiety
- Hostility
- Self consciousness
- Depression
- Impulsiveness
- Vulnerability
Anxiety + hostility =
Fear and anger emotions
Self consciousness + depression =
Shame and sorrow emotions
Impulsiveness + vulnerability =
Impulsive behaviours
High anxiety
Nervous, high strung, tense, worried, pessimistic
High hostility
Prone to anger, irritable, hard to get along with
High self consciousness
Sensitive to criticism and teasing and to feelings of inferiority
Trait depression
Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, loneliness, guilt, and low self worth
Impulsiveness
A tendency to give in to temptation and desires bc of lack of willpower and self control
Vulnerability
Lowered ability to deal effectively with stress. Tend to panic in a crisis or emergency and to be highly dependent on others for help
In general, people high in neuroticism tend to be ____ in each of the traits
High
The 6 facets of extroversion can be grouped into 3 _____ traits and 3 _____ traits
Interpersonal
Temperamental
3 interpersonal traits of extroversion
- Warmth
- Gregariousness
- Assertiveness
3 temperamental traits of Extraversion
- Activity
- Excitement seeking
- Positive emotions
Warmth + gregariousness =
Sociability
Warmth
Aka attachment. Friendly, compassionate, intimately involved style of interacting with other people
Gregariousness
Thrive on crowds. The more social interaction, the better
Assertiveness
Make natural leaders. Take charge easily. Make up own minds. Readily express thoughts and feelings
The 6 facets of open was represent what 3 areas
- Fantasy
- Aesthetics
- Openness to action
Fantasy
Having a vivid imagination and active dream life
Aesthetics
Appreciation for art and beauty. Sensitivity to pure experience for its own sake
Openness to action
Willingness to try something new, whether it’s a new kind of cuisine, a new movie, or a new travel destination
Describe an antagonistic person
Sets themselves against others Skeptical Distrustful Callous Unsympathetic Stubborn Rude Have defective sense of attachment
High conscientiousness
Hard working Ambitious Energetic Scrupulous Persevering
Describe the criticisms leveled at the 5 factor model
Certain personality traits show change and are not stable
Methodological problems
Any model of dispositional traits says nothing about the core or essential aspects of human nature
Don’t allow you to predict how people will behave in a particular situation
Ignored the sociocultural context of human development
Reduces person to a set of scores on a series of linear continua anchored by terms that are assumed to be both meaningful and opposite
Assumes that respondent is able to take an objective, evaluative stance about his or her personal characteristics
Understand the concept of personal concerns
Conscious descriptions of what a person is trying to accompanied during a given period of life and what goals and goal-based concerns a person has
When people talk about themselves, don’t just use dispositional trait terms but provide narrative descriptions that rely on their life
Examine the main elements of Jung’s theory
Each aspect of a person’s personality must be in balance with all others. Each part is expressed in some way, whether through neurotic means or neurotic symptoms.
The 2 dimensions are introversion vs Extraversion and masculinity vs femininity
What happens to masculinity vs femininity as we get older
Young adults act in accordance with gender stereotypes appropriate to their culture. As they grow older, people begin to allow the suppressed parts of their personality out
What did Erikson’s theory call attention to
The cultural mechanisms involved in personality development
Explain Erikson’s theory
Personality is determined by the interaction bw an inner maturational plan and external societal demands. Each stage is marked by a struggle bw 2 opposing tendencies. The names of the stages reflect the issue that from the struggles. Resolution can be achieved through an interactive process involving both the inner psychological and outer social influences.
8 stages of Erikson’s theory
- Infancy
- Early childhood
- Play age
- School age
- Adolescence
- Young adulthood
- Adulthood
- Old age
Erikson’s infancy stage
Crisis - trust vs mistrust
Sig relations - maternal psn
Basic strength - hope
Developing trust in a works the infant knows nothing about. With trust comes security and comfort