Personality

Question 1

What is social learning theory?

Answer 1

Nurture - all behaviour is learnt from environmental experience

Question 2

What is the interactionist theory?

Answer 2

Behaviour occurs from influence of inherited genes and learned experiences

Question 3

What is personality?

Answer 3

The sum total of an individual’s psychological characteristics which make them unique - Hollander

Question 4

What is trait perspective?

Answer 4

People are born with established personality characteristics
Stable and enduring

-ve. Doesn’t take into account environmental influence

Question 5

What are the trait perspective theory’s?

Answer 5

• personality types (Enyseck and Cattell)

- narrow band theory (Girdano)

Question 6

Eynseck and Cattell personality types?

Answer 6

6pf
2 dimensional diagram

Neurotic - stable
Introvert - extrovert

Question 7

According to Enyseck and Cattell what are the characteristics (5) of extroverts/introverts?

Answer 7

Extrovert

Achieve in high arousal
Aroused slowly
Low sensitivity of reticular activating system
Gross motor skills
Loud, bright and outgoing

Question 8

According to Eynseck and Cattell what are the characteristics (3) of neurotic/stable?

Answer 8

Neurotic

Extreme unpredictable emotions
Experience high degrees of stress
Slow recovery from stress

Question 9

What scale did Eynseck later add to his personality trait theory?

Answer 9

Psychotisism a measure of how tough minded the person is.

Question 10

What is trait theory?

Answer 10

Nature - people are born with established personality characteristics passed through genes

Question 11

What is the narrow band approach?

Answer 11

A trait theory proposed by Girdano that consists of two personality types
Type A and Type B

Question 12

What are the characteristics (5) of the type a personality from the narrow band approach?

Answer 12

Type A

Highly competitive 
Desire to succeed 
Fast working
Likes control
Suffer stress

Question 13

What is the social learning perspective?

Answer 13

All behaviour is learnt through interaction with the environment and no representation of genes

Question 14

What are the principles of social learning theory? (6)

Answer 14

Demonstration
Attention
Retention
Motor reproduction
Motivation
Matching performance

Reinforcement must be established

Question 15

What are Hollanders concentric rings (3)?

Answer 15

The psychological core
Typical response
Role related behaviour

Question 16

What is the psychological core?

Answer 16

Representation of true self

this is always protected

Question 17

What is the typical response personality?

Answer 17

The usual way in which you respond to situations

Learned and stored in the memory
Indicates the core

Question 18

What is role related behaviour personality?

Answer 18

The surface of personality
Not typical response
Doesn’t reflect the core

Question 19

What is learned helplessness ?

Answer 19

A feeling that failure is bound to happen and is uncontrollable

Question 20

What is aggression?

Answer 20

An action intended to bring about injury or harm

Undesirable and disfunctional in sport

Question 21

What is activation?

Answer 21

A condition that reflects the degree of physical readiness

Question 22

What is perception?

Answer 22

The interpretation of environmental information

Question 23

What is arousal?

Answer 23

A physical and mental state of preparedness