Personality and Self Concept

Question 1

Identity is comprised of one’s personality and self-concept

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Big Five Personality Types

Answer 2

o	Extroversion-Introversion 
o	Agreeableness-Antagonism 
o	Conscientious-Undirectedness 
o	Neuroticism- Stability 
o	Openness-nonopenness

Question 3

Infant temperament is the biological root of personality

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Three Temperament Types

Answer 4

Easy baby, Difficult baby, Slow to warm up baby

Question 5

Easy baby

Answer 5

40% of infants
adjust easily to new situations
quickly establish routines, generally cheerful, easy to calm

Question 6

Difficult babies

Answer 6

10% of infants
Slow to adjust to new experiences
Likely to react negatively and intensely to stimuli and events

Question 7

Slow-to-warm-up babies

Answer 7

15% of infants

somewhat difficult at first but become easier over time

Question 8

6 dimensions of temperament

Answer 8

• Fearful distress
• Irritable distress
• Attention span and persistence
• Activity level
• Positive affect
• Rhythmicity

Question 9

Self concept

Answer 9

what one knows about one’s self and how one evaluates himself

Question 10

Overall trends in self awareness

Answer 10

focus on physical characteristics→ focus on internal qualities. Uniformly positive → more integrated and complex. Focus on oneself → comparison to others → focus on oneself

Question 11

Milestones in self awareness

Answer 11

• 20 months- develop sense of self-awareness
• 3-4 years (early childhood)- children understand themselves in terms of concrete characteristics and preferences, and general context-specific characteristics
• 6-8 years- understand themselves in terms of personality traits, engage in social comparison
• 12-17- concern with social concept and social acceptance (when younger you care more about what others think about you more, care more about internalized values when older)