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Personality, Attitude and Motivation. Flashcards

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What is personality?

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The patterns of thoughts and feelings and the way in which we interact with our environment and other people that make us a unique person.

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What is the trait theory?

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Inherited from parental genes
Innate and predictable behavior
Natural

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What is a drawback of the trait theory?

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Behavior is not always predictable especially in certain environments.

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What is a benefit of the trait theory?

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Accounts for natural behavior.

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What is the social learning theory?

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Contrasts trait theory
Behavior is all learnt
Personality isn’t genetically programmed.

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What is a drawback of social learning theory?

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It doesn’t explain genetically inherited factors.

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What is a benefit of social learning theory?

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Accounts for learnt behavior

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What is the interactionist theory?

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Combines both trait and SLT

Psychological core, typical response and role-related behavior.

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What is a drawback of the interactionist theory?

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Not a simple approach and can be difficult to discover core.

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What is a benefit of the interactionist theory?

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It can explain twice as much as the other 2 theories.

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What is an extrovert?

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Outgoing,
Aroused more slowly than introverts
Low sensitivity of the reticular activating system.

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What is an introvert?

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Shy and reserved
aroused more quickly than extroverts
High sensitivity of the reticular activating system.

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What is neurotic?

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extreme and unpredictable emotions
unreliable moods
high degrees of stress
recovery from stress is slow.

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What is stable?

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Predictable emotions
don’t experience intense stress
recovery from stress is rapid.

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What are characteristics of type a personalities?

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Highly competitive
Works fast
Strong desire to succeed
Likes control
Prone to suffer stress
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What are characteristics of type b personalities?

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Non-competitive
Works slower
Lacks a desire to succeed
Does not enjoy control
Less prone to stress
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What is anxiety?

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a negative emotional state that is closely associated with arousal.

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What is state anxiety?

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Anxiety that is felt in a particular situation.

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What are the flaws in Cattell’s research?

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Self- Serving Bias

It takes a long time to complete test.

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What is the social learning theory?

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Behavior of others copied through observation.

New behavior being acquired after observation but only when it is endorsed through social reinforcement.

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Conditions that support Social Learning.

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Observer wants to adopt the norms and values
Role model is powerful and authoritive
Role models are same gender
Behavior is demonstrated by significant other.

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What is the psychological core?

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Internal
True self
Stable and constant

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What is typical response?

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Changeable
Learned
Response to environmental situations

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What is role related behavior?

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External
Dynamic and changeable
Role related behavior is a direct consequence.

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Advantages of personality profiling.

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Helps with controlling anxiety or arousal
Position in team or leadership
Motivation
Links between mood and performance
Identify traits for successful performance
Understand how athlete feels/thinks

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Disadvantages of personality profiling.

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Reliability
Modification
Invalidity
Subjectivity
Evidence
Proof
Stereotyping
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What is attitude?

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An attitude is a mode of behavior that is thought to be the typical response of an individual.
Mental state of readiness.
Predisposition.

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What are the three components of the triadic model?

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Affective
Cognitive
Behavioral

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What is the cognitive component?

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Beliefs and knowledge

Information component

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What is the behavioral component?

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How a person intends to behave or respond towards an attitude.

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What is the affective component?

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Feelings or an emotional response towards an attitude.

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What is dissonance?

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An emotional conflict

33
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Elements to persuasive communication theory

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Persuader
Message
Situation
Recipients

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What are sterotypes?

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a belief held by a collection of people about traits shared by a certain category of person.

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What is social norm?

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behaviors that are deemed ‘normal’ within a culture and are created through socialization.

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What is motivation?

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The internal mechanisms and external stimuli which arouse and direct our behavior.

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What is drive?

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Directed motivated or energized behavior that an individual has towards achieving a certain goal.

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What is intrinsic morivation?

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Internal e.g. enjoyment, pride, feelings, satisfaction.

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What is extrinsic motivation?

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External e.g. money, medals, badges and records

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