Personality, Attitude and Motivation.

Question 1

What is personality?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

What is the trait theory?

Answer 2

Inherited from parental genes
Innate and predictable behavior
Natural

Question 3

What is a drawback of the trait theory?

Answer 3

Behavior is not always predictable especially in certain environments.

Question 4

What is a benefit of the trait theory?

Answer 4

Accounts for natural behavior.

Question 5

What is the social learning theory?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is a drawback of social learning theory?

Answer 6

It doesn’t explain genetically inherited factors.

Question 7

What is a benefit of social learning theory?

Answer 7

Accounts for learnt behavior

Question 8

What is the interactionist theory?

Answer 8

Combines both trait and SLT

Psychological core, typical response and role-related behavior.

Question 9

What is a drawback of the interactionist theory?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is a benefit of the interactionist theory?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is an extrovert?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is an introvert?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What is neurotic?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is stable?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What are characteristics of type a personalities?

Answer 15

Highly competitive
Works fast
Strong desire to succeed
Likes control
Prone to suffer stress

Question 16

What are characteristics of type b personalities?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What is anxiety?

Answer 17

a negative emotional state that is closely associated with arousal.

Question 18

What is state anxiety?

Answer 18

Anxiety that is felt in a particular situation.

Question 19

What are the flaws in Cattell’s research?

Answer 19

Self- Serving Bias

It takes a long time to complete test.

Question 20

What is the social learning theory?

Answer 20

Behavior of others copied through observation.

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

Question 21

Conditions that support Social Learning.

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

What is the psychological core?

Answer 22

Internal
True self
Stable and constant

Question 23

What is typical response?

Answer 23

Changeable
Learned
Response to environmental situations

Question 24

What is role related behavior?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Advantages of personality profiling.

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Disadvantages of personality profiling.

Answer 26

``` Reliability Modification Invalidity Subjectivity Evidence Proof Stereotyping ```

Question 27

What is attitude?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What are the three components of the triadic model?

Answer 28

Affective Cognitive Behavioral

Question 29

What is the cognitive component?

Answer 29

Beliefs and knowledge | Information component

Question 30

What is the behavioral component?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is the affective component?

Answer 31

Feelings or an emotional response towards an attitude.

Question 32

What is dissonance?

Answer 32

An emotional conflict

Question 33

Elements to persuasive communication theory

Answer 33

Persuader Message Situation Recipients

Question 34

What are sterotypes?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What is social norm?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

What is motivation?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

What is drive?

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What is intrinsic morivation?

Answer 38

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

Question 39

What is extrinsic motivation?

Answer 39

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