Personality Part 5 Flashcards
Humans learn behavior, experience exist to explain why people act in certain ways
Albert Bandura
The process of interacting with the environment
Reciprocal Determinism
The interacting the influences between actions, cognition/emotion, and environmental factors
Reciprocal Determinism
Degree to which a person thinks their efforts will result in a desired outcome
Self-Efficacy
Persistent & Confident
High Self-Efficacy
Avoid challenges and give up
Low Self-Efficacy
Looked at people who differ in their perceptions of control
Julian Rotter
Contemporary Research on Personality Traits
Julian Rotter
External/Internal Locus of Control
Julian Rotter
Chance or outside forces determine fate and does not feel in control, feel less happy, more depresses, less healthy
External Locus of Control
One controls their own fate of events due to personal effort and characteristics, feel happier, less depressed, healthier
Internal Locus of Control
Focused on personal goals, identity is based on personal accomplisments
Individualism
Focused on relationships with others, identity is based on a tole within the group
Collectivism
Select moderately difficult talks that are challenging but reasonable
High Achievers
Select goals that are unrealistic or very easy
Low Achievers
Give an individual an ambiguous stimulus, ask them to describe a story about it
Projective Test
Type of test that is criticized for lacking validity & reliability because it’s subjective
Projective Test
Most well-known Projective Test, Individual perceptions of inkblots to determine personality
Rorschach Inkblot Test
The Thematic Apperception Test was developed by who?
Henry Murry
Used to elicit stories that reveal something about a personality by assuming the person projects their thoughts and feelings
Thematic Apperception Test
Test in questionnaire format that conclude many statements or questions
Self-Report Test
Helped construct mental disorders
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
