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Personality Psychology Flashcards

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Traits

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Structures within a person that influence behavior

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Big 5 Personality Traits

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Define personality in an individual

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Big 5 Neuroticism

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Predisposition to psychological stress

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Big 5 Extraversion

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Tendency to seek the company of others

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Big 5 Openness to Experience

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Try new things or creature of habit

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Big 5 Agreeableness

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How well you get along with others

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Big 5 Contentiousness

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How organized you are

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Factor Analysis

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Statistical technique used to discover the basic number of human personality traits

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Supertraits

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Biologically determined

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What are the super traits?

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Neuroticism
Extraversion and Introversion
Psychotism

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Cardinal Traits

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Strongest predisposition in individual

Single trait that dominates personality

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Central Traits

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Building blocks that shape behavior

5-10 traits that best describe a persons personality

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Secondary Traits

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Situational in nature and less crucial in individual’s behavior (preferences)

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Proprium

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Person’s sense of self awareness

Contribute to lifelong personality development

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MMPI

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measure traits person has

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Truthfullness scale

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Person taking may attempt to skew results

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MMPI Profile Hypocondirac

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Concern with bodily symptms

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MMPI Profile Depression

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Depressive symptoms

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MMP Profile Hysteria

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Awareness of problems and vulnerabilities

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MMPI Psychopathic Reviate

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Conflict, struggle, anger

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MMPI Masculinity/Femininity

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Stereotypical behaviors

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MMPI Paranoia

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Level of suspiciousness

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MMPI Psychasthenia

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worry, doubts, obsessiveness

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MMPI Schnizophrenia

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odd thinking and social alienation

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MMPI Hypomania

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Level of excitability

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MMPI Social introversion

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Shy, timid

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Source Traits

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Underlying dispositions from which all traits arise

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Type A Personality

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Short tempered 
Impatient 
Aggressive 
Competitive 
Ambitious
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Type B Personality

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Easy going 
Calm 
Patient 
Hardly Stressed
Dont mind losing
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4 Traits of Type A

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Free Floating Hostility
Aggressive
Time Urgency
Competitiveness

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Free Floating Hostility

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inability to control temper

irritated when things dont go as planned

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Aggressive

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Like to take charge

Do what it takes to get the job done

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Time Urgency

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Importance in deadlines

Every second valuable

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Competitiveness

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Clear drive for success

35
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Attachment Theory

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Subcon conflict to form attachments to bond with others

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Temperament

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biological concept

consistent thru life

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Temperamental constructs (6)

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Fearful distress
anger/frustration
positive affect
activity level 
attention span
rhythmicity
38
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Temperament levels

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Easy
difficult
slow to warm

39
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Internal working model

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General expectations of our worthiness we develop as children

40
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Phases of attachment

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Preattachment
Attachment in the making
Clear Cut attachment

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Preattachment

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young children do not discriminate against attachment figure

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Attacment in the making

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infants more often smile at reach up and look for familiar face

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Clear Cut attachment

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Stranger anxiety and separation anxiety from attachment figure

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Attachment types

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Insecure Avoidant
Inescure Ambivalent
Secure
Disorganized

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Avoidant

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May avoid caregiver

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Ambivalent

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Inconsistent behavior toward caregiver

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Disorganized

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Confusion/apprehension

lack of strategy for handling separation from caregiver

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Secure attachment

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greet parents with positive emotion

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Secure attachment traits

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less aggressive
did better in school
competent

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Insecure attachment traits

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aggressive with others
rejected
incompetent
more problems in school

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Synchrony

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Degree caregiver and baby behaviors coordinate togeter

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Subconcious infant

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form attachment

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Subconcious parent

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to care for child

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