Personality Psychology Ch. 1

Question 0

Personality

Answer 0

Those characteristics of the person that account for consistent patterns of experience and action.

Question 1

Hierarchy

Answer 1

A system in which some units are higher I order and therefore in control of the functions of other units.

Question 2

Process

Answer 2

In Personalty Theory, the concept that refers to the motivational aspects of personality.

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

In personality theory, the concept that refers to the more enduring and stable aspects of Personalty.

Question 4

System

Answer 4

A collection of highly interconnected parts that function together; in the study of personality, distinct psychological mechanics may function to gather as a system that produces the psychological phenomena of personality.

Question 5

Temperament

Answer 5

Biologically based emotional behavioral tendencies that are evident in early childhood.

Question 6

Trait

Answer 6

An enduring psychological characteristic of an individual; or a type of psychological construct that refers to such characteristics.

Question 7

Type

Answer 7

A cluster of personality traits that may constitute a qualitatively distinct category of persons (i.e., a personality type).

Question 8

Units of analysis

Answer 8

A concept that refers to the basic variables of a theory; different personality theories invoke different types of variables, or different basic units of analysis, in conceptualizing personality structure.