Personality Pt. 2 Vocab Terms

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self-actualization

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arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved

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terror-management theory

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proposes that faith in one’s worldview and the pursuit of self-esteem provide protection

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unconditional positive regard

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attitude of total acceptance toward another person

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self-concept

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all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves

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trait

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characteristic pattern of behavior

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personality inventory

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questionnaire

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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widely researched and clinically used of all personality test

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empirically derived test

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testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups

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social-cognitive perspective

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views behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons

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reciprocal determinism

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interacting influences between personality and environmental factors

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personal control

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sense of controlling our environment

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external locus of control

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outside forces determine one’s fate

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internal locus of control

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one control’s one’s own fate

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learned helplessness

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hopelessness and passive resignation an animal/human learns

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positive psychology

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study of human flourishing

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spotlight effect

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overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance

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self-esteem

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one’s feelings of high or low self-worth

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self-serving bias

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readiness to perceive oneself favorably