PSY CHP.11 Book 12

Question 1

Blank
- The long standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways

Answer 1

Personality

Question 2

Blank
- A unit of personality
- A characteristic that describes a habitual way of behaving, thinking, and feeling

Answer 2

Trait

Question 3

Personality is distinctive and relatively stable
-This assumption is why we often rely too much on first impressions, and leads to difficulties in making blank about motives for behavior
-Attributions can be blank or blank

Answer 3

Attributions/situational/dispositional

Question 4

Blank attribution error
- Tendency to attribute motivations of others more to personality factors than to situational factors
-However, when it comes to making attributions about ourselves, we are more likely to engage a self-blank bias

Answer 4

Fundamental/serving

Question 5

Blank tests
-Based on the assumption that the test taker will project unconscious conflicts and motives onto an ambiguous stimulus

Answer 5

Projective

Question 6

Blank inventories
- Answer a series of question about self
- There are no right or wrong answers
- From responses, develop a personality profile

Answer 6

Personality

Question 7

Blank Appercepetion Test
- Person is asked to tell a story about the “hero” in the picture
- Psychologist interprets the needs and motives that are projected via the story

Answer 7

Thematic

Question 8

Blank Inkblot Test
- Show the person an ambiguous stimulus, ask them to explain what they see

Answer 8

Rorschach

Question 9

Blank-Briggs Type Indicator
-Measures personality across several personality “types” identified by Carl Blank

Answer 9

Myers/Jung

Question 10

Blank analysis is used to identify how these traits cluster together across the population
Studies suggest personality is more blank based on genetics than most people might excel

Answer 10

Factor/strongly

Question 11

*Costa and McRae proposed a Blank Factor model
-Blank to experience
-C
-E
-A
-N
* Most blank over the lifespan, though a few have consistent variations
*Introversion blank and openness blank with age

Answer 11

Five/Openness/Conscientiousness/Extroversion/Agreeable/Neuroticism(a personality trait that describes a person’s tendency to experience negative emotions, such as anxiety, anger, and depression)/stable/increases/decreases

Question 12

-Blank Bandura’s social blank theory looks at how children may learn personality through imitation and cognitive processes
-His concept of blank determinism addresses how cognitive processes, behaviors and situational factors all interact to reinforce or punish personality traits

Answer 12

Albert/reciprocal

Question 13

Freud’s theory emphasizes blank development of the I,E, and S

Answer 13

psychosexual, Id, Ego, and Superego

Question 14

Freud and Personality
-Fixation when stages aren’t resolved successfully
-O
-A
-P
-L period
-G

Answer 14

Oral/Anal/Phallic/Latency/Genital

Question 15

Freud and Personality
-Set forth the idea of a blank theory
-Emphasized blank motivations

Answer 15

stage/unconscious

Question 16

Humanistic Theory
- Humanistic theories focus on personality development as part of our quest for blank and achievement of blank
- Blank
-> Emphasized pursuit of self-actualization
-Blank
-> Importance of blank positive regard, and blank between real self and blank self

Answer 16

growth/potential/Abraham Maslow/Carl Rogers/unconditional/congruence/ideal

Question 17

Humanistic Theory
-Extremely influential in the domain of blank
-Has led to development of blank psychology

Answer 17

therapy/positive