Psych1030

Question 1

nomothetic approach

Answer 1

Searching for general laws that govern all human behaviour

Question 2

ideographic approach

Answer 2

Focusing on unique aspects of individuals.

Question 3

what causes personality

Answer 3

genetics, shared-environments and non-shared environments

Question 4

our egos

Answer 4

our superego shows at all levels, Id is in the unconscious level and our ego is at the conscious level

Question 5

oral (0-1)

Answer 5

pleasure from biting, sucking

Question 6

anal (2-3)

Answer 6

pleasure from bowel movement

Question 7

phallic (4-5)

Answer 7

pleasure from genetals

Question 8

latency (6-12)

Answer 8

suppressed or laten sexuality

Question 9

genital

Answer 9

sexual drive manifested in heterosexual genital contact

Question 10

malow

Answer 10

self-actualisation (people want to fulfil their potential)

Question 11

sigmund

Answer 11

unconscious processes are things that happen deep inside our psych, outside of our level or awareness

Question 12

rogers

Answer 12

personality is a function of the organism, so the person, the self which is the self-concept, and what is referred to as conditions of worth.

Question 13

skinner

Answer 13

ersonality is under the control of genetic factors as well as under the control of environmental reinforcers and punishers.

Question 14

bandora

Answer 14

personality is the interaction between both a person’s traits and the environment that their behaviour is expressed in

Question 15

the big five

Answer 15

neuroticism, openness, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientious

Question 16

objective tests

Answer 16

NEO-PI and MMPI

Question 17

projective tests

Answer 17

Rorschach Inkblot test and thematic apperception test

Question 18

the two models of social cognition

Answer 18

algebraic and configurational

Question 19

Asch states there are two main types of traits

Answer 19

central and peripheral

Question 20

consensus information

Answer 20

whether other people perform the same behaviour or not

Question 21

distinctiveness information

Answer 21

whether the behaviour is only preformed towards this particular target or person, or whether it’s performed towards other targets as well

Question 22

consistency information

Answer 22

whether the behaviour is preformed all the time or not

Question 23

Fundamental attribution error

Answer 23

the tendency to attribute another person’s behaviour to his or her own dispositional qualities, rather than to the situation that the behaviour is performed in.

Question 24

disequilibrium

Answer 24

occurs when our basic knowledge or schema differs from the new experience

Question 25

assimilate and accomodate

Answer 25

assimilate: fit the new experience into our knowledge
accomodate: we can create a new concept to accommodate that new experience

Question 26

sensorimotor

Answer 26

• struggle with object permanence
• at the end can develop mental representation

Question 27

pre-operational (2-7)

Answer 27

• language
• struggle coordinating multiple conflicting representations
• egocentric

Question 28

concrete (7-12)

Answer 28

• struggle with two mental representations that conflict each other
• can’t understand what they can’t see the objects

Question 29

operational stage