Quiz 8 Flashcards
What is the Roger’s Person-Centered Theory of personality?
Humanistic theory that societal constraints and negative feedback from others is what keeps people from reaching full potential (self-actualized) and having a positive self-concept
What is the definition of personality?
A pattern of enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world
What is the Maslow Personality Theory?
Humanistic theory that humans have a hierarchy of needs (physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem, and self-actualization) and lower needs must be met first
What is the definition of a trait?
An enduring personality characteristic that leads to certain behaviors
What are the Big 5 Personality Traits?
(1) openness - artistic, imaginative, and intellectual interests
(2) conscientiousness - organized, dependable, and productive
(3) extraversion - outgoing, energetic, and gregarious
(4) agreeableness - kind, warm, and compassionate
(5) neuroticism - emotionally unstable and prone to worry
How do the Big 5 Personality Traits change are college?
(1) openness - decreases
(2) conscientiousness - increases
(3) extraversion - decreases
(4) agreeableness - increase
(5) neuroticism - decreases
What are the three main reasons for personality assessment?
(1) understand psychological problems (2) career selection (3) understand dimensions of personality
What do projective personality tests do?
Present individual with ambiguous stimuli and ask them to describe it
Goal is to elicit and individuals unconscious feelings and conflicts
What are the Rorschach and Thematic Apperception Tests?
Rorschach - ink blot test consisting of ten cards some in color some in black and white , low reliability and validity
Thematic Apperception - picture cards asked to tell story about , examines themes to stories to determine personality
What is an Objective Personality Test?
Tests that directly ask whether or not items describe the patients personality
What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?
Contains 567 items that distinguish between psychiatric patients and normal individuals , consists of 10 clinical scales
