Section 15-17

Question 1

Personality definition

Answer 1

Unique thinking, acting, feeling throughout life

Question 2

Personality

Answer 2

Remains fairly stable
Unique: each one is like a snowflake

Question 3

Id

Answer 3

Only one your born with
Basic need and drives
Impulsive

Question 4

Ego

Answer 4

Decision maker
Job is to satisfy the Id in a way society allows it

Question 5

Superego

Answer 5

Your conscious
Sense of right and wrong
Comes from parents

Question 6

Behavioral perspective

Answer 6

Rewards and punishments

Question 7

Humanistic Perspective

Answer 7

Every person deep down is good

Question 8

Self actualization

Answer 8

Basic idea that everyone is trying to be the best they can be

Question 9

Genetic perspective

Answer 9

Your personality is inherited

Question 10

Monozygotic

Answer 10

Identical
100%

Question 11

Dizygotic

Answer 11

Fraternal
50%

Question 12

Personality traits

Answer 12

Basic dimensions on which people differ

Question 13

Characteristics of personality traits

Answer 13

Consistent
Stable
Individual differences

Question 14

Objective

Answer 14

Test has standard set of questions
Limited amount of responses
Most used
No interpretation needed

Question 15

MMPI-2

Answer 15

One of most widely used
Has different sub scales- full version is over 500 questions
Designed to catch cheaters

Question 16

Projective

Answer 16

Has ambiguous stimuli- no wrong answer
Responses need to be interpreted
Not as accurate

Question 17

Psychology

Answer 17

Science of mind and behavior

Question 18

DSM-5

Answer 18

Describes about 250 disorders
Criteria of symptoms
Does not determine ‘cause’

Question 19

Comorbidity

Answer 19

More than one mental disorder
- one group is eating disorders
- another one is incest or child abuse

Question 20

Anxiety disorders

Answer 20

Nervous system arousal
Sense of dread

Question 21

Major depressive disorder (unipolar)

Answer 21

Most common disorder
- Female to male ratio is 2:1

Question 22

SSRI

Answer 22

Needs to be taken 2-6 weeks before it starts to work

Question 23

Symptoms of unipolar

Answer 23

Lack of sleep
Anxious, sense of guilt
Anhedonia

Question 24

Anhedonia

Answer 24

Lack of interest in doing anything

Question 25

Bipolar mood disorder

Answer 25

Persons show extreme changes in mood at both ends of spectrum
Manic to depression