Social and differential psychology week 1 & 2 Flashcards
what is the person-situation debate
which is more important in deciding for the person - the person or the situation?
differential psychology
Aims to explain observable differences between individuals in terms of underlying psychological differences
what is the doctrine of situationism
features of the external environment that elicit behaviour directly
what % do personality traits account for behavioural variance
10 (Mischel, 1968)
what is reciprocal determinism
the idea that the person and situation are fully independent
what is the trait activation theory
behavioural expression of a trait is activated by trait-relevant situational cues
grit
passion for long term goals
OCEAN - five factor model
openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism
what is the dispositional approach to personality
the view personality as consistent and unchanging to act, think and feel - either as an introvert or extrovert
16 personality factor system
Cattel’s lexical approach identified primary factors of personality
examples of 16 personality factor system
sociable or unsociable, relaxed or tense
what are eyesenks three traits (ENP)
extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism
what does orthogonal mean
entirely unrelated to each other
what is the nomethetical approach to personality
identifies the universal and most important traits that make up personality
what is predictive validity
the extent to which test scores predict future performance in a given domain
