Social and differential psychology week 3 Flashcards
what is personality
a set of patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving
why is Myers-briggs such a bad indicator
complete failure of orthogonality
what did Laajaj’s study into OCEAN find?
compared face to face to online in mid-low income countries and found very poor validity, five factor structure not really there,
what does HEXACO stand for
honesty/humility, emotional control, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience
disadvantages of HEXACO
may be more than 6 eg pleasure seeking
what is Maslow’s self actualisation theory of humanistic psychology
every person has an innate tendancy to achieve their full potential
what % of people reach self-actualisation
1%
limitation of the humanistic model eg Maslow
cultural bias - many of the ideas such as autonomy and independence are associated with Westernised cultures and do not consider collectivist countries such as Israel which place emphasis on the needs of the group
how was HEXACO built
through language analysis
which features of HEXACO did De Raad et al (2010) say were the only ones to be applicable to all cultures?
extraversion, agreeableness and concscientiousness
what are the basic premises of humanistic psychology
we have choice, goals and intention - the lack of this causes distress
what did Rodgers suggest in his “fully functioning person” theory
personality is fluid and unknowable, therefore difficult to pin down
what is research surrounding abnormal personality about
not actually about personality disorders but using abnormality to help us understand personality - is it possible that people vary on dimensions of psychopathology?
what is the evidence of the abnormal personality approach?
neuroticism, extraversion and agreeableness have significant links with mental health
what do the Oltmans (2019) evidence for abnormal personality theory suggest?
that the ICD-11 can be used to create an extensive personality inventory
