Test #1 Prep Flashcards

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Psychologist’s view of personality

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Personality denotes the psychological dimensions on which people differ (eg. introversion, extraversion). These traits must be relatively consistent over different times and situations. They are usually distributed along a continuum.

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Units of personality

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Not just a single habit or behaviour, but sets of behaviours that cohere to produce a detectable, recognizable pattern. These units reflect a predisposition to respond to a set of stimuli in a functionally equivalent way.

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Larsen and Buss’ definition of personality

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Personality is the set of psychology traits and
mechanisms within the individual that are
organized and relatively enduring and that
influence his/her interactions with, and
adaptations to, the intrapsychic, physical, and
social environments.

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Mechanisms

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Mechanisms have an input or trigger (cue, situation), a decision or process (an appraisal), and an output (behaviour or decision).

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Goal of personality psychology

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Idiographic and nomothetic descriptions of the “person” and people.

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Idiographic approach

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Every person is unique! (Case studies)

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Nomothetic approach

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General laws apply to most, if not all people (what makes people Narcissistic?)

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McAdams’ 3 Levels of Personality

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  1. Traits (shy, dominant, narcissistic)
  2. Personal concerns (motives, goals, coping styles)
  3. Identity (life story, meaning and purpose in one’s life)
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Evocations

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Reactions we produce in others

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Manipulations

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Reactions we intend and attempt to produce in others

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Adaptations

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Central feature of personality. Accomplishing goals, coping and adjusting.

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Intraphysic environment

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Within the mind

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3 Levels of Analysis

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General human nature, group differences, individual differences

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Six Domains of Personality Psychology

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Intraphysical, evolutionary, biological, cognitive-experiential, adjustment, social/cultural, dispositional

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Four types of data

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Self-report, observation, test, life outcome

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Self-report questionnaires

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Items should cover the full range of a trait (ie: measuring moodiness, sensitivity for neuroticism), diff. highs from lows (and switch it up) avoid biases like soc. desirability, yea-saying, etc

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Validity

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Extent to which a test/indicator measures what it’s supposed to measure

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Reliability

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Degree to which a test/indicator represents “true” level of trait being measured, ergo- repeatability

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Face validity

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Consensus that test measures what it’s meant to measure

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Convergent validity

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Correlation with test scores in other important concept.

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Predictive validity

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Accurate prediction of outcome

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Discriminant validity

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Degree to which data is distinct from other opposite concepts (from which they should be distinct)

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Construct validity

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How well does the task represent the concept?

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Types of validity

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Construct, convergent, discriminant, predictive, face

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Low repeatability means
Too much error of measurement (random)
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Generalizability
Extent to which a test remains valid in different cultural contexts
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Self-monitors
Social chameleons
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Five factor model
Organizational functioning, OCEAN, often criticized in favour of HEXACO
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TIPI
Test for FF model
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Common criticisms of MBTI
This or that, dimensions don't contain opposites, no predictive validity
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Machiavellianism
Based on the Prince by NM, flattery, deceit, cunning
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Causes of personality change
Changing roles, increase in C and O, age
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Post-traumatic growth
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Intentional change
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H in Hexaco
Honesty
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Psychopathy
A disorder OR psychological trait- low empathy, thrill seeking, fearless, superficially charming
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Act frequency approach
Traits are categories of acts
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Lexical approach
All important individual differences have become encoded within the natural language
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Statistical approach
Use of factor analysis
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Factor analysis
Groups of traits that covary (cohabitate) but not with other traits
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Theoretical analysis
Theory guides analysis
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Three assumptions of trait psychology
-Stability over time -Consistency -Meaningful individual differences
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Aggregations
Adding up observations
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Barnum statements
Statements that could apply to anyone
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Trait psychology
Study of traits, heavy reliance on self-report