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Unit 5 Personality Flashcards

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What is Coach Brackett’s sons name?

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Tyce

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The ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions

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Reliability

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The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure

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Validity

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Ranking of test scores that indicates the ratio of scores lower and higher than a given score

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Percentile System

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Standards of comparison for test results developed by giving the test to large, well defined groups of people

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Norms

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The ability to acquire new ideas and new behavior, and to adapt to new situations

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Intelligence

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Proposes that two factors contribute to an individual’s intelligence

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Two-factor theory

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Proposes that intelligence can be divided into three ways of processing information

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Triarchic theory

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Includes four major aspects of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence

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Emotional Intelligence

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Standardized measure of intelligence based on a scale in which 100 is average

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Intelligence quotient (iq)

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The degree to which a characteristic is related to inherited genetic factors

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Heritability

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An aspect of an intelligence test in which the wording used in questions may be more familiar to people of one social group than to an other group

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Cultural Bias

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Estimates the probability that a person will be successful in learning a specific new skill

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Aptitude test

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Measures how mocha person has learned in a given subject or area

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Achievement test

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Measures a persons preferences and attitudes in a wide variety of activities to identify areas of likely success

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Interest Inventory

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Assess an individuals characteristics and identifies problems

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Personality Test

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A limited or forced-choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

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Objective Test

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An unstructured test in which a person is asked to respond freely, giving his or her own interpretation of various ambiguous stimuli

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Projective Test

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The part of the mind that contains material of which we are unaware but that strongly influences conscious processes and behaviors

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Unconscious

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The part of the unconscious personality that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed material

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I’d

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The part of the personality that is touch with reality and strives to meet the demands of the id and the superego in socially acceptable ways

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Ego

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The part of the personality that is the source of conscience and counteracts the socially undesirable impulses of the id

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Superego

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Certain specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances

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Defense Mechanisms

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The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person

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Personality

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The part of the mind that contains inherited instincts, urges, and memories common to all people

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Collective Unconscious

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An inherited idea, based on the experiences of ones ancestors, which shapes ones perception of the world

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Archetype

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Assess an individuals characteristics and identifies problems

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Personality Test

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A limited or forced choice test in which a person must select one of several answers

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Objective Test

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An unstructured test in which test in which a person is asked to respond freely, or giving his or her own interpretation of various ambiguous stimuli

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Projective Test

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The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person

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Personality

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The part of the mind that contains material of which we are unaware but that strongly influences conscious processes and behavior

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Unconscious

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The part of the unconscious personality that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed material

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ID

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The part of the personality that is touch with reality and strives to meet the demands of the id and the superego in socially acceptable ways

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Ego

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The part of the personality that is source of conscience and counteracts the socially undesirable impulses of the id

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Superego

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Certain specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances

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Defense Mechanisms

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The part of the that contains inherited instincts, urges, and memories common to all people

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Collective Unconscious

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An inherited idea, based on the experiences of ones ancestors, which shapes ones perception of the world

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Archetype

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A pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome their source

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Inferiority Complex

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Belief that the proper subject matter of psychology is objectively observable behavior and nothing else

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Behaviorism

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The occurrence of awards or punishments following particular behaviors

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Contingencies of Reinforcement

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A school of psychology that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of maximum potential by each unique individual

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Human Psychology

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The humanist term for realizing ones unique potential

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Self Actualization

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Ones experience or image of oneself, developed through interactions with others

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Self

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Viewing oneself in a positive light due to positive feedback received from interactions with others

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Positive Regard

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The conditions a person must meet in order to regard himself or herself positively

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Conditions of Worth

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The perceptions that individuals significant others value them for what they are, which leads the indri auld to grant themselves the same regard

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Unconditional Positive Regard

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An individual whose person and self coincide

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Fully Functioning

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A tendency to react to a situation in a way that remains stable over time

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Trait

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A characteristic or feature that is so pervasive the person is almost identified with it

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Cardinal Trait

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