Week 17

Question 1

Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory

Answer 1

Asks people to answer a series of true/false questions about themselves. Objective

Question 2

NEO Personality Inventory

Answer 2

Neuroticism/extroversion and openness to experience. Measure personality factors. Provides a series of statements that a person agrees or disagrees with on a 5 point scale. Objective

Question 3

Rorschach Test

Answer 3

Series of inkblots is presented and the person describes what they see in the inkblots. It is called a projective test c the person may project their personality onto the inkblots

Question 4

Myers Briggs Test

Answer 4

Identifies personality types and cognitive styles. Controversial because of its limited reliability and validity

Question 5

Thematic apperception test

Answer 5

Person makes up stories from a series of ambiguous pictures is presented on the cards. There is no scoring system so it’s more of a starting point for understanding personality

Question 6

Trait Perspective

Answer 6

Traditional classic approach that classifies and describes psychological characteristics by which people differ consistently between situations over time.The goal is to find a small set of meaningful traits that can effectively describe the personality of any one individual

Question 7

Factor analysis

Answer 7

Statistical analysis that examines all of the correlation between all of the items and determines if any of them are highly correlated with each other

Question 8

16 PF Questionnaire

Answer 8

Multiple choice personality questionnaire developed by Cattel to measure 16 normal adult personality dimensions

Question 9

5 Factor model

Answer 9

Called the neo personality inventory

Question 10

5 Factors

Answer 10

Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

Question 11

Sigmund Freud

Answer 11

Primary theorist in psychodynamic literature. Specialized in neurology and treating patients who complained of pain and paralysis but exhibited no detectable medical problems

Question 12

Psychoanalytical Theory

Answer 12

Frued’s theory of personality based on conflict between the conscious and unconscious mind and on developmental stages tied to various bodily functions. His theory was one of the first to suggest a structural framework for the unconscious

Question 13

3 Part of mind according to frued

Answer 13

Id
Ego
superego

Question 14

ID

Answer 14

completely unconscious reservoir of psychic energy. Strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives, operating on a pleasure principal and immediate gratification

Question 15

Ego

Answer 15

Largely conscious, mediating the conflicting demands of the ID and superego and reality. Operating in ways that bring pleasure and not pain, reality principle

Question 16

Superego

Answer 16

Partly conscious and unconscious that strives to live up to our internalized ideals and desires to follow rules society has given us. Punishes ego with feelings of shame and guilt

Question 17

Defence mechanisms

Answer 17

Mental systems that become active whenever unconscious instinctual drives of the id come into conflict with the internalized prohibitions of the superego

Question 18

Categorizing defenses

Answer 18

Immature
Intermediate
Mature defences

Question 19

Mature defences

Answer 19

Associated with the most adaptive coping. with suppression, negative information is available to the conscious mind and the person can think about it when they choose. People who use these ways tend to have generally more happiness

Question 20

Psychoanalysis

Answer 20

Form of therapy aimed at providing the client wiht insight into their unconscious motivators and impulses

Question 21

Free association

Answer 21

Method of Frued analysis in which an individual is asked to relax, clear their mind of current thoughts and then report all thoughts/images/perceptions and feelings that come to mind

Question 22

Dream analysis

Answer 22

Evaluation of the underlying meaning of dream content

Question 23

Phenomenological reality

Answer 23

How each individual views their own world

Question 24

Unconditional positive regard

Answer 24

Therapeutic approach that a person’s worth as a human does not depend on anything they do/say/feel

Question 25

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 25

Motivation for different activities passes through several levels of need with entrance to subsequent levels dependent on first satisfying the needs of previous levels

Question 26

Levels of Maslow

Answer 26

1. Physiological
Safety needs
Belonging needs
Esteem needs
Self actualization

Question 27

Reciprocal determinism

Answer 27

A person’s behaviour is both influenced by and influences their attitudes and behaviours and the environment

Question 28

Cognitive constructs

Answer 28

A general belief system that affects how a person understands events and selects appropriate behaviours

Question 29

Locus of control

Answer 29

Peoples beliefs about whether the outcomes of their actions depend on what they do or on events outside their personal control

Question 30

Internal locus of control

Answer 30

Belied an individual can control their own actions and results

Question 31

External locus of control

Answer 31

Belief that circumstances are beyond the control of individuals

Question 32

Learned helplessness

Answer 32

General belief system in which an animal or human learns hopelessness and passive resignation when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

Question 33

Self efficacy

Answer 33

An individuals belief about their ability to preform a task

Question 34

Collectivist

Answer 34

Culture in which people give priority to group goals over their personal goals and defines their identities based on relational roles within the group

Question 35

Individualistic

Answer 35

Culture in which people give priority to their own goals over group goals and define their personal identities in terms of personal attributes rather than group attributes