Personality Attitude And Aggression(paper 2) Flashcards
What is personality
The patterns of though and feeling and the way we interact with our environment and other people that make us unique
3diffencee between type A and B personality types
Type A-High stress
Strong desire to succeed
Highly competitive
Seeks social situations
Type B- lower stress
Lacks desire to succeed
Less competitive
Avoids social situations
What is trait theory of personality
The idea that personality is inherited and doesn’t change it is predictable and isn’t affected by the environment
What is the social learning theory of personality
Personality is influenced by the environment and changes with different situations
Adopt personality of role models
What is the interactionist approach to personality
Both trait and social learning theory hold some relevance
We are born with certain personality characteristics but they can be modified by interaction with the environment
What is Hollanders structure of personality
Inner core=not affected by environment fairly perminany qualities
Middle layer-reveals way we typically respond to certain situations
Outer layer-reveals role related behaviour shows our typical response may be affected by the environment
Social environment affect our role related behaviour
What is attitude
A predisposition act in a particular way towards something or someone in a persons environment
What is prejudice
A preconceived opinion based on faulty generalisation
5 attitudes assosiated with sport
Positives
Belief in value of exercise
Enjoy competition
Good at activity
Enjoy physical sensations
See participation as social norm
Negatives
Believe it’s harmful or they are better of doing other activities
Lack physical skill
Frightened of activity
They see social norm as not competing
What is stereotype
A belief held by a collection of people about traits shared by a certain group of people
What is motivation
Internal mechanism and external stimuli which arouse and direct our behaviour
What is a example Extrinsic motivation
Form of reward or praise
Pressure from other either parents or peers
What is intrinsic motivation
Internal drive
Emotional feelings felt when participating such as fun or enjoyment
Personal accomplishments
What is arousal
The intensity and direction of behaviour
Can be possitive and negative
What is the drive theory of arousal
As arousal increases so will performance levels
What is drive reduction
When one’s drive is completed or blocked then performance and arousal will decreases
What is inverted u theory of arousal
As arousal increases so does performance until it reaches a optimum level and then performance will decrease
What is catastrophe theory of arousal
Performance will increase as arousal does but once it surpasses optimal it will drip drastically
What is somatic anxiety
Anxiety experienced physiologically or of the body eg sweating