Chapters 1-3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Personality
Characteristic pattern of behaviors, thoughts, & emotions
Can be experienced by anyone
Personality Psychology
Scientific study of a whole person
What is Psychoanalytic?
Focus on the Unconscious Mind and Internal Conflict
What is a Trait?
Describes personality characteristics and individual differences
What is Biological?
Anatomy, Genetics, & Evolution
What is Phenomenological?
Conscious awareness & Experience
People’s individual interpretations of reality
What is Learning and Cognitive?
Fundamental idea, Strict Behaviorism, Social Learning, & Cognitive Personality Psychology
What is Fundamental Idea?
Personality is largely shaped by external means/life
What is Strict Behaviorism?
Behavior is learned through reinforcement & punishment
What is Social Learning?
We have minds that can learn through social learning
Personality Research
Scientific method: based in empiricism & all 5 approaches are committed to systematic observation & procedures others can do
Personality Research
Applies to pychological triad: feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
Uses personality clues/data
S-Data: self reports
Questionnaires and surveys that can include large amounts of data,
A: be simple n easy
D: can be bias and be overly positive or negative.
I-Data informant report
Acquaintances, co-workers, etc
Uses judgements
A: Large info,many behaviors at a time
D: limited behavior info
L data:outcomes of data
Comes from archival records or self reports
Importance and verifiable
Disad: multidetermination
B-data: behavioral data
Careful & systematic observations from daily life
Diary or social media
A: It’s realistic
D: can be difficult
Laboratory B data
Experiments,psychological measures: blood pressure and heart rate
Ranges of context
What is a case study?
Detailed description of behavior of one person
A: only way to study someone
D: can’t generalize beyond
What is a controlled experiment?
Researcher manipulates a variable to see influence on behavior (ex: independent vari)
A:Can find causation
D:Might be unethical
What is correlational research?
The study of a relationship bewt 2 variables
A: Studies phenomena as it exists
D: can’t determine casual relation bewt 2 variables
