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1
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define personality

A

a complex set of psychological qualities that influence an individuals characteristic patterns of behaviour across different situations and over time.

2
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What are the 3 underlying characteristics of personality?

A
  • people differ
  • behaviour is caused by internal factors
  • guides and directs behaviour
3
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What are the four basic humours associated with temperament and what do they mean?

A

Blood-cheerful active
Phlegm-apathetic sluggish
Black Bile-sad
Yellow Bile-irritable excitable

4
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what are the 3 somatotypes?

A

Endomorph- relaxed sociable
Mesomorph- energy courage
Ectomorph- introverted artistic

5
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what is a trait?

A

enduring qualities or attributes that predispose individuals to behave consistently across situations.

6
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What are the big five universal traits?

A
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Neuroticism
Openness
7
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What is the advantage to personality theories?

A

describes peoples personalities

8
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What is a disadvantage to personality theories?

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don’t explain how behaviour generated or how personality develops. Only portrays a static view of personality.

9
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what are all psychodynamic theories based off of?

A

the assumption that powerful inner forces shape personality and motivate behaviour.

10
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what is all behaviour motivated by?

A

psychic energy

11
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What do innate drives form?

A

tension systems

12
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what are our 2 basic drives?

A

self preservation and eros

13
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what are the 5 stages of psychosexual development?

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mouth, anus, genitals, no specific area, genitals

14
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what is psychic determinism?

A

assumption that all mental and behavioural reactions (symptoms) are determined by earlier experiences.

15
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Define manifest content

A

thoughts and feelings in awareness

16
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define latent content

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concealed thoughts and memories.

17
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What is the key aspect of humanistic theories?

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self actualization

18
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what are the levels in the hierarchy of needs?

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physiological needs
safety needs
beloningness and love needs
esteem needs
self-actualization needs
19
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explain the holistic theory

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explains peoples individual acts in terms of their entire personalities

20
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explain the dispositional theory

A

focus on innate qualities within a person that exert a major influence over the direction of behaviour

21
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explain the phenomenological theory

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emphasizes individuals frame of reference and subjective view of reality rather than an observer

22
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define social intelligence

A

the expertise people bring to their experience of life tasks

23
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what are the 3 self theories?

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Self concept
self esteem
self handicapping

24
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what is a personality inventory?

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involves reading a series of statements and indicating whether each one is true or typical for himself.

25
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what is a projective test?

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when a person is given a series of stimuli that are purposely ambiguous that can be interpreted in many ways.