personality intro

Question 1

total of our cognitive, emotional and behavioral characteristics

Answer 1

personality

Question 2

total of all the behavior and habits we use in fulfilling our needs

Answer 2

personality

Question 3

a mega scheme that we use to interpret the world

Answer 3

personality

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the history of the interest in personality and various body types:
BC3000

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echo, meso and endomorph

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the history of the interest in personality and various body types:
BC 400, AD 140-150

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body fluids
yellow bile, black bile, blood, phlegm

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the history of the interest in personality and various body types:
1940s

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body types
ecto, meso, endomorph

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freudian personality types

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oral/anal/ohallic

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jungian personality types

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myers briggs temperaments
extrovert, introvert

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Meyer Friedman personality type

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type a/b

Question 10

block personality type

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adaptive and resilient
extremely controlling
Impulsive

Question 11

impulsive personality type: emotional styles

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low level self awareness, unfocused attention

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patient personality type: emotional styles

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high level self awareness, sensitivity to context

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shy personality type: emotional style

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low level resiliency, low level sensitivity to context

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anxious personality type: emotional style

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low level resiliency, negative outlook, high level self awareness, unfocused attention

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optimist personality type: emotional style

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high level resiliency, positive outlook

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pessimist/unhappy personality type: emotional style

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low level resiliency, negative outlook

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personality theory

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describes and explains how people are similar, how they are different, and why every individual is unique

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major theoretical perspectives on personality

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psychoanalytic
humanistic
social cognitive
trait

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theories developed to explain the development of personality

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psychodynamic approach
humanistic-existential approach
cognitive-behavioral approach

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approaches that do not have a major development theory

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behavioristic
trait approach

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art of personality theories

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assessment, psychometric, projective tests

Question 22

personality assessments

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reliability, validity, objectivity

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psychometric test

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MMPI, self report

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proactive tests

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rorschach inkblot
thematic apperception

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understanding psychological tests

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assess a persons abilities, aptitudes, interests or personality on the basis of a systematically obtained sample of behavior

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any psychological test is useful insofar as it achieves two basic goals

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accurately and consistently reflect a persons characteristic on some demension predicts a persons future psychological functioning or behavior

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type of personality test that involves a persons interpretation of an ambiguous image

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projective tests

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proactive tests used to assess

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unconscious motives, conflicts, psychological defenses, personality traits

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rorhach inkblot test

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revel contents of the unconscious

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thematic apperception test

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projective creating stories about ambiguous scenes

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in thematic apperception test, the person is thought to

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project their own motives, conflicts, other personality characteristics

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thematic apperception test interpretation involves

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subjective judgement of examiner

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strengths of projective tests

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provision of qualitative information about individuals psychological function information can facilitate psychotherapy

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limitations of projective tests

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influence of testing situation or examiners behavior highly subjective scoring failure to produce consistent results poor at predicting future behavior

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objective personality test scored by

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comparing persons answers to standardized norms collected on large groups of people

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strengths of self-report inventories

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standardization use of established norms greater reliability and validity than projective test

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limitations of self-report inventories

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deliberate deception possible set way of responding may occur inaccuracy in self-behavior judgement

Question 38

MMPI

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self-report inventory that assesses personality characteristics and psychological disorders in normal and disturbed populations

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CPI

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self report inventory that assesses personality characteristics in normal populations

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CPI profiles used to

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predict HS and college grades, delinquency, job performance

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MBTI assigns

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1 of 16 personality types by measuring preferred way of dealing with information, making decisions, and interacting with others

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limitations of MBTI

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lack of evidence to support existence of 16 personality types problems with reliability and validity concern about interpreting MBTI results