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18 Cards in this Set
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personality
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-Behavior comes from inside the person. The force that drives a person to act a certain way comes from WITHIN the person
- Convey a sense of consistency about a person |
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Across time
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is the person the same in situations throughout years?
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Across similar situations
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is the person always polite in a restaurant?
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Across situations that are different from each other
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do you boss people around in stores, at school, at parties?
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Intrapersonal functioning
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Process within the person that Allport called DYNAMOC ORGANIZATION of systems. There are processes that go on inside you that cause you to act the way you act.
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Main purpose of THEORIES
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-Explain – provides a way to explain some things that are known to be true
-Ex. Biological personality theory holds that heredity influences personality. -Predict – predict new information |
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Good theory
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1. Research support its prediction
2. Revised and tested again 3. Parsimony – include as few assumptions or concepts as possible 4. Highly subjective |
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Full understanding of personality with high consensus
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Genetic design of human
-Dispositional traits -Integrative narratives |
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Trait perspective
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ppl have faily stable qualities displayed across many settings that are deeply embedded in the person
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Motive perspective
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motive forces that underlie behavior is the key element in human experiences
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Inheritance and evolution perspective
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human nature is deeply rooted in our genes
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Biological process perspective
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nervous system and hormones influence people behavior
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Psychoanalytic perspective
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Sigmund Freud personality is a set of internal forces that compete and conflict with one another
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Psychosocial perspective
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formation of relationships with other people is the most important aspect of human nature
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Social learning perspective
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change rather than consistency is vital, behavior changes systematically as a result of experiences
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Self-actualization and self determination perspective
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potential to grow and develop
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Cognitive perspective
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deriving meaning from experiences
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Self-regulation perspective
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assumption of organization, coherence, and patterning. Synthesize goals, move towards goals.
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