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What are traits?
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People's characteristic behaviors & conscious motives.
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What does trait thoery attempt to do?
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Describe and classify people in terms of their predispositions to behave in certain ways.
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Explain temperament.
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Refers to those aspects of an individual's personality, such as introversion or extroversion.
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Explain the Barnum effect.
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We will listen to someone as long as they tell us something good about ourselves.
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What is the MMPI?
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used and researched standardized psychometric test of adult personality.
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Explain & List the Big 5.
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C = conscieniousness.
A = agreeable. N = neurotic. O = openness. E = extraversion. |
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What does social cognitive psychology emphasize?
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People learn many of their behaviors either through conditioning or by observing & imitating others.
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What is 'reciprical determinism?"
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YOU are not just what your genetics & environment have made you to be.
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What psychological perspective does Bandura represent?
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Social Cognitive Perspective.
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What is the 'spotlight' effect?
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Overestimation of other's attention to us.
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What is the self-serving bias?
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People accept more responsibilitiy for good deeds than bad & success than failures.
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What is self-efficacy?
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Confidence & competence.
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