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24 Cards in this Set
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personality
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the overall combination of characteristics that captures the nature of a person
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developmental approaches
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systematic models of ways in which personality develops across time
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personality dynamics
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the ways that a person integrates and organizes social traits, values, and motives, personal conceptions and emotional adjustment
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self concept
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the view that people have about themself
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social traits
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surface level traits that reflect the way a person appears to others when interacting in various social settings
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Locus of control
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how much a person feels able to control his or her own life
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authoritarianism
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a tendency to follow strictly wit hconventioinal values and obey recognized authority
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dogmatism
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leads a person to see the world as a threatening place and regard authority as absolute.
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self monitoring
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reflects a persons ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
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emotional adjustment traits
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measure how much an individual experiences emotional distress or displays unacceptable acts.
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Type A orientations
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impatient, wants achievement, and high competitive nature.
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Type B orientation
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easygoing and less competitive
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Values
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broad preferences converning apropriate courses of action or outcomes.
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sources and types of values
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parents, friends, teachers, and external reference groups
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terminal values
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reflect a persons preferences concerning the ends to be achieved
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instrumental values
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reflect a persons beliefs abot the means for achieving desired ends.
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value congruence
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occurs when people express positive feelings when they are around others who show values similar to their own.
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the cognitive component
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reflects the beliefs, opinions, knowledge, or information a person has.
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the affective component
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the actual attitude itself, such as "i dont like my job"
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the behavioral component
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intention to behave in a certain way based on your specific feelings or attitudes. "im gonna quit my job"
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cognitive dissonance
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a state of inconsistency between an individuals attitude and behavior.
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workforce diversity
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differences based on gender, race, and ethnicity, age and able bodiedness
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demographic characteristics
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the background variables- age gender etc. that shape what a person becomes over time.
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aptitude
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represents a persons capability of learning something
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