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25 Cards in this Set
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Personality |
Unique and relatively enduring set of behaviours. feelings, thoughts and emotions |
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Trait |
Disposition to behave consistently in a particular way |
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Behavioural threshold |
Point at which a person goes from not having a particular responce to having one |
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Naturally selected traits |
Favoured if they increase survival or reproductive success |
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QTL |
Quantitative trait loci Looks for the location of specific bits of DNA on genes associated with behaviours |
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OCEAN |
Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
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Psychoanalytic theory |
Sigmund Freud
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Three layers of consciousness |
Conscious Preconscious Unconscious |
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Id |
The seat of impulse and desire, the pleasure seeking part of our personality |
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Superego |
Part of the mind that monitors behaviour and evaluates the term of right and wrong |
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Ego |
The part of the mind that operates on the "reality principle" |
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Defence strategies |
Unconscious strategies the mind uses to protect itself from anxiety by denying and distorting reality in some way |
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Humanistic psychology |
Optimistic about human nature Humans are interested in realizing their potential |
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Inferiority complex |
An unhealthy need to dominate or upstage others as a way of compensation for feelings of deficiency |
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Reciprocal determinism |
Personal factors, environment and behaviour all interact to shape a personality |
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Self-efficacy |
People's beliefs about their ability to perform the behaviours needed to acheive desired outcomes |
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Factor analysis |
Used to identify clusters of traits that go together |
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Source traits |
Basic traits that underlie personality |
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Three biological dimensions |
Neuroticism Extraversion Psychoticism |
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SURPS |
Anxiety sensitive Hopeless-introverted Sensation seeking Impulsivity |
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Behavioural observation |
Inter-rater reliability Costly and time consuming |
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Interviewing |
Open-ended questions Scoring responses can be difficult |
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Projective test |
Inkblot test Poor inter-rater reliability |
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Questionaires |
Rational method: theory driven questions Empirical method: data-driven questions |
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Personality change over time |
People become more agreeable People become for emotionally stable |
