Personality Psych Exam 1 ch 1-4 Questions
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Personality psychology - Answer✔the scientific study of the psychological forces that make
people uniquely themselves, studies how people think, feel, and behanve
Perspectives for studying personality (Eight) - Answer✔unconscious, ego, cognitive, biological,
conditioning, traits, spiritual, person-situation ineraction
Barnum effect - Answer✔The tendency to consider a personal description accurate if it is stated
in very general terms.
Ego forces - Answer✔One of the things that sets humans apart from other animals is the ability
to self-reflec, provides a sense of identity or self
Temperament - Answer✔An individual's behavioral style and characteristic way of responding.
subjective assessment - Answer✔measurement that relies on interpretation.
strengths and weaknesses of subjective assement - Answer✔-different observers may make
different judgement
-complex phenomena may be examined and valuable insight gained
Reliability - Answer✔Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over
repeated testings
validity - Answer✔Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict
what it is supposed to predict
acquiescence response set - Answer✔"yes", "agree", "true of me"
social desirability response set - Answer✔the "good" or "correct" answer, the answer that
reflects well on the test-taker
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