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WGU D564 OA Attempt OA Attempt Exam
(Latest Update ) Theories of
Personality | Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct | Grade A (Verified Answers)


What are the three Ds of personality? - ANSWER 1.
Description
2. Dynamics
3. Development



What are the three ways of describing personality? - ANSWER
1. Types
2. Traits
3. Factors



What is the nomothetic approach? - ANSWER
Research based on groups of people.



What is the idiographic approach? - ANSWER
Research based on studying one person at a time (i.e. case study)

,What is the Big Five? - ANSWER A model of
personality that includes five major dimensions:
1. Neuroticism
2. Extraversion
3. Openness
4. Agreeableness
5. Concientiousness



What are personality dynamics? - ANSWER The way
people behave and react.



What are personality dynamics shaped by? - ANSWER
It is shaped by factors such as motivation, adaptation or adjustment,
cognitive processes, and culture.



What is motivation? - ANSWER Drives our behavior,
action, and goals; gets us going and keeps us moving.



What is adaptation/adjustment? - ANSWER The
ability to be flexible; finding ways to cope with changes and challenges.



What are cognitive processes? - ANSWER Tools for
understanding the world; they are things like attention span, memory,
and decision.

, What is temperament? - ANSWER Consistent syles of
behavior and emotional reactions that are present from infancy onward,
presumably because of biological influences.



Experience, especially in childhood, influences the way each person
develops what? - ANSWER Their unique personality.



Descriptive issues - ANSWER Individual differences



Dynamic issues - ANSWER -Adaptation and
adjustment
-Cognitive processes
-Culture



Developmental Issues - ANSWER -Biological
influences
-Development



What is reliability? - ANSWER How consistent or
dependable a measurement is over time and across different situations.
Ensures that when we measure something repeatedly, we get similar
results.

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