PSY2012 - Final Exam – MDC (A+ Graded already)

Personality definition correct answers the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptations to, the intrapsychic, physical, and social environments. Name for Raymond Cattell's method in which he reduced the list of over 4.500 personality traits to 30-35 basic traits. correct answers Statistical technique called factor analysis. -in which large arrays of data are grouped into more basic units Eysenck correct answers reduce the list even further. He describe personality as a relationship among three basic type of traits: Extroversion - Introversion, Neuroticism and psychoticism Alport correct answers Believed that the best way to understand personality was to arrange a persons unique personality traits into a hierarchy with the most pervasive or important traits at the top. Catell correct answers Condense the lis of traits to 30=35 basic characteristics. Big Five correct answers 5 major dimensions of personality OCEAN. Personality correct answers Relatively stable and enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions Elements of the five-factor model correct answers The trait theory of personality composed of openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism Openness (High Scores) correct answers People who rate high in this factor are original, imaginative, curious, open to new ideas, artistic, and interested in cultural pursuits. (Critical thinkers score higher on this factors) Openness (Low Scores) correct answers People who rate low in this factor are conventional, down-to-earth, narrower in their interests, and not artistic Conscientiousness (High Scores) correct answers People who rate high in this factor are responsible, self-disciplined, organized, and achieving, well organized, punctual, hard-workind Conscientiousness (Low Scores) correct answers People who rate low in this factor are careless, negligent, Lazy, disorganized, Late, impulsive, undependable of others Extroversion (High Scores) correct answers People who rate high in this factor are joiner, talkative, active, affectionate, sociable, outgoing, fun loving, Extroversion (Low Scores) correct answers People who rate low in this factor are Withdrawn, quiet, passive, reserved, loner, quiet, passive