PY 101 final exam study
personality - correct answer ✔consists of the characteristic thoughts,
emotional responses, and
behaviors that are relatively stable in a person over time and across
circumstances
personality trait - correct answer ✔a dispositional tendency to act in a certain
way over time and
across circumstances
temperaments - correct answer ✔biologically based tendencies to feel or act
in certain ways
self actualization - correct answer ✔a state that is achieved when ones
personal dreams and
aspirations have been attained
idiographic approaches - correct answer ✔approaches to studying
personality:
-person centered
-focus on individual lives and how various characteristics are integrated into
unique persons
nomothetic approaches - correct answer ✔approaches to studying
personality
-focus on how common characteristics vary from person to person
, projective measures - correct answer ✔personality tests that examine
unconscious processes by having people interpret ambiguous stimuli
objective measures - correct answer ✔relatively direct assessments of
personality
-usually based on info gathered through self report questionnaires or observer
ratings
superordinate measures - correct answer ✔-introversion/extraversion (refers
to how shy you are or how outgoing and bold you are)
-emotional stability
-psychoticism
self awareness - correct answer ✔typically causes people to act in
accordance with their values and beliefs
self schema - correct answer ✔consists of an integrated set of memories,
beliefs, and generalizations
about the self
self serving bias - correct answer ✔peoples tendency to attribute positive
events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔• theory based on self analysis and
therapy
• emphasis on unconscious mental influences
• personality is consistent
personality - correct answer ✔consists of the characteristic thoughts,
emotional responses, and
behaviors that are relatively stable in a person over time and across
circumstances
personality trait - correct answer ✔a dispositional tendency to act in a certain
way over time and
across circumstances
temperaments - correct answer ✔biologically based tendencies to feel or act
in certain ways
self actualization - correct answer ✔a state that is achieved when ones
personal dreams and
aspirations have been attained
idiographic approaches - correct answer ✔approaches to studying
personality:
-person centered
-focus on individual lives and how various characteristics are integrated into
unique persons
nomothetic approaches - correct answer ✔approaches to studying
personality
-focus on how common characteristics vary from person to person
, projective measures - correct answer ✔personality tests that examine
unconscious processes by having people interpret ambiguous stimuli
objective measures - correct answer ✔relatively direct assessments of
personality
-usually based on info gathered through self report questionnaires or observer
ratings
superordinate measures - correct answer ✔-introversion/extraversion (refers
to how shy you are or how outgoing and bold you are)
-emotional stability
-psychoticism
self awareness - correct answer ✔typically causes people to act in
accordance with their values and beliefs
self schema - correct answer ✔consists of an integrated set of memories,
beliefs, and generalizations
about the self
self serving bias - correct answer ✔peoples tendency to attribute positive
events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔• theory based on self analysis and
therapy
• emphasis on unconscious mental influences
• personality is consistent
