personality exam 1 (CH. 1, 2, 3, 4) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER - individual's characteristic patterns of thought,
emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms— hidden or not—behind
those patterns
important concepts - CORRECT ANSWER - psychological triad, 3 levels of personality
analysis, five different approaches hone in on one level of analysis
3 levels of personality analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - (a) like all other people [human
nature], (b) like some other people [group and individual differences], (c) like no other person
[individual uniqueness]
human nature - CORRECT ANSWER - how we are like ALL other people.
language, social exchange, cooperation, social cognition
group and individual (trait) differences - CORRECT ANSWER - how are we like SOME
other people
individual uniqueness - CORRECT ANSWER - how we are like NO other person
goal of personality psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - to explain the whole person
NO BIG THEORY YET
trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER - how people differ psychologically
biological approach - CORRECT ANSWER - understand the mind in terms of the body
, psychoanalytic approach - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious mind and internal mental
conflict
phenomenological approach - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on the conscious experience
learning and cognitive approach - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on rewards and
punishments in the physical and social world
self-report data - CORRECT ANSWER - S- Data
person's evaluation of his/her own personality
most frequent data source (surveys/questionnaires)
high face validity
s-data advantages - CORRECT ANSWER - -based on large amount of info
-access to thoughts, feelings, and intentions
-efficacy expectations
-simple & easy
efficacy expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - -what you believe yourself to be capable of
& kind of person you think you are
s-data disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER - -people wont tell you
-limited imperfect memory
-lack of self-insight
-too easy
-active memory distortion
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER - individual's characteristic patterns of thought,
emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms— hidden or not—behind
those patterns
important concepts - CORRECT ANSWER - psychological triad, 3 levels of personality
analysis, five different approaches hone in on one level of analysis
3 levels of personality analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - (a) like all other people [human
nature], (b) like some other people [group and individual differences], (c) like no other person
[individual uniqueness]
human nature - CORRECT ANSWER - how we are like ALL other people.
language, social exchange, cooperation, social cognition
group and individual (trait) differences - CORRECT ANSWER - how are we like SOME
other people
individual uniqueness - CORRECT ANSWER - how we are like NO other person
goal of personality psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - to explain the whole person
NO BIG THEORY YET
trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER - how people differ psychologically
biological approach - CORRECT ANSWER - understand the mind in terms of the body
, psychoanalytic approach - CORRECT ANSWER - unconscious mind and internal mental
conflict
phenomenological approach - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on the conscious experience
learning and cognitive approach - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on rewards and
punishments in the physical and social world
self-report data - CORRECT ANSWER - S- Data
person's evaluation of his/her own personality
most frequent data source (surveys/questionnaires)
high face validity
s-data advantages - CORRECT ANSWER - -based on large amount of info
-access to thoughts, feelings, and intentions
-efficacy expectations
-simple & easy
efficacy expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - -what you believe yourself to be capable of
& kind of person you think you are
s-data disadvantages - CORRECT ANSWER - -people wont tell you
-limited imperfect memory
-lack of self-insight
-too easy
-active memory distortion
