Name: Score:
96 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 96
rat pups raised with their mothers in cages with sufficient bedding materials did not show
symptoms consistent with human depression symptoms AND rat pups who endured electrical
shocks paired with odours while their mothers were not present had elevated amygdala
activity
When Dr James Pennebaker asked research participants to write about secret
unpleasant events he found that...
competition tends to be very intense among individuals using the same strategy may
lead to the development of...
In the Raineki et al (2012) study on the relation between amygdala function and different
rearing environments, the authors found that:
How do trait psychologists combat measurement issues on personality assessments?
Definition 2 of 96
are more likely to defensive pessimism and self-handicapping strategies to help avoid new
negative info about themselves
Standards for evaluating personality theories
Major life events and stress
Core diagnostic criteria for pds
People with low self esteem
,Definition 3 of 96
consistency between/among alternate versions of the same instrument; e.g. creating 2 parallel
forms of a questionnaire (with difficult questions) and both tests show correlation
generalizability
parallel forms reliability
biological domain
validity
Definition 4 of 96
The core assumption of biological approaches to personality is that humans are, first and
foremost, collections of biological systems, and these systems provide the building blocks
(e.g., brain, nervous system) for behaviour
Standards for evaluating personality theories
Social + cultural domain
Biological domain
Adjustment domain
Definition 5 of 96
-rapid & short
- release epinephrine and norepinephrine
-fight or flight
Case Studies Weaknesses
SNS response to stress
Case Studies Strengths
daily hassles and stress
,Definition 6 of 96
High Neuroticism, Lo
Addictive disorder and big 5
Anxiety and Big 4
Anxiety and Big 5
Bipolar and Big 5
Definition 7 of 96
scores on the measure are related to other measures of the same construct
convergent validity
face validity
reliability
adjustment domain
Definition 8 of 96
Deals with mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate outside conscious
awareness
- predominant theory = freud's psychoanalysis
Intrapsychic Domain
Biological Domain
Split-half Reliability
Adjustment Domain
, Definition 9 of 96
Everyone had a set of universal basic needs, with individual differences on these needs leading
to the uniqueness of personality through varying dispositional tendencies for each need
-BIG THREE
- NAch (need for affilaition/intimacy)
NPow (power motive) - drive to influence or control others
-NAch (need for achievement) motive centered on doing better, feeling competent, and
striving for success
Strengths and Weaknesses of O-data
Equal Environments Assumption
Secondary Appraisal of Stress
Henry Murray's Theory of Needs
Definition 10 of 96
Strengths:
-observers may have access to info unattainable from other sources
-multiple observers can be used to assess one individual (can assess inter-rater relatability)
Weaknesses:
-observers may be biased
Henry murray's theory of Needs
Secondary appraisal of stress
Strengths and weaknesses of self report data
Strengths and weaknesses of O-data
Definition 11 of 96
more likely to use words linked to isolated and quiet activities
People with low self esteem
Strengths and weaknesses of self report data
People low in exraversion/high in introversion
Equal environments assumption
96 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 96
rat pups raised with their mothers in cages with sufficient bedding materials did not show
symptoms consistent with human depression symptoms AND rat pups who endured electrical
shocks paired with odours while their mothers were not present had elevated amygdala
activity
When Dr James Pennebaker asked research participants to write about secret
unpleasant events he found that...
competition tends to be very intense among individuals using the same strategy may
lead to the development of...
In the Raineki et al (2012) study on the relation between amygdala function and different
rearing environments, the authors found that:
How do trait psychologists combat measurement issues on personality assessments?
Definition 2 of 96
are more likely to defensive pessimism and self-handicapping strategies to help avoid new
negative info about themselves
Standards for evaluating personality theories
Major life events and stress
Core diagnostic criteria for pds
People with low self esteem
,Definition 3 of 96
consistency between/among alternate versions of the same instrument; e.g. creating 2 parallel
forms of a questionnaire (with difficult questions) and both tests show correlation
generalizability
parallel forms reliability
biological domain
validity
Definition 4 of 96
The core assumption of biological approaches to personality is that humans are, first and
foremost, collections of biological systems, and these systems provide the building blocks
(e.g., brain, nervous system) for behaviour
Standards for evaluating personality theories
Social + cultural domain
Biological domain
Adjustment domain
Definition 5 of 96
-rapid & short
- release epinephrine and norepinephrine
-fight or flight
Case Studies Weaknesses
SNS response to stress
Case Studies Strengths
daily hassles and stress
,Definition 6 of 96
High Neuroticism, Lo
Addictive disorder and big 5
Anxiety and Big 4
Anxiety and Big 5
Bipolar and Big 5
Definition 7 of 96
scores on the measure are related to other measures of the same construct
convergent validity
face validity
reliability
adjustment domain
Definition 8 of 96
Deals with mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate outside conscious
awareness
- predominant theory = freud's psychoanalysis
Intrapsychic Domain
Biological Domain
Split-half Reliability
Adjustment Domain
, Definition 9 of 96
Everyone had a set of universal basic needs, with individual differences on these needs leading
to the uniqueness of personality through varying dispositional tendencies for each need
-BIG THREE
- NAch (need for affilaition/intimacy)
NPow (power motive) - drive to influence or control others
-NAch (need for achievement) motive centered on doing better, feeling competent, and
striving for success
Strengths and Weaknesses of O-data
Equal Environments Assumption
Secondary Appraisal of Stress
Henry Murray's Theory of Needs
Definition 10 of 96
Strengths:
-observers may have access to info unattainable from other sources
-multiple observers can be used to assess one individual (can assess inter-rater relatability)
Weaknesses:
-observers may be biased
Henry murray's theory of Needs
Secondary appraisal of stress
Strengths and weaknesses of self report data
Strengths and weaknesses of O-data
Definition 11 of 96
more likely to use words linked to isolated and quiet activities
People with low self esteem
Strengths and weaknesses of self report data
People low in exraversion/high in introversion
Equal environments assumption
