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An individual’s unique patterns of thoughts, feelings, & behaviors that persist over time & across situations
Focuses on unique and stable differences |
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| What are the Big Five personality dimensions? |
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1) Extraversion
2) Agreeableness
3) Conscientiousness/dependability
4) Emotional stability
5) Openness to Experience/ culture/intellect |
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| What represents extraversion? |
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| Warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, positive emotions |
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| What represents agreeableness? |
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| Trust, straightforwardness, altruism, compliance, modesty, tender mindedness |
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| What represents conscientiousness/dependability? |
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| Competence, order, dutifulness, achievement-striving, self-discipline, deliberation |
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| What represents emotional stability? |
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| Anxiety, hostility, depression, self-consciousness; impulsiveness, vulnerability |
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| What represents openness to experience/culture/intellect? |
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| Fantasy, aesthetics, feelings, actions, ideas, values |
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| How did Costa & Macrae measure the Big Five personality dimensions? |
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| They developed a test, with translated versions and compared results from non-American cultures w/ Americans |
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| Is Personality inherited? |
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| There is a genetic basis across cultures and species. Experience also plays a role. |
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| What do the psychodynamic theories emphasize? |
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| unconscious processes determine personality |
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| Who is Sigmund Freud and his ideas? |
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Well known psychodynamic theorist
Stressed the unconscious- ideas, thoughts, feeling we are not aware of
Developed basis of PSYCHOANALYSIS |
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Behavior is based on unconscious instincts or drives
have sexual instincts for survival/pleasure |
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| How is personality structured? |
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3 structures: 1) ID
2) EGO
3) SUPEREGO |
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Only structure present at birth
Completely unconscious
Pleasure principle- obtain immediate pleasure, avoid pain
-must quickly obtain gratification |
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Only structure present at birth
Completely unconscious
Pleasure principle- obtain immediate pleasure, avoid pain
-must quickly obtain gratification |
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