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| Important, relatively stable characteristics that account for consistent patterns of behavior |
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| Metal rod through head only caused extreme change in personality; demonstrated that the brain (frontal lobe) affects personality |
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| Unconscious forces such as wishes & motives influence behavior |
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| Id - pleasure, Ego - reality, Superego - morality |
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| Little relation with actual traits; some ability to diagnose patients w/ disorders |
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| Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) |
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| Pictures too gloomy; lack of standardized method of administration & interpretation |
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| Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
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| Most widely used test; yes/no questions; OBJECTIVE |
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| Trait Approach - Gordon Allport |
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| Personality can be described as a number of underlying personality traits |
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| Norman's Big 5 dimensions of personality |
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| Openness to experience, neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness |
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| Does it predict future behavior? |
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| Is the score on the personality test related to other measures of personality? |
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| Check the extent to which you agree |
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| Indicate how much each term describes you |
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| Traits are not generalizable across situations |
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| Interaction between trait & situation |
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| Behavior is a combination or interaction of personality traits & situational factors |
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| A person's personality traits may lead them to choose certain situations |
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| Eysenck's Optimal Arousal Theory |
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| People differ in natural level of arousal; Moderate level of arousal is pleasant, so we seek it |
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| People tend to believe that they are higher on pisitive things & lower on negative things |
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