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| four 4 temperaments graph, page 236 |
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| five-factor personality, page 245 |
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-trait that determines how effectively somebody works towards a goal
ex: intelligence |
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| a general class of theories that assumes behavior is partly a function of the general arousal (ex: excitation and inhibition) |
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| ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) |
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| a network of neurons in the reticular formation of the brain stem that is responsible for arousal |
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| a learned tendency to respond in a particular way to stimuli |
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| scientific facts should be considered instead of religion or philosophy |
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| systematic search of a correlation research to find different factors |
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| genetically determined trait |
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many sources of information are integrated
putting all of the correlation coefficients togther |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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type of intelligence learned from proper education and experiences
what IQ tests try to measure |
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| culture free intelligence test |
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| measures FLUID rather than crystallized intelligence |
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belief that behavior is a function of a finite number of variables
if all variables are known, behavior can be predicted |
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| diagram showing relationship between ergs, attitudes, and metaergs |
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motivational trait that sets people up to be motivated towards goal
two types of dynamics: ergs and metaergs |
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| a diagnosis given to severely disabled neurotics |
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| trait that is determined by experience rather than hereditary |
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energy for all behaviors
primary drive
ex: thirst |
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| sociability, activity, assertiveness, etc |
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characteristic that is thought to be responsible for the way people are
consistent behavior |
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| innate intelligence, not learned |
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| hypothetical-deducto reasoning |
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| research method that begins with a hypothesis |
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| instrumental conditioning |
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| learning to make a response that will either result in reward or removal of unpleasant stimuli |
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| life record. all information about person's life |
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| the idea that all personality is shown in language |
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| indirect satisfaction of erg |
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| secondary or learned drives |
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| traits of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shyness |
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| universe of source traits which all humans can be compared |
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| traits of aggression, egocentricity, impulsiveness, and creativity |
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| factor analysis that studies how a single person's traits change over time |
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| surveys how people view themselves |
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| factor analysis that studies multiple things about many people |
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| concern for oneself that is prerequisite to any goal of life |
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| learned predisposition to respond to a series of objects/events |
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| ultimate causes of behavior |
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type of learning that results in rearranging one's personality traits
most important type of learning |
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| sentimates depend on ergs, and attitudes depend on sentimates |
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| explains a number of traits that are correlated |
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outward manifestations of source traits
can be directly observed and measured |
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| characteristics that characterize a group |
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| information obtained about a person that can be found on an objective test |
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