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| The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character. |
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| List The Four Main Approaches To Gauging Personality In Psychology? |
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1.) Psychodynamic
2.) Trait
3.) Social-Cognitive
4.) Humanistic |
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| The psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behavior and mental states. |
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| Describe The Trait Approach |
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| A way of analyzing personality based on individual traits. |
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| Describe Humanistic Psychology |
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| Emphasizes individuals' inherent drive towards self-actualization, the process of realizing and expressing one's own capabilities and creativity. |
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| Define Social Cognitive Psychology |
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| Study of how we store, process, and use information about other people. |
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| List The Basic Methods of Assessing and Describing Personality |
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-Analyzing Life Outcomes
-Situational Tests
-Observer Ratings
-Self-Reports |
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| List the different types of self-reports |
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-Interview (Structured/Open Ended)
-Projective Personality Measures
-Non-Projective Personality Measures |
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| List Examples of Projective Personality Tsts |
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-Inkblot Test
-Thematic Appreciation Test
-Draw a Person Test |
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| List an Example of a Nonprojective Personality Test |
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| -Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory |
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| Nonprojective tests may guide ____ decisions |
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| Nonprojective Personality Tests are ____ and their are concerns about test interpretation ans use. |
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