Introduction to Personality Psychology: Terms, Models, and Approaches, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Introduction to Personality Psychology: Terms, Models, and Approaches and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Personality DEFINITION 1 Persons characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting TERM 2 Self-Reports DEFINITION 2 How does each item describe your behavior MMPI- 500 T and F statements Projective techniques: inkblots, TAT (subjects make up a story for each picture) TERM 3 Big 5 factor model DEFINITION 3 Conscientiousness Agreeableness- compassion Neuroticism- experiences emotion Opennes to experience- willingness to try new things Extraversion- social TERM 4 Structure of personality DEFINITION 4 Id- pleasure principle Ego- reality principle Superego- learned TERM 5 Psychoanalysis DEFINITION 5 unconscious thoughts are identified and are brought to consciousness TERM 6 7 defense mechanisms DEFINITION 6 Rationalization- making logical reason/excuse for behavior that might be shameful Displacement- shifting attention from one object to another Repression- excluding source of anxiety from awareness (oh i forgot) Projection- attributing bad qualities of the self to someone else Reaction formation- warding off bad thought by overemphasizing opposite Regression- rejoice to more juvinile behavior TERM 7 Humanistic approach DEFINITION 7 human nature is essentially good Self-actualization- full potential Unconditional positive regard TERM 8 Locus of control DEFINITION 8 the control of rewards is internal to self or external in the environment. TERM 9 Social cognitive approach DEFINITION 9 based how a person thinks about a daily situation and behaves in response to them seeking out who you are TERM 10 Self-serving bias DEFINITION 10 take credit for success, but not failures