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| predispositions that affect our behavior across many different situations |
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| Shared environmental factors |
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| sharing the same environment. i.e. siblings, or parents and offspring |
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| Freud's theory of how dreams and the unconscious effect someone |
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| something caused by psychological factors |
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| the psyche's decision maker |
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| the ego's tendency to delay gratification for the better |
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| stage of psychosexual focused on mouth |
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| boys love their mother in a romantic way and want the father out of the picture |
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| psychosexual stage in which sexual feelings move into the unconscious |
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| many theories on where different personalities are stemmed from |
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| worth of people based on the morals appealing to human qualities |
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| inconsistencies in personality and traits |
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| stat that analyzes correlational responses on personality tests |
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| whether the test measures what it is supposed to measure |
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| empirical method of test construction |
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| creating tests with 2 groups and deciding which items best fit |
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| how well a participant can see the validity of the test |
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| projective test of 10 symmetrical ink blots |
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| the extent to which a test contributes information that is out of the ordinary |
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| people influencing each other's behavior |
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| approach to personality that has general laws on everyone's behavior |
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| unshared environmental factors |
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| different environment i.e. sibling living in different homes or parents living separately |
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| the assumption that all psychological events have a cause |
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| unconscious things that minimize anxiety |
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| psychosexual stage that focuses on toilet training |
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| girls are in love with their father romantically and want their mother out of the picture |
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| psychosexual stage in which someone starts showing interest in the opposite sex romantically |
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| thinking is a cause of personality |
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| being all you can be and want to be |
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| influential experiences that are very important to your life |
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| traits that are personality measures |
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| intellectually curious and unconventional |
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| structured personality test |
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| paper and pencil tests in which there are only certain answers |
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| rational/theoretical method of test construction |
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| test is built around a trait with questions that assess that trait |
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| tests using ambiguous stimuli i.e. inkblot |
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| thematic apperception test |
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| subject must tell a story about an ambiguous image |
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| psychological study of handwriting |
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| learning by observation of other people |
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| the life history of experiences that effect the personality of someone |
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| molecular genetic studies |
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| looking at genes that associate with personality traits |
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| feeling of relief after very emotional outpoor |
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| sexual and aggression source |
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| id's tendency to choose immediate gratification |
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| psychosexual stage focused on the genitals |
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| little girls want to have a penis |
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| little girls want to have a penis |
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| theories derived from freud, but based on personality growth instead of sex |
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| the amount of control believed to be had on events |
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| things you hold important to your worth |
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| theories on how traits effect behavior |
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| the language spoken effects personality |
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| minnesota multiphasic personality inventory that assesses mental disorders |
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| on inkblot, person assesses their personality to the stimulus |
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| used to interpret personality traits based on how a person is drawn |
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| tendency for people to accept high base rates as accurate |
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| IQ test used to measure intelligence |
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| intelligence is developed not innate |
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| hypothetical factor that stands for the differences in people's intelligences |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| intelligence gained over a lifetime of experiences |
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| good genes procreating while bad genes don't |
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| average IQ scores go up 3 points every decade |
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| capacity to find the best solution to a problem |
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| implicit theories of intelligence |
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| theories of how intelligence like math is attained |
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| measure overall thinking ability |
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| abilities linked to each item in intelligence test |
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| people are smart in different ways |
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| most people in the middle then tapers toward each end |
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| test favors a group of people |
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| understanding our emotions and others and applying this to life |
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| capacity to understand hypothetical concepts |
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| capacity to learn new ways of solving problems |
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| analytical, practical, and creative being the 3 types of intelligence |
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| analytical, practical, and creative being the 3 types of intelligence |
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| under 70 IQ onset before adulthood struggle with everyday things |
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| capacity to find many ways to solve a problem |
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