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-innate characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving
-personality is a product of expressed traits
-nature or nurture? |
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1. stability-instability
2. introversion-extroversion |
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-a structured survey (eg true-false, agree-disagree)
-items gauge feelings and behavior
-asses select personality traits |
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1. theory driven surveys
2. empirically-derived survey |
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-based on definition of traits
-extrovert: one who gains energy, motivation, and comfort from social interactions
-big five personality inventory |
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| empirically-derived survey |
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-develop a pool of items
-select items that predict traits |
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| MMPI (empirically-derived survey) |
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-most widely researched and used personality traits
-identifies emotional disorders
-used for multi-purpose screening |
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| social-cognitive perspective |
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| behavior influenced by the interaction between people and their social contexts |
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| interacting influences between personality and environment |
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-our sense of controlling our environments, rather than feeling helpless
-"Locus of Control" |
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-forces beyond one's control determine fate
-God willing, "If I'm lucky" |
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-perception that one controls own fate
-"I am determined to make this happen!" |
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-hopelessness and passive resignation
-learned when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
-results in stress and depression
-uncontrollable bad events->perceived lack of control->generalized helpless behavior |
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| overestimate others noticing our appearance, performance and blunders |
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| one's feelings of high or low self-worth |
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| belief in one's ability to perform a certain task |
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-unhappiness
-hopelessness
-negative judgments
-racial prejudice |
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-decreased performance
-learning challeges |
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-value things that you do well
-recognize external factors
-make in-group comparison
-narcissism: excess self-love |
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-prioritize own goals over group goals
-identify with personal attributes rather than group identification |
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| prioritize goals of the group (ex. Family, friends or work group) and define identity accordingly |
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| individualist trade off advantage |
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-personal freedom
-achievement pride
-less geographically bound
-report greater happiness |
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| individualist trade-off disadvantages |
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-higher divorce
-more homicide
-more stress-induced illness
-more loneliness |
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