Core Areas of Psychology Personality Term One Keywords

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Active genotype-environment correlations
person actively seeks out different environments
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Bodily-fluid theory of personality
link between bodily fluid (humour) and personality
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Correlational studies
examines relationships between two variables
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Case studies
in-depth study of individual
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Experimental design
manipulate of the variable is necessary to measure causality
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Environmental modulation of gene expression
aspects of the environment affecting the expression of genes, leading to the creation of different kinds
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HEXACO model
single word trait adjectives (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) but with honesty-humility as a new factor
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Heritability
proportion of observed variance in a group that is accounted for by genetic variation
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Interaction
within one’s mind, within external world, including people
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Life-outcome data
public records, social activity/affliction information provides data on a person
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Lexical
words for individual differences
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Observer report data
target person observed and reported by; natural or artificial setting
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Personality
an individual’s characteristic style of behaving, thinking and feeling
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PEN model
traits that are highly heritable and has a likely psychophysiological foundation
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16 Personality factors
factor analysis used to identify basic behaviour factors
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Passive genotype-environment correlations
person receives specific environment without ‘prompting’
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Physiology
physical aspects of human body
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Phrenology
characterisation of personality through morphology of skull
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Reliability
can we rely on the information
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Relatively enduring
quite stable, but change is possible
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Reactive genotype-environment correlations
person receives different environment because of their responses to the environment
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Self-report data
structured/unstructured
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Statistical
using statistics to group words into clusters
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Situational consistency
trait consistency over situation
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Sheldon's physiology approach
link body types to personality
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Test data
based in a laboratory
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Theoretical
informed by theories- investigate relative characteristics
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Type
classify people into groups who share the same personality traits
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Trait
describe people in relation to the degree to which they possess/show characteristics
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Temporal consistency
consistency over time
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The five-factor model
single word trait adjectives (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism)
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Tabula rasa
clean slate, human minds are blank at birth
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Validity
does it measure what it’s meant to
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Wiggins circumplex model
focused on ways individuals differ
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