personality and dispositions

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  • Created on: 31-01-20 14:15
what is the definition of personality
inner qualities that consist of traits and mechanisms that affect behaviour and are relatively stable and uniquely defines who we are
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what is nomothetic analysis
lawful claims
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what is ideographic analysis
the description of one
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what is a grand theory
complete and internally consistent account of human nature. it is more theory, less practice
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what are piecemal theory
partial and externally consistent account. more evidence less theory
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what are informal theories
more subjective and simplistic, "popular psychology"
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what are formal theories
more objective and sophisticated, scientific psychology
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what is a disposition
a latent tendency to exhibit a class of behaviours
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what are types in personality
they are discontinuous ( a.k.a exclusive categories), meaning you are one or the other
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what are traits in personality
these are continuous dimensions, you can be placed high or low on an ordinal scale
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when did eyesenk do his theory of personality
1947
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what are the dimensions of his theory of personality
extroversion-introversion, stable-neurotic, psychoticism
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what are the biological elements of eyesenks theory
extroverts = needs more stimulation to achieve cortical arousal. psychotic = more testosterone, less MAO. neurotics = unstable autonomic neuron system.
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who was galten
original 16 factor model that were all important traits of personality
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who made the 5 factor model
those who created the big 5 personality traits
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what were the big 5 emotions
OCEAN = openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neurotic-ism.
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