PP Personality 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyPersonality PsychologyUniversityNone Created by: jessjohnson1106Created on: 21-01-19 19:45 What is personality? The reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives and behaviour that distinguish people from one another (Prigatano, 1992) 1 of 25 Two core aspects to pesonality? Consistency and distinctiveness 2 of 25 Consistency is? The stability of a person's behaviour over time and situations 3 of 25 Distinctiveness is? The behavioural differences among people in the same situations 4 of 25 Psychoanalytic approach (Freud)? Childhood influences personality 5 of 25 Dispositional approach (Allport, Eysenck & Cattell)? Personality traits and inheritance 6 of 25 Behavioural/ learning approach (Skinner, Bandura & Mischel)? Personality being learned 7 of 25 Humanistic approach (Rogers and Maslow) VS Cognitive appraoch (Kelly)? Choice affecting personality 8 of 25 Personality theories are? A system of related ideas used to explain the development, structure and functioning of personality (Weitan, 1998) 9 of 25 Empirical validity? Supported by evidence from observations 10 of 25 Parsimony? The simplest explanation 11 of 25 Comprehensiveness? Breadth of phonemona 12 of 25 Internal consistency? Everything fits together 13 of 25 Testability? Easily supported or refuted 14 of 25 Usefulness? Provide techniques for change 15 of 25 Acceptability? Accepted by other scientists 16 of 25 Correctness Theories are not facts, they cannot be right or wrong only useful 17 of 25 Implicit theories of personality? Own thoughts and ideas are not enough 18 of 25 Free will VS determinism? Behaviour is shaped by our own choices --- behaviour is shaped by factors out of our control 19 of 25 Objectivity VS subjectivity? Such as trying to measure things like happiness/ should they be taken into account 20 of 25 Person VS the situation? Consistency of behaviour across situations and events 21 of 25 Human nature VS individuality? Murray's dictum: in some ways every person is like all others, in some ways they're alike some, and in some ways they're alike no other 22 of 25 Prediction? Being able to accurately anticipate a person's behaviour 23 of 25 Control? Influencing a person's behaviour 24 of 25 Understanding? Comprehending the process of personality 25 of 25
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