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Personality Psych Ex
Chapter 8,9,10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trait | A distinguishing feature or characteristic of someone's character that allows us to come up with words that distinguish one person from another. |
| Carl Jung | Typology, Myers-Briggs |
| Typology-Jung | small number of "types" Each person fits one type best. |
| Myers Briggs Type Indicator (sensation-intuition) Jung | person is more prone to realism versus imagination |
| Myers-Briggs (Thinking-feeling) Jung | person is more prone to logical and objective or personal and subjective |
| Myers-Briggs (Judgement-Perception) Jung | How one evaluates or perceives things (structured in judgement or flexible in perception) |
| Attitudes: Introversion and Extroversion Jung | focuses on stimulation and environmental factors outside of self (does not deal with internal arousal |
| Cattell: Factor Analysis | -a statistical technique that reduces and eliminates redundant information to make it more understandable. -data driven -reduced traits to sixteen trait clusters (16 personality factors questionnaire- 16PF) |
| The Big Five (OCEAN) | 16 personality traits reduced to the big five |
| Openness | -openness to experience, culture, and intellect. -Imagination, aesthetic sense, curiosity -People who score high on openness tend to be: imaginative, witty, original, and artistic -People who score low: plain, simple, and potentially shallow |
| Conscientiousness | -Lack of impulsivity -High Scorers: cautious, dependable, organized, responsible -Low scorers: impulsive, not dependable |
| Extroversion | -high scorers: energetic, enthusiastic, dominant, sociable, and talkative -low scorers: tend to tire from social situations, be shy or timid, and be submissive |
| Agreeableness | High scorers: friendly, cooperative, warm, trusting, and easy going -low scorers: cantankerous, unkind, and cold |
| Neuroticism | -Emotional instability -high scorers: vulnerable to becoming depressed or anxious, high-strung, worrisome -low scorers: calm and content |
| Big Five Origin | -created through factor analysis -emerged from data, NOT theory |
| Friend's Judgements vs Stranger's (zero acquaintance) | -high reliability in judging a stranger's personality. -highest agreement for extroversion and conscientiousness |
| Murray's Needs (4) | -Need for achievement -Need for affiliation -Need for power -Need for exhibition |
| Need for achievement | -the need to succeed on tasks that are set out by society -persistent in the face of setbacks, enjoy challenges, may obtain a lot of degrees and awards |
| Need for Affiliation | -The need to draw near and win the affection of others -extroverted, agreeable, and conscientious |
| Need for Power | -the need to seek positions and offices in which one can exert control over others -Tend to be possessive, leaders, control territory. Politicians have this quality, so do abusive husbands. |
| Need for exhibition | -The need to show one's self before others and to entertain, amuse, shock, and excite others -Comedians, magicians, musicians. -Colorful, dramatic, showy (studied using their expressive style) |
| Emotional expressiveness | -expressive people seen as charasmatic and attractive -those who score high on extroversion look animated when observed by others -extroversion and dominance related to expressiveness |
| Dominant People's Expressiveness | sit higher, stand taller, talk louder. use more expansive gestures, interrupt more, and invade personal space |
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