PSY 0160 Midterm: Personality Exam 1 Condensed Study GuidePersonality_ psychological qualities that contribute to an individual's enduring and distinctive patterns of feeling, thinking, and behavior.
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Personality: psychological qualities that contribute to an individual"s enduring and distinctive patterns of feeling, thinking, and behavior. Three focuses of personality psych: human universals, individual differences, individual uniqueness. Observation that is scientific: generalizable, no cultural bias, no researcher bias, measured with specialized tools. Theory that is systematic: burden of clarifying every thought, collect enough data to justify theory/explanation. Theory that is testable: prove the theory is at least incorrect, if not totally correct. Theory that is comprehensive: can"t ignore some evidence if doesn"t fit. Trait/disposition: consistent style of emotion displayed across situations. Type: clustering of traits: tendency to be adaptive/resilient, inhibited/controlled, or uninhibited/uncontrolled. System: whole is greater than sum of its parts. Hierarchy: some structural units control others/higher order. Personality process: dynamic personality aspects: motives, change over time. Your constant chain of thoughts from one distraction/thought to the next. Growth and development: how we dvlp into unique person: universal milestones vs individual.
