PS 232 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Institutional Review Board, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Personality Development
9 Feb 2017
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What is personality: definition: characteristics of the individual that create a unique expression of thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Common features in definitions: uniqueness of the individual. Research issues: what is the nature of the uniqueness? (e. g. , combo of traits, learning histories, etc. : consistency of behavior. An influence on the individual"s thoughts, feelings and. Learning: branch of behavioral perspective, emphasizes effects of experience and reinforcement history, social influences: cognitive: emphasizes differences in interpretation of cues, expectations, and presumed consequences, cross-cultural: emphasizes impact of societal/cultural norms on expression of personality. What is personality psychology: personality theory: a systematic collection of explanations that are used to account for set of observations and predict future observations. Internal consistency (pieces of theory fit well together) Comprehensiveness (should cover many aspects of personality) Parsimony: theory should explain things as simply as possible: rule of parsimony: all other things being equal, the simpler theory is more adequate (fewer assumptions/principles)
