PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Learned Helplessness, Albert Bandura, Unconditional Positive Regard

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Erica Refling

Document Summary

Personality: a particular pattern of behaviour and thinking that prevails across time and situations and differentiates one person from another. Neo-pi-3 (most recent test) measures 5 factors and is based on the. Diagnostic test five factor model: rorschach test (projective test) inkblots are presented and person must describe what they see. Consultants and dating sites use variants of the myers-briggs type indicator (mbti) Based on carl jung"s idea identifies personality types and cognitive styles. Thematic appeception test (tat) (projective test) person makes up stories about a series of ambiguous pictures presented on cards. Factor analysis: statistical analysis that examines all of the correlations between all of the items and determines if any of them are highly correlated with each other. Factor: a general type or category that contributes to an outcome. Researcher examines factors to determine if there is a common theme.