PSY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Asperger Syndrome, Psychoanalysis, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Professor Berg

Document Summary

Five factor model: five broad psychological dimensions each to collectively represent a single type of personality; each dimension has two poles, at each end is an opposing characteristic of the dimension: extroversion: energetic, talkative, assertive vs. quiet, reserved, shy, agreeableness: sympathetic, kind, affectionate vs. cold, cruel, confrontational, conscientiousness: organized, intellectual, open minded vs. easy going, (introversion) careless, irresponsible, neuroticism: stable, contended, oriented vs. anxious, irritable, temperamental, openness to experience: creative, adventurous vs. simple, shallow, resistant to change. Elaboration likelihood model: suggests 2 ways that people attempt to persuade others: central route: logical, organized, and on topic approach, effective when target is paying attention, knows about topic, or has an interest in the outcome of the situation, peripheral route: appeal to irrelevant or extraneous features of the situation (ex: physical attractiveness of audience), effective when target is not paying attention or does not have ability or motivation to analyze what the communicator is relaying; prevalent most in advertising and politics.