01:830:338 Study Guide - Final Guide: Learned Helplessness, Shyness, Twin
17 May 2016
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Study guides for cumulative part of final (1-15) Topics for the most recent chapters are in chapter folders on sakai. Parsimonious- simplest theory you can come up with. Want to define them as different from people. Reliability-consistency, you can give one test to someone and another and see if it correlates to another. If an extroversion test then does the construct test for extroversion. What do you need to show causation in an experiment?- random assignment. Implicit personality theories- some personality traits tend to go together. Unconsciously have personality traits or theories based on what they look. Reinforcement sensitivity theory- may become addicted to drugs or seek out sensation. Behavioral inhibition system (bis)- look out for danger in the society. Sensitive in punishment would not engage in illegal activities. For example looking for cheater circuit in our brain just to do that. General- we are the way we are because of experiences.
