PSY 352 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lexical Hypothesis, Inter-Rater Reliability, Sleep Deprivation

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 352
• Professor: Lazarwicz

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What is personality? personality: an individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, acting, and feeling. Focus on individual differences traits: characteristics that make people different from each other. How would you describe the traits vs. situationism debate? situationism: view that personality is a function of situation, not of internal traits. Walter mischel (1960s) personality too minimal to focus on. Hartshorne & may (1928): gave grade-school kids opportunities for undetected deceit. E. g. lie about how many push-ups they can do, lie to parents about time spent on homework, cheat on a test, keep money given to them for other purposes. Describe the psychoanalytic, trait, biological, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive approaches to understanding personality. 6 theoretical approaches to personality: psychoanalytic: unconscious forces. Have traumatic experiences been repressed, shaped personality? trait: stable, defining characteristics. Do you have a steady, unchanging personality? biological: inherited predispositions, physiological processes. Are your genes/brain chemistry responsible for your personality? humanistic: self-actualization, growth potential, feelings of self-worth.