Psychology of Personality (PSYCH 2054) -
Exam 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+
| 2026 Update
psychological triad - ANSWERS the three essential topics of psychology: how
people think, how they feel, and how they behave
personality - ANSWERS an individual's characteristic patterns of thought,
emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms behind those
patterns
basic approach to personality - ANSWERS a theoretical view of personality
that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others
trait approach to personality - ANSWERS the theoretical view of personality
that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and the
psychological processes behind them
biological approach to psychology - ANSWERS the view of personality that
focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by neuroanatomy,
biochemistry, genetics, and evolution
psychoanalytic approach to psychology - ANSWERS the theoretical view of
personality, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the
unconscious processes of the mind
, phenomenological approach to psychology - ANSWERS the theoretical view of
personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life. Closely
related to humanistic psychology and existentialism
learning - ANSWERS in behaviorism, a change in behavior as a result of
experience
funder's first law - ANSWERS great strengths are usually great weaknesses,
and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
research - ANSWERS exploration of the unknown; finding out something that
nobody knew before one discovered it
funder's second law - ANSWERS there are no perfect indicators of personality;
there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous
funder's third law - ANSWERS something beats nothing, two times out of
three
s data - ANSWERS self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of their own
personality attributes or behavior
face validity - ANSWERS the degree to which assessment instrument on its
face appears to measure what it is intended to measure
Exam 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+
| 2026 Update
psychological triad - ANSWERS the three essential topics of psychology: how
people think, how they feel, and how they behave
personality - ANSWERS an individual's characteristic patterns of thought,
emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms behind those
patterns
basic approach to personality - ANSWERS a theoretical view of personality
that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others
trait approach to personality - ANSWERS the theoretical view of personality
that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and the
psychological processes behind them
biological approach to psychology - ANSWERS the view of personality that
focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by neuroanatomy,
biochemistry, genetics, and evolution
psychoanalytic approach to psychology - ANSWERS the theoretical view of
personality, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the
unconscious processes of the mind
, phenomenological approach to psychology - ANSWERS the theoretical view of
personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life. Closely
related to humanistic psychology and existentialism
learning - ANSWERS in behaviorism, a change in behavior as a result of
experience
funder's first law - ANSWERS great strengths are usually great weaknesses,
and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
research - ANSWERS exploration of the unknown; finding out something that
nobody knew before one discovered it
funder's second law - ANSWERS there are no perfect indicators of personality;
there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous
funder's third law - ANSWERS something beats nothing, two times out of
three
s data - ANSWERS self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of their own
personality attributes or behavior
face validity - ANSWERS the degree to which assessment instrument on its
face appears to measure what it is intended to measure
