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psych 387 unit 1 questions with correct
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what is the goal of personality psychology? - CORRECT
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// ANSWERS(S)✔✔The goal is to account for the whole person and // // // // // // // // //



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Advantage: inclusive, interesting, and important
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Disadvantage: overinclusive or unfocused research // // // //




What kind of questions to personality psychologists seek to
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// answer? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔how much does an
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// environment have an effect on personality? Why do people get
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// mental illnesses? how often to peoples personalities change?
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how does the focus of personality psychology differ compared to
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other fields in psychology? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔It is
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overinclusive and unfocused research, it does have sensitivity
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and respect for individuals
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trait approach - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔People lie on a
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continuum of personality characteristics "aggressive children will
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most likely become aggressive adults"
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,biological approach - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔understand the
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mind in terms of the body "genetic predisposition to be
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aggressive"
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psychoanalytic approach - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔primary// // // //



concern is with the unconscious mind and internal mental
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conflict "people possess an unconscious desire to self-destruct"
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phenomenological approach - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔focus on // // // // //



conscious experience in the world "aggression arises when
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something interferes with basic needs" "people are mostly good"
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learning approach - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔how behavior
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changes as a result of rewards, punishment, and life experiences
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"people learn to be aggressive"
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self-report data - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔information provided
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by a person, such as through survey or interview
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Advantages: people are usually their own best expert; access to
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thoughts, emotions, feelings; simple and easy data
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Disadvantages: maybe people won't tell; memory is limited; fish
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and water effect; lack of self-insight
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, informant-report data - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔information // // // //



provided by someone else about someone else; used frequently
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in everyday life; tends to agree with S data and both tend to
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predict behavior
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advantages: Many behaviors in many situations; Judgments from
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multiple informants are possible
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Disadvantages: Limited behavioral information; Lack of access to
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private experience; Bias: due to personal issues or prejudices
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behavioral data - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔information that is
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carefully and systematically recorded from direct observation;
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"The most visible indication of an individual's personality is
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what she does"; Natural: the person's real-life environment
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(work, class); Artificial: social settings that are constructed, for
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example, in a psychological laboratory
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Advantages: realistic // //




advantages: desired contexts may seldom occur
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Life outcome data - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔information that
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can be gleaned from the events, activities, and outcomes in a
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person's life that are available to public scrutiny; marriage,
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speeding tickets
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advantages: Objective and verifiable; Intrinsic importance
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disadvantages: Multidetermination: influenced by many more// // // // //



factors than personality
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