PSYC 102 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Two-Factor Theory (emotions are interpretation)
emotions are inferences from physiological reactions: we experience arousal, and then
try to find out why, leading to an emotional state
state differences
temporary differences in people's psychology (e.g., hunger, anger)
Trait Differences
Permanent, enduring differences between people's psychology (e.g. shyness,
friendliness, courage)
trait approach
an approach to studying personality that focuses on how individuals differ in gene and
environment interactions
social cognitive approach
an approach that views personality as the result of learned reward and punishment from
social situations
psychodynamic approach
Personality is the result of unconscious conflicts
Humanistic.existential approach
Personality is the product of how people find meaning in life
demand characteristics
,Behaving differently when you know your being observed or studied to give wanted
response
Forer Effect
people are willing to agree with the results of a personality test, especially when the
statements were positive, vague, and un-personalized
Indirect self report
ask without signalling that you are assessing a personality trait
Catch items
questions that "catch" people lying or wanting to appear more socially desirable
Converge multiple methods
compare self-report to report by others
five-factor theory
the idea that personality can be described using five factors: openness to experience,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
openness to experience
how intellectual, imaginative, curious, and broad-minded one is. Dreamers idealists ect.
Tends to decrease w age
consciousness
Degree of thoughtfulness, organization and responsibility. Do well in school, discipline,
focused responsibile
Extraversion
dimension of personality referring to one's need to be with other people and draw
energy through that. Enthusiasm and assertiveness in social interaction
, Agreeableness
how trusting, good-natured, cooperative, and soft-hearted one is. Need for social
harmony and avoidance of conflict
Neuroticism
degree of emotional instability or stability. Worry easily ipset
evolutionary psychology
explains mind and behavior in terms of the adaptive value of abilities that are preserved
over time by natural selection
natrual selection
the theory that organisms better suited to their environment are more likely to survive
sexual selection
A form of natural selection in which individuals with certain inherited characteristics are
more likely than other individuals to obtain mates.
Just So Stories
unfalsifiable narrative explanation of psychology
Silver Fox Experiment
an influential experiment in which wild foxes were domesticated within eight generations
by only those with a calm personality to have cubs
locus of control
a person's tendency to perceive the control of rewards as internal to the self or external
in the environment
Unconscious Cognition
automatic parts of psychology that we have no conscious awareness of
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
Two-Factor Theory (emotions are interpretation)
emotions are inferences from physiological reactions: we experience arousal, and then
try to find out why, leading to an emotional state
state differences
temporary differences in people's psychology (e.g., hunger, anger)
Trait Differences
Permanent, enduring differences between people's psychology (e.g. shyness,
friendliness, courage)
trait approach
an approach to studying personality that focuses on how individuals differ in gene and
environment interactions
social cognitive approach
an approach that views personality as the result of learned reward and punishment from
social situations
psychodynamic approach
Personality is the result of unconscious conflicts
Humanistic.existential approach
Personality is the product of how people find meaning in life
demand characteristics
,Behaving differently when you know your being observed or studied to give wanted
response
Forer Effect
people are willing to agree with the results of a personality test, especially when the
statements were positive, vague, and un-personalized
Indirect self report
ask without signalling that you are assessing a personality trait
Catch items
questions that "catch" people lying or wanting to appear more socially desirable
Converge multiple methods
compare self-report to report by others
five-factor theory
the idea that personality can be described using five factors: openness to experience,
conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
openness to experience
how intellectual, imaginative, curious, and broad-minded one is. Dreamers idealists ect.
Tends to decrease w age
consciousness
Degree of thoughtfulness, organization and responsibility. Do well in school, discipline,
focused responsibile
Extraversion
dimension of personality referring to one's need to be with other people and draw
energy through that. Enthusiasm and assertiveness in social interaction
, Agreeableness
how trusting, good-natured, cooperative, and soft-hearted one is. Need for social
harmony and avoidance of conflict
Neuroticism
degree of emotional instability or stability. Worry easily ipset
evolutionary psychology
explains mind and behavior in terms of the adaptive value of abilities that are preserved
over time by natural selection
natrual selection
the theory that organisms better suited to their environment are more likely to survive
sexual selection
A form of natural selection in which individuals with certain inherited characteristics are
more likely than other individuals to obtain mates.
Just So Stories
unfalsifiable narrative explanation of psychology
Silver Fox Experiment
an influential experiment in which wild foxes were domesticated within eight generations
by only those with a calm personality to have cubs
locus of control
a person's tendency to perceive the control of rewards as internal to the self or external
in the environment
Unconscious Cognition
automatic parts of psychology that we have no conscious awareness of
