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PSYC 2740 Test 1 Questions And Answers
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Personality ANS✔✔ the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within
the individual that is organized and relatively enduring and that influences
his or her interactions with, and adaptations to, the environment (including
the intrapsychic, physical, and social environment).



"...mechanisms within the individual..." ANS✔✔ the process of personality:

inputs --> decision making --> outputs



"...relatively enduring..." ANS✔✔ personality TRAITS are average/stable, but
STATES may arouse non-characteristic emotions



"...influences interactions with, and adaptations to..." ANS✔✔ how you think
about yourself, interact with others, cope with / respond to changes are
influenced by personality



Three levels of analyzing personality ANS✔✔ 1. Human nature

2. Individual & group difference

3. Individual uniqueness



Human Nature Level ANS✔✔ like all others



Individual & Group Difference Level ANS✔✔ like some others

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Individual Uniqueness Level ANS✔✔ like no others



Two approaches to analyze personality at Individual Uniqueness Level
ANS✔✔ 1. nomothetic

2. idiographic



Nomothetic ANS✔✔ recognizes differences between (multiple) people &
uses statistical methods



Idiographic ANS✔✔ research focusing on just one individual (more
qualitative)



Domains of Human Nature ANS✔✔ 1. Dispositional

2. Biological

3. Intrapsychic

4. Cognitive-Experiential

5. Social-Cultural

6. Adjustment



Dispositional Domain ANS✔✔ focuses on number & nature of traits (links to
all domains & focuses on how people differ)



Biological ANS✔✔ views people as ___ systems and physical elements that
are the foundation for personality

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Intrapsychic ANS✔✔ pertains to mental mechanisms of personality outside
of consciousness



Cognitive-Experiential ANS✔✔ pertains to cognition & subjective experience
of ourselves and others (thoughts, feelings)



Social-Cultural ANS✔✔ personality is influenced by social and cultural norms



Adjustment ANS✔✔ how we cope, adapt, and adjust to various forms of
change and events



Theories ANS✔✔ - within domains

- guide for researchers

- organizes findings

- makes predictions



Evaluation of Theories based on: ANS✔✔ -comprehensiveness

-heuristic value

-testability

-parsimony

-compatibility & integration



S-data ANS✔✔ self report; structured or unstructured; most common
method for measuring personality

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