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Allport defined this category
of trait as one that describes a person’s behavior in almost every situation. |
[CARDINAL TRAIT].
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According to your textbook,
this broad personality trait predicts how sexually active a person will be. |
[EXTRAVERSION].
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This broad personality
dimension is defined by how much warmth and positive emotion a person has. |
[EXTRAVERSION].
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This broad personality
dimension is defined by how much a person fantasizes and develops new ideas. |
[OPENNESS].
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The person-situation debate
was focused on this fundamental critique of personality theory. |
[BEHAVIOR VARIES
FROM SITUATION TO SITUATION]. |
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This idea that we are all a
“blank slate” that can be molded into any outcome |
[TABULA RASA]
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This fear sssssseems
biologically prepared in humans. |
Fear of Snakes
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We know that there is a
strong genetic component to personality, thanks to this pair. |
Twins
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This form of conditioning is
based on the temporal contiguity of stimulus and response. |
[CLASSICAL]
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This describes the slow
unlearning of an association |
[EXTINCTION]
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George Kelly believed that
people perceive their world like this professional. |
[SCIENTIST]
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This principle defines how the
motivation for any action is not objective, but instead open to multiple interpretations. |
[CONSTRUCTIVE
ALTERNATIVISM] |
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By refusing to focus on
either the push or the pull, Kelly's theory is often characterized as this approach. |
Jackass Approach
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This cognitive perspective
describe's human's tendency to see parts as integrated whole's. |
[GESTALT]
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This cognitive bias is an
example of how people construe the world as being focused on them |
THe Spotlight Effect
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Whereas personality
psychologists emphasize the role of internal states, behaviorists focus their theories on this. |
Social Interactions
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This interactionist
perspective explains why male babies are tossed into the air more than female babies |
Evocation
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Prof. Jurk believes Jenny’s
score on her math exam is due to her inferiority as a woman, and suggests she “choose a different major.” Carol Dweck would say, Prof. Jurk holds this theory of intelligence. |
Entity
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The Little Engine that Could
mantra of “I think I can” is an example of this adaptive cognitive strategy, defined by Albert Bandura |
[SELF=EFFICACY]
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This goal-focus strategy occurs
when there is a discrepancy between the ideal self, and the actual self |
Prevention
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In the article on personality
change, this trait changed equally for both genders after age 30? |
Conscientiousness and Agreeableness
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Researchers found this
personality variable negatively correlated with status attainment in men, but not women. |
Neuroticism
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This undergraduate sample
was recruited to study social status in real groups. |
Frats and Sororities
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This variable was found by
English & John (2009) to explain why suppression had negative social consequences. |
Authenticity
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English & John found that
this emotion regulation strategy was unrelated to social functioning |
Reappraisal
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