Mana 3335 - Orgb 4 - Ch. 3 Personality, Perception, And Attribution- Uh - Blakeney

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the way in which factors such as skills, abilities, personalities, perceptions, attitudes, values, and ethics differ from one individual to another

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individual differences

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the psychological approach to understanding human behavior that involves knowing something about the person and about the situation

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interactional psychology

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a relatively stable set of characteristics that influence an individual's behavior

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personality

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a personality theory that advocates breaking down behavior patterns into a series of observable traits in order to understand human behavior

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trait theory

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the broad theory that describes personality as a composite of an individual's psychological process

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integrative approach

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a situation that overwhelms the effects of individual personalities by providing strong cues for appropriate behavior

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strong situation

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an individual's generalized belief about internal control (self-control) versus external control (control by the situation or by others)

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locus of control

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an individual's general belief that he or she is capable of meeting job demands in a wide variety of situations

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general self-efficacy

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an individual's general feeling of self-worth

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self-esteem

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the extent to which people base their behavior on cues from other people and situations

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self-monitoring

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an individual's tendency to accentuate the positive aspects of herself or himself, other people, and the world in general

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positive affect

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an individual's tendency to accentuate the negative aspects of himself or herself, other people, and the world in general

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negative affect

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a personality test that elicits an individual's response to abstract stimuli

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projective test

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personality assessments that involve observing an individual's behavior in a controlled situation

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behavioral measures

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a common personality assessment that involves an individual's responses to a series of questions

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self-report questionnaire

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an instrument developed to measure Carl Jung's theory of individual differences

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myers-briggs type indicator (MBTI) instrument

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being energized by interaction with other people

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extraversion

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being energized by spending time alone

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introversion

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gathering information through the five senses and focusing on what actually exists

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sensing

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gathering information through a sixth sense and focusing on what could be

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intuition

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making decision in a logical, objective fashion

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thinking

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making decision in a personal, value-oriented way

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feeling

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preferring closure and completion in making decisions

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judging

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preferring to explore many alternatives with flexibility and spontaneity

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perceiving

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the process of interpreting information about another person

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social perception

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the assumption that an individual's behavior is accounted for by the situation

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discounting principle

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the tendency to select information that supports our individual viewpoints while discounting information that threatens our viewpoints

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selective perception

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a generalization about a group of people

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sterotype

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forming lasting opinion about an individual based on initial perceptions

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first-impression error

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overestimating the number of people who share our own beliefs, values, and behaviors

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projection

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allowing expectations about people to affect our interaction with them in such a way that those expectations are fulfilled

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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the process by which individuals try to control the impressions others have of them

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impression management

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a theory that explains how individuals pinpoint the causes of their own and others behavior

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attribution theory

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the tendency to make attributions to internal causes when focusing on someone else's behavior

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fundamental attribution error

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the tendency to attribute one's own successes to internal causes and one's failures to external causes

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self-serving bias