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Personality, Disorders, and Treatments PSYCH 101 Final

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stable level to act or think in a certain consistent way
Trait
a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test that tap basic components of traits
factor analysis
conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion
C.A.N.O.E
measuring a person's personality does not predict your behavior
person-situation controversy
weak situations: weak push to act a certain way
strong situations: strong push to act a certain way
weak situations vs strong situations
the interaction of our traits with our situations; we learn our behaviors through conditioning or by observing and imitating others
self cognitive theory
the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors;
ex) Rosa's romantic history (past behavior) influences her attitudes towards new relationships (internal) which affects how she responds to her new relationship (environment)
reciprocal determinism
the extent to which people believe they have power over the events in their lives
Internal: you can influence your outcomes
external: blame outside forces for everything
Locus of Control
= being antisocial in adulthood
growing up in difficult environment + genes associated with anger
past behavior
the best predictor of future behavior
in contemporary psychology, assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions
self
overestimating others' noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders (as if we presume a spotlight shines on us)
spotlight effect
one's feelings of high or low self-worth
self-esteem
An individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task.
self-efficacy
harmful
giving praise with the absence of good performance
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