Personality Psychology Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025, Exams of Psychology

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Personality - ANSWER.-a set of *psychological traits and mechanisms* within the individual organized and ‘relatively enduring* and that influence his or her *interactions* with and *adaptations* to the *intrapsychic, physical, and social* environments Psychological traits - ANSWER-characteristics that describe way sin which people are different from each other Psychological mechanisms - ANSWER-processes of personality Murray's 3 Levels of Personality Analysis Every human being is: - ANSWER-1) Like all others (human nature level) 2) Like some others (individual/group level) 3) Like no others (individual uniqueness level) 6 Domains - ANSWER-1) Dispositional: ways individuals differ 2) Biological: genetics, psychophysiology, evolution 3) Intrapsychic: mental mechanisms of personality 4) Cognitive-Experiential: cognition and subjective experience 5) Social and cultural: personality affects and is affected by social and cultural contexts 6) Adjustment: personality plays a key role in how we adjust to our everyday lives Don't Buy Swiss Cheese, It's Aged! Is there a grand theory of personality - ANSWER-NO The 6 domains can ultimately provide foundations for a unified theory Sources of Personality Data - ANSWER-S-data O-data T-data (fMRI, projective techniques, experiments) L-data (life outcome--info gleaned from events) Agreement across data sourcesis ___ to - ANSWER-low to moderate some traits more observable depends heavily on research questions Triangulation - ANSWER-examine results that transcend data sources *using two methods to check the results* Reliability - ANSWER-the degree to which an obtained measure represents the true level of a trait 3 Types of Reliability - ANSWER-1) test-retest