3 levels of psychological indivuality correct answers Dispositional traits
Characteristics adaptation
Life story/ narrative
Dispositonal traits correct answers Parent can be one thing but that doesn't make you the same
Definition: Broad dimensions of personality that describe individual dif...
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3 levels of psychological indivuality correct answers Dispositional traits
Characteristics adaptation
Life story/ narrative
Dispositonal traits correct answers Parent can be one thing but that doesn't make you the same
Definition: Broad dimensions of personality that describe individual differences in behavior,
thought and feeling. Traits account for consistency in individual functioning across different
situations and over time
Ex: Dominance, tendency toward depression, punctuality
Characteristic adaptations correct answers what would the person do in general? act differently at
a party/ etc.
90% know people going to be highly extrovert
10% know people much less extroverted
Characteristic adaptations are contextualized facets of psychological individuality that speak to
motivational (Human motivation: speaks of what people fundamentally want or desire) ,
cognitive/ personality,(personal constructs, beliefs, values) developmental. (stages, pathways,
developmental tasks)
Definition: Most popular facets of personality that describe personal adaptations to motivational,
cognitive and developmental challenges and tasks. They are usually contextualized in time,
place, situation or social role.
Examples: Goals, motives, and life plans, religious values and beliefs, cognitive schemas,
psychosocial value and developmental tasks
Life story/ narrative correct answers How did you get to where you are?
Definition: Internalized and evolving narratives of the self that people construct to integrate the
past, present ans future and provide life with some sense of unity, purpose and meaning. Life
stories address the problems of identity and integration in personality- problems especially
characteristic of modern adulthood.
Examples: Earliest memory, reconstruction of childhood, anticipations of future self "rags to
riches" stories
Dispositional Traits- CANOE or OCEAN correct answers C- Conscientiousness: take
responsibility/ organizational skills
A- Agreeableness: how easy to get along
N-Neuroticism: opposite of being emotionally stable/ leads to anxiety ex: exam/ 1st date
O-Openness: Adventurous/ spontaneous/ risk taker/curious
E-Extraversion: groups/ collaboration being around people more than by themselves
(problems with E is social loafing, people get left behind)
Dispositional Traits- PROS correct answers More than linguistic time savers
- based on careful observations that reflect real differences
Dispositional Traits- CONS correct answers broad dimensions of personality that describes
assumedly internal, global, and stable individual differences in behavior thought and feelings,
traits account for consistency in individual functioning across different situations over time.
predictors
-Situations
--don't always know what people are going to do.
Design limitations
-which 5? 6? sixteen?
Simplistic
-lacking depth
Characteristic Adaptations correct answers Humans are "social actors"
Situational factors and traits are influential
Free will? Determinism?
Goals
Motives
Life plans
Beliefs
Values
Morals
Characteristic Adaptations - Classical Theories correct answers Motivational Theories
Social Cognitive Theories
Self Development Theories
Motivational Theory correct answers Self determination theory
3 basic growth needs
-Autonomy
-Competence
-Relatedness
Autonomy correct answers Not whether you can do it, it is are you free to do it? (freedom)
Competence correct answers How well can you do something and your belief in yourself
Relatedness correct answers Being able to connect with other people with the skills/motivations
Social Cognitive Concept correct answers Social Intelligence
Knowledge about the social world
Schemas - Body of information & Knowledge
Skills - ability to learn and reason
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