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Psychology of Personality

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By: Natasha Cavanaugh
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Decks in this class (16)

Lecture 1: Personality as a science
What are psychological traits,
Mechanisms of personality,
Intrapsychic environment
7  cards
Lecture 2: Personality as a science
Define psychological traits,
What are the four aspects of pers...,
Kluckhohn and murray said there a...
9  cards
Lecture 3: Personality Assessment
What are the four ways of assessi...,
What is validity,
What is reliability
12  cards
Lecture 4: The Dispositional Domain: Traits
What is unipolar,
What is bipolar,
Types
18  cards
Lecture 5: Trait Consistency and Change
Rank order,
Mean level,
Temperament
4  cards
Lecture 6: The genetic Approach to Personality
What is the difference between he...,
Measures of heritability,
What does mz and dz mean and stan...
6  cards
Lecture 7: Evolutionary Approach to Personality
What is evolutionary theory,
What drives evolutionary changes,
What are the assumptions of natur...
10  cards
Lecture 8: Freud's Psychoanalytic theory
What are the three key assumptions,
What is the structure of the mind,
Mental energy
11  cards
Lecture 9: ideas with roots in psychoanalytic theory
Psychosocial stages,
What are the stages of psychosoci...,
Attachment theory
12  cards
Lecture 10: Motivation
What are the three levels of moti...,
What is a need,
What is a press and the two kinds
13  cards
Lecture 11: Cognitive Perspectives
Define cognitive perspectives,
What is the difference between fi...,
What is personal construct theory
12  cards
Lecture 12: Self and Identity
What good is a self concept,
Ideal and ought selves,
Social identity
5  cards
Lecture 13: self esteem
What is self esteem,
Good self esteem,
Implicit self esteem
6  cards
Lecture 14: Culture
Individualism vs collectivism,
Power distance,
Masculinity
6  cards
Lecture 19: Stress and Coping
Adapting to changing environments...,
What is a stressor,
Physiological stress process
14  cards
Lecture 20: Personality Disorders
When is something considered a di...,
Personality disorders,
Dsm criteria for personality dx
9  cards

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