Ancient History
Projective tests such as the TAT and the Rorschach Inkblot test are criticized because of their ____ results.
Subjective!
This theorist’s child also became a psychologist who practiced and developed her own theory:
Freud (Anna Freud) - who also influenced Erikson in his work!
Theorists like Cattell and Eysenck believed that to be able to understand someone fully, one must be able to describe in precise terms the entire pattern of ________________ that define that person as an individual.
Traits
Bandura’s goal in developing his social-cognitive theory was to modify or change learned behaviors that society considers what?
Undesirable
Skinner proposed two kinds of behavior, operant and what?
respondent
The reliability of assessment techniques is concerned with whether the results can be:
Reproduced / Replicated
This theorist studied extraordinary people in history such as Einstein and Ghandi.
According to Eysenck, the three measurable personality dimensions are: (hint - PEN)
Extraversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism
Research in Social Learning Theory has shown that behaviors a person usually suppresses or inhibits may be performed more readily under the influence of a model. This phenomenon called ________________ .
Disinhibition (or the disinhibition effect)
B.F. Skinner studied what beings in a laboratory setting?
Animals (rats and pigeons specifically)
What was an assumption made by early personality theorists like Jung and Freud?
Personality theories were valid for all people.
The theorist who brought personality study into the mainstream for the first time was:
Allport
HEXACO and the NEO-personality inventory are both examples of what type of statistical assessment method?
Factor Analysis
Bandura believed that reinforcement can occur ______ and still affect behavior.
Vicariously
What is the procedure called by which a change in the consequences of a response will affect the rate at which the response occurs.
Operant Conditioning
Psychological theory was broken down into Forces - a term first coined by Abraham Maslow. What are the four Forces?
Behaviorist, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, and Transpersonal.
The theorist who studied the relationships between siblings and sibling order was:
Adler
The factors of McCrae and Costa's 5-factor model are:
Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness
Bandura believed in ________________, which is a behavior modification technique that involves observing the behavior of others and participating with them in performing the desired behavior.
Modeling
Skinner defined personality as a what?
Collection of operant behaviors
This personality measurement tool influenced by the work of trait theory remains extremely popular today.
The "Big Five" Personality Assessment.
Cattell believed that a _________________ approach was the ideal method in assessing personality. (hint- not single, not bi, not tri but..)
Multivariate
Eysenck believed that personality dimensions were ____ throughout the lifespan.
Stable
________________ refers to feelings of competence, efficiency, and adequacy in coping with life in Bandura’s work.
Self-efficacy
For changing behavior from undesirable to desirable, Skinner believed ________ was most effective.
Positive reinforcement