Resilience and Outlier Theory
Genetics and Personality
Personality Testing
Jumble Boxes
Jumble Boxes II
100
These are rare individuals who not only succeed but stand far outside the norm and are successful beyond wild expectation
What are outliers
100
The percentage of the variance of a trait that is controlled by genetic factors
What is the heritability coefficient
100
When a therapist shares their impressions about a client, and gives the client a chance to interact with the data. It is less blaming, and has been shown to be effective
What is collaborative personality testing
100
According to Kelly this is “both the push and the pull of the psychology of personal constructs”
What is anticipation
100
These events do not occur as a direct cause of an observable event, instead they occur as a part of a larger complex system
What are quantum events
200
This rule indicates that even “outliers” have to go through periods of intense, passionate, and often punishing work to gain their “outlier” success
What is the 10,000-hour rule
200
Modern research may no longer be concerned with this because it is not feasible since personality is determined by more than just genetics, but the idea was that humanity could be improved through selective breading
What is Eugenics
200
These types of personality tests are thought to reveal inner psychological states, motivations, needs, feelings, experiences, and/or thought processes, however they are not widely accepted in most legal settings. Can you name a few?
What are projective tests. Examples include: Rorschach test, TAT, and Draw-A-Person test
200
We generate hypothesis about people and things and when we interact with them and it is verified we continue to use it, if it isn't then we modify the hypothesis for better predictions
What is template matching
200
Illnesses caused by medical treatment. An example would be that your psychiatrist tells you that you are permanently “mentally ill” and you give up all hope of moving forward and develop more symptoms
What is Iatrogenic
300
These characteristics were found in Roseto, PA, where, despite their ordinary Italian-American eating and exercise habits, no one under 65 had heart disease
What is positive, supportive, social nurturing, daily rituals of visiting and sharing, entwined community experience, optimism and openness
300
Environmental influences (pollution, large social threats, etc.) can influence an entire group’s genomes to change in similar ways
What is metagenomics
300
Generally worded personality descriptions are taken as true, an example would be horoscopes
What is the Barnum effect
300
Cognitive structures we use to interpret and predict or anticipate events
What are personal constructs
300
The central anticipations you use to run your life
What are core constructs
400
This happens when social advantages or disadvantages tend to compound. An example are the selection of Canadian hockey players, an ongoing cycle in which the age cut-off date prevents children towards the lower end of the age spectrum from that year from being picked because they are months behind in physical development, and this effect compounds over the years
What is the Matthew Effect
400
The idea that our brain’s hard-wiring is not set in stone and can, instead, be influenced by life factors throughout our lifetime
What is brain plasticity
400
These personality tests contain a list of questions that are answered true or false or on a numeric scale by the subject. While they are reliable and valid they are not perfect or open to interpretation. Can you name a few?
What are objective tests. Examples include: MMPI-2, MCMI, and NEO
400
Kelly argued that this diminishes our capacity to predict future events, because when we feel this way we fail to encode stimuli important in making predictions, so instead we are left confused and disoriented
What is anxiety as the route of all madness
400
According to the movie in class this is the percentage of how much personality is genetic
What makes up 40 – 50%
500
In this exercise people practice spotting the happy faces, seeking out the happiness, and break habits of negative biases. There has been evidence that this will combat anxiety, but not depression.
What is cognitive bias modification, CBM
500
The thought that gene expression is influenced by the environment in which it exists, an example of an environmental factor is a traumatic event
What is epigenetics
500
The idea that averages become higher with more data and that more data helps categories become more developed and clear
What is the principle of aggregation
500
This does not easily allow new elements into its existing range of convenience
What is impermeable construct
500
These are all purposes for personality testing
What includes learning about people, helping people, assessment for selection or retention
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