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Allport
McCrae & Costa
Eysenck
Skinner
100
A personality trait that is so much a part of a person's personality that is central to who they are
What are cardinal dispositions?
100
Relatively permanent disposition of an individual
What is a trait?
100
The biologically based tendency to behave in certain ways from very early in life
What is temperament?
100
Consequence of behavior, makes behavior more likely
What is reinforcement?
200
5-10 most outstanding characteristics about a person, our lives are focused around these
What are central dispositions?
200
A value that tells us how much one variable is related to the other (i.e., the strength of the relation)
What is correlation coefficient?
200
Extraversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism?
What are the three general superfactors?
200
Consequence of behavior; makes behavior less likely
What is punishment?
300
Traits that affect our behavior on a regular basis but are not as central – far greater in number
What are secondary dispositions?
300
Inventory of personality traits; OCEAN
What is the Big Five Inventory?
300
Inherited, physiological condition; introverts have higher levels of cortical arousal and seek less stimulation.
What is the theory of cortical arousal & personality?
300
Rewarding gross approximations of the behavior, then rewarding closer approximations until the desired behavior itself occurs
What is shaping?
400
Extension of the sense of self Warm relating of self to others Emotional security or self-acceptance Realistic perception of their environment Insight and humor Unifying philosophy of life
What are the characteristics of a healthy person?
400
Anxious, temperamental, often nervous
What is neuroticism?
400
Egocentric, cold, aloof, hostile, aggressive, antisocial, psychopathic
What is someone with a high P score?
400
Billy sees himself as a funny, humorous guy. Usually, his friends laugh at his jokes but over time, when he tells a joke, his friends stop responding. Slowly, Billy stops telling jokes.
What is example of extinction applied to personality?
500
We are motivated by current events more than events in the past.
What is functional autonomy?
500
A statistical procedure that looks for clusters of related variables
What is factor analysis?
500
Specific acts or cognitions
What is the lowest level of the hierarchy of behavior organization?
500
Most successful reinforcement schedule to use
What is variable ratio schedule?