Personality Lecture Notes

A collection of flashcards covering key concepts and definitions related to personality from the lecture notes.

Personality

Long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways.

Traits

characteristic ways of behaving

Big Five Personality Traits

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

Openness

Imagination, feelings, action, ideas

Conscientiousness

Competence, self discipline, thoughtfulness and goal driven

Extroversion

Sociability, assertiveness and emotional expression

Agreeableness

Cooperative, trustworthy and good-natured

Neurocriticism

Tendency toward unstable emotions

Biopsychosocial Model

A model that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding personality.

Trait Theories

Theories that define personality in terms of characteristic behaviors and internal dispositions.

Self-Report Inventories

Questionnaires that ask individuals to report their own behaviors and feelings to assess personality.

Projective Tests

Psychological tests that use ambiguous stimuli to reveal aspects of an individual's personality.

Ego

The rational part of the psyche that balances the demands of the id and superego.

Neuroticism

A personality trait characterized by emotional instability and anxiety.

Reciprocal Determinism

The idea that a person's behavior is influenced by personal factors and the social environment.

Internal Locus of Control

The belief that one has control over their own fate and outcomes.

External Locus of Control

The belief that chance or outside forces determine one’s fate.

Humanistic Theory

A psychological perspective emphasizing personal growth and the concept of self-actualization.