Personality 4

Flashcards of vocabulary terms and definitions related to personality psychology discussed in lecture.

Traits

Qualities that distinguish us from other people, but are also shared with others.

Sanguine Personality

Associated with too much blood; vigorous and athletic people.

Choleric Personality

Associated with too much yellow bile; easily angered.

Melancholic Personality

Associated with too much black bile; sad and depressed.

Phlegmatic Personality

Associated with too much phlegm; lazy.

Phrenology

The study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.

Endomorph

Overweight body type; sociable, jolly, and loves food.

Mesomorph

Athletic body type; aggressive.

Ectomorph

Skinny body type; introverted and studious.

Big Five Super Traits

Five broad trait dimensions used to reduce personality: Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (OCEAN).

Openness to Experience

Receptive to new ideas, experiences, and trying different things; loves the arts.

Conscientiousness

Careful, dutiful, dependable, and good at work.

Extraversion

Outgoing, assertive, and dominant.

Agreeableness

Nice, trusting, and assumes the best of people.

Neuroticism

Prone to negative emotions and has a hard time regulating those emotions

Social Darwinism

Misinterpretation of Darwin's theory as survival of the fittest, leading to eugenics.

Eugenics

Pseudoscience of bettering human stock through selective reproduction.

Set Like Plaster Hypothesis

Personality is completely fixed by age 30 and does not change.

Epigenetics

The study of how genes turn on and off based on events encountered throughout the lifespan.

MAOA (Warrior Gene)

A gene associated with aggression, particularly when combined with an abusive childhood.