Chp 12 final exam psych

People are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others

• Focus of Maslow's Humanistic Theory of Development

• Focus of Human Growth and Development

• Focus of Psychosocial Development

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

• Five - Factor Model of Personality

• Big Five

• Maslow's Hierarchies Theory

• Piaget's Developmental Theory

is the degree to which a person is willing to try new experiences

• Openness

• Conscientiousness

• Extraversion

• Agreeableness

Refers to one's organizational tendencies and attention to detail

• Conscientiousness

• Agreeableness

• Openness

• Neuroticism

Refers to degree of sociability and outgoingness

• Extraversion

• Conscientiousness

• Openness

• Neuroticism

Connotes emotional stability (the extent to which a person is calm, secure, and even-tempered)

• Neuroticism

• Conscientiousness

• Extraversion

• Openness

Indicates how trusting and easygoing a person is

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

• Agreeableness

• Extraversion

How does a Projective Personality Test assess personality?

• By interpreting responses to ambiguous cues

• By assessing chemical functions in a persons brain

What are examples of 2 types of personality tests?

• The Rorschach Inkblots

• The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

• The MMPI

• The 16PF

Suggest that personality results from reinforcement, relationships, and other environmental factors (social) and patterns of thinking (cognitive)

• Social-Cognitive Theory of Personality

• Five-Factor Model of Personality

• Projective Personality test

• Psychoanalysis Theory of Personality