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Personality Flashcards

1
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what is the definition of personality?

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the unique sum of the individuals characteristics which make him/ her unique

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what are a few examples of sports characteristics?

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courage 
optimism
intelligence 
determination 
motivated
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3
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what are the three personality theories?

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trait
social learning
internationalist

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4
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what does the trait approach describe our personality as ?

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personality is innate and is an enduring trait that can influence behaviour in all situation

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What does the trait theory say?

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Trait-personality traits are seen as Generalisable and behaviour can be predicted in many ways

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6
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What does esyenck say?

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That personality falls into 4 common traits - extrovert, introvert, stable and neurotic

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7
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What two theories support trait theory?

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Esyenck

Cantel

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What theory supports social learning theory?

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Bandura

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9
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What theorists support interactionalists theories?

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Lewin hollander

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10
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What does castellated suggest?

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That there are 16 personality factors, he believed there was more to personality than 2 dimensions, he suggested 16 categories into which personality could be profiled

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11
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Who suggested there was a dimension of personality?

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Esyencks

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12
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Who said that personality had 16 factors?

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Cattell

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What does the social learning perspective say?

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Believes a person’s personality changes with situation and environment (behaviours of others) influence behaviour
We often observe and imitate others-but only others of significant to us or whose behaviour is reinforced

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What do internationalist say?

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Born with certain personality characteristics, but some are modified by interacting with the environment
Agrees we do have certain traits which appear consistently, but on many occasions our traits interact with environmental factors in a given situation

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What did lewin suggest?

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B=F(PE)

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16
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What does each letter stand for in lewin?

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B=behaviour
F=function
P=personality
E=environment

17
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What does this formula demonstrate?

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Interaction between personality and the situation determines behaviour

18
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What does hollander suggest?

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We have a 3 layer structure to personality
Role related behaviour
Typical response
Deep psychological core

19
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What is your deep psychological core?

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Inner core of personality, described as the real you, it comprises with your beliefs, values, attitudes and self worth all of which are relatively permanent, tend to be resistant to change

20
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What is your typical response layer?

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This layer represents our usual response to a situation (often learned) such responses can be a good indicator of the core

21
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What is our role related behaviour?

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Refers to our behaviour at anytime depending on circumstances, most changeable, our behaviour is altered by the situation and sometimes may appear out of character and not a true reflection of our core

22
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What are criticisms of the trait theory?

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Too simplistic
They do not account for personality changing over time,environmental or situational factors
They fail to allow for individuals actively shaping and understanding their personality
They are not an accurate predictor of sporting success

23
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What ways can you test personality?

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Poms (profile of mood states)

24
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What do to athletesscorr highly on?

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Vigor-

25
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How is the iceberg profile useful?

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Personality of performer can change from moment to moment, moods can fluctuate
Good for identifying stressed athletes
More useful to identify successful athletes

26
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Who developed poms?

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MC Nairobi

27
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What did MC Nairobi state as the 6 mood states?

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Tension 
Depression Anger
Vigour 
Fatigue 
Confusion
28
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What is success proportional to?

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Vigor score

29
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What three ways can we test personality?

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Interview s
Questionnaires
Observations

30
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What interviews can we use?

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Verbal psychometric test

Inkblot

31
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What questionnaires can we use?

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Cattells scat

Esyencks personality inventory

32
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What are the limitations of personality testing?

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Contradictory /inappropriate questions
Researcher bias
Subject lies
Lab conditions not realistic / need real situations

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