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Personality Assessment Techniques and Behavior Analysis Overview

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Define endomorph according to the APA's description.

Tendency of a person to react to a given situation in a particular way.

How does the APA define character?

The overall pattern of regularly occurring behaviour.

Explain the concept of habit according to the APA.

A well-learned behavior or automatic sequence of behaviors that is relatively situation specific.

What are values according to the APA?

Goals and ideals that are considered important and worthwhile to achieve. Signup and view all the answers

Describe the concept of self based on the APA's definition.

How one views themselves and their personality traits. Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe a biologically based characteristic way of reacting?

Temperament Signup and view all the answers

According to the APA, what is the definition of temperament?

A recurrent behavioral, cognitive, or affective tendency that distinguishes an individual from others. Signup and view all the answers

According to Allport, how is personality defined?

Personality is a dynamic organization within the individuals of those psychophysical systems that determine his/her unique adjustment to his/her environment. Signup and view all the answers

What are the three somatotypes described in William Sheldon's theory of personality?

Endomorph, Mesomorph, Ectomorph Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the theory that personality is determined by bodily fluids and imbalances in them cause different temperaments?

Hippocrates Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe a stable, persistent, and specific way of behaving?

Trait Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to define an individual's constitutional pattern of reactions, with a similar range of characteristics?

Temperament Signup and view all the answers

According to Hippocrates, which bodily fluid is associated with sanguine temperament?

Blood Signup and view all the answers

What personality trait is associated with an excess of black bile according to Hippocrates?

Melancholic Signup and view all the answers

Which bodily fluid did Hippocrates associate with a choleric temperament?

Yellow bile Signup and view all the answers

What type of temperament was believed to be associated with an abundance of phlegm?

Phlegmatic Signup and view all the answers

How did Hippocrates believe that body chemistry influences temperament?

Body chemistry determines temperament Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the ancient Greek philosopher and physician credited with the theory of personality based on bodily humours?