15 Questions
According to Costa and McCrae, what are the three assumptions of personality traits?
Traits are based on comparisons across people, the qualities of a trait must be distinctive, and traits are generally stable.
What is the dimension of personality that includes traits such as anxiety, hostility, and depression?
Neuroticism
What is the term used to describe the five dimensions of personality developed by Costa and McCrae?
The Five-Factor Model
Which dimension of personality includes traits such as warmth, gregariousness, and assertiveness?
Extroversion
What is the term used to describe the aspects of personality that are consistent across different contexts?
Dispositional traits
What was Carl Jung's major contribution to the field of personality development?
Asserting that aspects of our personality continue to develop throughout adulthood
According to Jung's theory, what happens to people's personality traits as they age?
They move towards integrating opposite dimensions, such as introversion and extroversion
What is the term for the eight great struggles that people must undergo, according to Erik Erikson's theory?
Psychosocial crises
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Jung's theory of personality development?
Division of personality into five distinct factors
What is the term for the idea that personality develops from an interaction between internal psychological processes and external sociocultural influences?
Psychosocial development
According to Freud, what is the stage of life when personality development is complete?
Childhood
Which theorist believed that personality is shaped throughout life?
Jung
What is the main argument of those who believe that personality can change?
We can change undesirable aspects of our personality
What is the purpose of 'Personal Concerns' in McAdams' Three Parallel Personality Levels?
To determine what is important to people in life
According to McAdams' Three Parallel Personality Levels, what is the level of personality where change is most likely to be observed?
Life Narratives
Learn about dispositional traits, aspects of personality that remain consistent across different contexts, and how they develop across adulthood. Understand the assumptions of personality traits according to Costa and McCrae. Test your knowledge of enduring and distinguishable ways of being.
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