Understanding Personality: Definition and Etymology
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What is the etymological origin of the term 'personality'?

  • Latin word 'Persona' related to actors' masks (correct)
  • Latin word referring to psychological traits
  • Latin term denoting non-intellectual differences
  • Greek word meaning individuality

    • How are psychological traits described in the text?

  • As average tendencies of a person (correct)
  • As characteristics that give individuality
  • As temporary tendencies of a person
  • As mechanisms guiding our behavior

    • What do psychological mechanisms involve, according to the text?

  • Characteristics that give individuality
  • Influence on interaction with the environment
  • Information processing and decision-making (correct)
  • Temporary activation in specific situations

    • In what sense are psychological traits relatively enduring?

    <p>They remain consistent over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main influence of personality traits and mechanisms?

    <p>Influence on interaction with the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the original meaning of 'Persona' in the Latin language?

    <p>Mask worn by an actor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of personality according to the text?

    <p>It is stable over time and consistent over situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do personality traits do, according to the text?

    <p>They are linked to one another in a coherent fashion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does adaptative functioning refer to, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Dealing with the challenges and problems faced in life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does personality play in affecting people's lives, according to the text?

    <p>It plays a key role in affecting how people shape their lives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do we determine people's personality, as per the text?

    <p>To predict and explain the influence between personality and behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the interpsychic environment formed by, according to the text?

    <p>Memories, dreams, desires, fantasies, and private experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does trait-descriptive adjectives refer to, according to the text?

    <p>They are adjectives that describe a person's traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is adaptative functioning related to?

    <p>Accomplishing goals and coping with adaptive challenges only</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is 'personality' as defined in the text?

    <p>At least somewhat stable over time and somewhat consistent over situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'adaptative functioning' refer to?

    <p>Dealing with the challenges and problems faced in life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the average tendencies of a person and how they normally behave?

    <p>Personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of psychological mechanisms as described in the text?

    <p>Information-processing activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way do personality traits influence the individual, as per the text?

    <p>By being relatively stable over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'adaptative functioning' refer to in the context of the text?

    <p>Behavioral adjustment to one's environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do trait-descriptive adjectives describe as per the information provided?

    <p>Average tendencies and typical behavior of individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of personality over time and across situations?

    <p>Relatively stable and somewhat consistent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'trait-descriptive adjectives' refer to?

    <p>Adjectives used to describe characteristics of people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the main reasons for determining people's personality, as per the text?

    <p>To predict and explain the influence between someone's personality and behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the interpsychic environment formed by, according to the text?

    <p>Memories, dreams, desires, fantasies, and private experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are psychological traits described in the text?

    <p>As consistent and continuous over time and situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'adaptative functioning' refer to?

    <p>Accomplishing goals, coping, adjusting, and dealing with life challenges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do 'trait-descriptive adjectives' relate to individual differences?

    <p>They describe characteristics that contribute to people behaving differently despite being in the same context.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does personality play in affecting people's lives, according to the text?

    <p>It affects how people shape their lives and impacts their interactions with situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do 'personality traits' involve, according to the text?

    <p>Consistently activated needs or motives depending on the circumstances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Non-observable or latent constructs' refer to what in individuals?

    <p>'Extroversion, introversion…', which are not directly observable but inferred from behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Reification' as mentioned in the text relates to which concept?

    <p>'Non-observable or latent constructs', where we don't see the construct itself but see the person's behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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