[PSY 260] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (64 pages long)

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 260
• Professor: Kaplan Jill

Document Summary

3 big questions (tie ancient philosophy to contemp. personality psych) Humoural theory: the attempt to find biological bases for individual difference. Hans eysenck theory of personality personality measurement individual. Since the ancient oracle at delphi, people have wondered about their futures. The disciple of psychology studies various mental systems one by one. A system is a set of interrelated parts. Personality is the organized, developing system within the individual that represents the collective action of that individual"s major psychological subsystems. Sociological level: groups including or interacting with personality. Molecular (biological) (the brain and nervous system) (the setting) Self-judgement: agreeing or disagreeing with a given statement about onself. Convergent-report: constructing a response that meets a criterion. Thematic-report: creating responses that reflect themes or ideas. Process-report: pertaining to something going on in your mind at the moment. Observationism: repeated, intensive study of cases, over consistent conditions. 1. 0 and -1. 0 represent perfect relations (doesn"t exist; never get it except life and death)