L33 Psych 100B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Trait Theory
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Caregivers for spouses with terminal cancer reliably experienced more positive personality changes than a control group did. College students who traveled abroad also reliably experienced more positive personality changes than a control group. Reliable increases in openness and agreeableness, along with a decrease in neuroticism occur as people get older, suggesting that international travel is a life event that hastens increased maturation. The big five are universal for humans; found modest differences in those traits across the 56 nations. Central traits traits that distinguish themselves from other people; important for how individuals define themselves. Secondary traits less personally descriptive or not applicable. Rorschach inkblot test: a person looks at an apparently meaningless inkblot and describes what it appears to be supposed to reveal unconscious conflicts and other problems; but poor results. Thematic apperception test (tat) to study various types of motivation; a person is shown an ambiguous picture and is asked to tell a story about it.
