Study Guide Test 2

Professor Stern-Theories of Personality

 

Note: This is a topical guide.  It is a list of topics covered.  It is not simply a list of terms to memorize.  It does not necessarily include all of the topics in the text and lecture.

 

 

Gordon Allport' Contributions and Assumptions

Functional equivalence

Allport and heredity

Theory of values

Trait theory

How are traits studied

Problems studying traits

Development of the proprium

Cattell’s view of traits

Factor analysis

Allport's and others' criticisms of factor analysis

Differences between Cattell and Allport

Cattell's trait theory

Predicting behavior

The big five

Skinnerian concepts and assumptions

Behaviorism

Learning principles

Reinforcements and punishments

Staat's extension of Skinner's theory

Psychoanalytic learning theory (Dollard and Miller)

Roots in learning and psychoanalytic theory

Drive reduction theory (drives, cues, responses)

Types of conflicts

Revised theory of development

Regression as explained by Dollard and Miller

The frustration Aggression Hypothesis

Modern social/personality theories

Mischel

The consistency paradox

Bandura

Reciprocal determinism

Self-efficacy and outcome expectations

Explanations of Imitation