Personality Exam I - Cognitive Issues

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Cognitive issues


 
  
Created Sep 24, 2009
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Definitions of cognition
 
general terms for any or all thought processes
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Definitions of perception
 
the process by which order is imposed upon information taken in by sensory organs
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information processing, attribution, schema
 
Information processing- how information (sensory input or mental representations) are manipulated,...
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Rod and Frame test
 
1940s, Solomaon Asch and Herman WitkinExperiment dealing with field dependence-Independency
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Field Independence/Dependence (and its correlates)
 
Field independent - more differentiatedCorrelates:     -Career Choice:...
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Embedded figures
 
Thinking styles differ, field independent –analytical and differentiated Vs. dependent...
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Reducer-augmenter concept and pain perception
 
Anaseth Petrie, back in the 60s Low pain tolerance –augmenter –nervous system amplified...
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Taster Status
 
nontaster and supertaster super taster has often has other intense senses
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Emotional Stroop
 
colored words of emtionsStronger emotions takes you longer to read.
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Emotional Blink of Attention (Emotion Induced Blindness)
 
Experiment:  series of pics and asks the subject to respond to the pic with wrong orientation,...
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Attentional Control
 
higher attentional control = lower neurotism
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Locus of control- Rotter- Attributional theory
 
Origin of attributions as a topic of study is 1950s with Julian Rotter – Worked with...
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Learned helplessness – Animal model vs. reformulated model in humans.
 
Animals- I can’t escape.  Control is external, animal becomes passive. For humans,...
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Pessimistic vs. Optimistic attributional styles
 
Pessimistic:  internal, stable, globalOptimistic:  external, unstable, specific
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Cognitive triad
 
selfworldfuture
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Positive illusions and well-being – what is the evidence for and against considering well-being...
 
Turns out people with high well being have more socially desirable traits, they tend to be...
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Definitions of intelligence
 
(great French psychologist) Binet: judgment, practical sense, initiative and the capacity to...
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Spearman’s G
 
Spearman (1863-1945) –developed many procedures for examining correlations and Factor analysis,...
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Major factors of intelligence
 
dominant model:  verbal vs performance/ spacial fluid (new problem) vs crystal
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Concept of multiple intelligences
 
1980 Howard Gardnerlinguisticspatialmusicalmathematicalbodily-kinestheticpersonal (equals emotional...
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Differences between achievement tests and I.Q. tests
 
Intelligence is broader – achievement dependent upon formal learning- Intelligence includes...
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Myers-Briggs (major types)
 
E-IS-NT-FJ-P
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Critical distinctions between J-P, F-T, S-N
 
 WE KNOW IT LIKE THE BACK OF OUR HANDS
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Correlates of types in terms of careers, ethics, learning style, relationships
 
Learning:N- more trail and errorS- use more giving informationJobs:ST- business, administration,...
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Concept of type (vs. dimension) and problem with the concept 
 
Not based on factor analytic techniques
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Gender differences in Myers-Briggs types
 
Gender differences –huge T- F difference – women are 75% F, men only 43% F

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