Personality - Carl Rogers

17 important questions on Personality - Carl Rogers

What is unconditional positive regard?

Total acceptance of another person, no matter who they are

What makes up a person’s self concept?

Self image - how we see ourselves
Self worth
Self image - who we desire to be

What happens when a person has positive self concept?

Act and perceive the world positively. Engage with the environment in a positive way
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What happens when a person has negative self concept?

Dissatisfied and are unhappy in life

How did Rogers do his assessment on personality?

He asked clients to describe an ideal version of themselves and how they actually are

What are the two parts of self-concept?

Congruence and incongruence

What is the aim of the trait theory?

It is to describe characteristics/traits rather than explain them

According to the trait theory, what is personality?

A stable and enduring pattern of behaviour

What does the trait theory use to assess personality?

Personality inventory

What is a personality inventory?

It is a questionnaire that assesses a whole range of feelings and behaviours. It can assess several traits at once.

Who believed that personality was because of genetics?

Eysenck and Eysenck

What are some types of personality inventory test?

Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and the Big 5 personality theory

Whey do people use the Big 5 instead of Eysenck’s theory?

It is more comprehensive - Eysenck’s theory was too restrictive

By social-cognitive theory, what is personality development shaped by?

It is shaped by conditioning, observing and imitating others, as well as what we think or feel about a situation which affects our behaviour

What theory did Bandura develop?

Reciprocal determinism

Who developed Reciprocal determinism?

Bandura

How do social-cognitive psychologists predict behaviour?

Step 1 - Observe behaviour in realistic situation
Step 2 - ask about past behaviours
Step 3 - create an assessment task which simulates the task

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