Wk7 Integrating theories and personality tests

In McAdams personality triad he states we should focus on three aspects of personality. Which of the following is NOT a member of these categories?

In McAdams collaborative personality theory, he states we should focus on the dispositional traits of people. This means focusing on dimensions of personality, specifically the big five.

Although McAdams believes that it is important to discover personality traits when beginning to understanding an individual , he also believes it has its limitations. What is his criticism of personality traits?

McAdams described Characteristic Adaptations as, personal goals, coping strategies, values, domain-specific skills and relationship styles. What theories does this idea integrate?

The aim of McAdams personality triad is to try and integrate a fragmented psychological environment. A consequence of this is that he has integrated idiographic and nomothetic approaches, allowing for a more holistic construction of an individuals personality.

Characteristic adaptations is aimed at understanding...

The idea of Dispositional Traits is [blank_start]nomothetic[blank_end], while Characteristic Adaptations is [blank_start]idiographic[blank_end] and narrative identity is [blank_start]idiographic[blank_end]

One could say there is stability in traits, but constant change in identity.

According to McAdams, why is our personal story so important to our identity?

The biggest problem with modern personality theories, is that they are all based on WEIRD people.

Individualist cultures see the individual as separate from the social. In contrast collectivist cultures see the individual as part of the social network, they are just a node within a social network. As most of the world is collectivist, this presents a problem to personality theories because...

Bandura stated that cultures are either individualistic or collectivist. He believed that this is a static trait that is very hard to change.

[blank_start]Reliability[blank_end] refers to consistency across tests, while [blank_start]Validity[blank_end] refers to a tests ability to test what it is meant to.

A reliable test needs

Cronbach's alpha is...

In regards to validity, two tests that are similar should [blank_start]converge[blank_end], while two tests that are dissimilar should [blank_start]diverge[blank_end]. [blank_start]Divergent[blank_end] tests should also have discriminant validity.

It could be said that McAdams personality triad consists of; "who am i?", "what are my basic tendencies?", "What do i want and value?"

Personality traits are assessed using which method?

The results found from personality tests are qualitative

What is a positive of the forced choice format in questionnaires?

Likert scales

Dispositional traits are best measured using

what are the techniques used to develop an understanding of characteristics adaptations?

Personality inventories are

What is the use of implicit association tests?

Identity as life story is a [blank_start]humanistic[blank_end] approach to personality that is [blank_start]idiographic[blank_end] and focuses on collecting [blank_start]qualitative[blank_end] data. The main technique used is [blank_start]interviews[blank_end].

If a therapists was interviewing a person about their life story and had a set of questions prepared, but asked a follow up question off script, what style of interviewing would they be using?

Interviews are a useful tool in personality assessment as they allow for multiple sources of information, the therapist can see non-verbal signs, they are flexible and qualitative data can be gained. Although, interviews still have their disadvantages which include...