Which behavioral observations give rise to the concept of personality? Identify three characteristics of "personality behaviors."
What three standards determine the scientific usefulness of a personality theory?
Describe Freud's structures of personality, their operating principles, and how they interact with one another.
What roles do (1) conflict and defense and (2) psychosexual development play in Freud's theory?
How do neoanalytic and object relations theories depart from and build on Freudian theory?
What is meant by object relations? Describe three adult attachment styles.
How can adult attachment style contribute to abusive dating relationships?
What are personal constructs, and how do they account for personality differences?
Describe the roles of self–consistency, congruence, threat, and conditions of worth in Rogers's self theory.
How does self–esteem develop? Describe the roles of self–verification and self–enhancement as motivational forces.
Describe and compare the Cattell and Five Factor trait systems.
How stable are personality traits across time and situations? What factors decrease consistency across situations?
What do twin studies reveal about the roles of heredity and environment in personality development?
What biological factors underlie Eysenck's dimensions of Extraversion and Stability?
What are the major temperament factors? What underlies the inhibited behavior pattern?
Describe the major features of social–cognitive theories and the importance of reciprocal determinism.
Describe Rotter's concepts of expectancy, reinforcement value, and locus of control.
Describe four determinants of self–efficacy.
Describe the five "person variables" in Mischel and Shoda's Cognitive–Affective Personality System (CAPS).
How does the concept of behavioral signatures help reconcile the seeming paradox of personality coherence and behavioral inconsistency?
In what three ways can cultures differ, thereby influencing personality? What personality and gender differences occur within individualistic and collectivistic cultures?
Describe two characteristics that personality measures must have in order to be scientifically and practically useful.
How are interviews, behavioral assessment, and remote behavioral sampling used to assess personality?
Compare the rational–theoretical and empirical approaches to developing personality scales.
How do projective tests differ from objective measures? Describe and compare the Rorschach and the TAT.
