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Dev-Cross Self and Personality
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Undergraduate 3
11/09/2010

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Term
Ten/Twenty Statements Test
Definition

3 groups

Characteristics of Yourself - physical descriptions (green eyes) and states (I'm bored)

Relationships - related to others such as family, relationships, and friendships

Group - "Share a common fate"; including organizations, religious, political parties, employment, or regional/national identity

Term
Self-Concept
Definition
The perception of oneself as a person with desires, preferencces, attributes, and abilities
Term
Independent v. Interdependence v. Relational v. Encompassed self-concept
Definition

Independent -

Interdependent

Relational

Encompassing

Term
Tekonyms
Definition
Relationships between old and young people
Term
Identity
Definition
A person's self-definition as a separate and distinct individual including behavior, beliefs, and attitudes
Term
Social Identity
Definition
The part of an individual's self concept which derives from their knowledge of their membership of a social group (or groups) together with the value and emotional significance attached to that membership
Term
Ethnic Identity
Definition

Three stage process

lack of exploration

Awareness of ethnicity and exploration of ethnicity

Ethnic Identity achieved

Ethnicity becomes INTERNALIZED! (Final result, not a stage)

3 Components:

Self-Identification: lavels may be imposed or chosen

Sense of Belonging: Closeness with own group

Evaluation of Membership: Positive: Pride; negative: Inferiority

Term
Temperment
Definition

A person's characteristic behavioral style or typical pattern of responding to events in their environment

Observed VERY early (few horus after birth)

Early precursor to adult personality

Term
Goodness of Fit
Definition
The quality of the adaptation or "match" between a child's temperment and the demands of his or her immediate environment
Term
Three Temperment Profiles
Definition

Easy Child:  Good mood, regular sleep and eating habits

Difficult - Negative mood, slow adaptation, and withdrawal from new experiences

Slow-to-warm - showed few intense reactions postive or negative, tend to be mild and low in activity level

Term
Personality
Definition

Individual differences in feeling, thinking, and behaving that are relatively stable

Seen as including a wider variety of comonents compared with temperament

Term
Big 5 Personality Traits
Definition

Agreeableness - compassion, cooperation, trust

Conscientiousness - well-organized, reliable, work ethic

Exroversion - energetic, outgoing, sociable

Openness to Experience - curious, imaginative, creative

Neuroticism - emotional, anxious, unstable, tempermental

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