| A | B |
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| our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless | personal control |
| the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors | reciprocal determinism |
| views behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons ( and their thinking) and their social context | social cognitive perspective |
| a test ( such as the MMPI) developed for testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups | empirically derived test |
| a readiness to perceive oneself favorably | self-serving bias |
| the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests Originally developed to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), the test is now used for many other screening purposes | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
| one’s feelings of high or low self-worth | self-esteem |
| a questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits | personality inventory |
| overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders | spotlight effect |
| a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports | trait |
| the scientific, study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive | positive psychology |
| all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question “Who am I?” | self-concept |
| the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events | learned helplessness |
| according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person | unconditioned positive regard |
| the perception that one controls one’s own fate | internal locus of control |
| according to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one’s potential | self actualization |
| the percepti0n that chance or outside forces beyond one’s personal control determine one’s fate | external locus of control |
