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How does high self-efficacy affect performance?
Leads to setting challenging goals, persistence, and resilience.
What is the impact of low self-esteem on behavior?
Can result in self-doubt, negative self-views, and avoidance of challenges.
What are the effects of high conscientiousness on academic success?
Improved organization, discipline, and responsible behavior leading to better grades.
How does high neuroticism impact relationships?
Can lead to emotional instability, anxiety, and relationship difficulties.
How does reciprocal determinism influence behavior?
Creates a continuous feedback loop where personal, behavioral, and environmental factors shape actions.
What are the effects of low openness to experience on creativity?
Reduced curiosity, imagination, and willingness to explore new ideas, hindering innovation.
How does high agreeableness impact team dynamics?
Promotes cooperation, empathy, and conflict resolution, fostering positive teamwork.
What are the effects of low extraversion on social interactions?
Increased shyness, reserved nature, and preference for solitary activities.
How does the environment influence self-concept?
Provides feedback and shapes beliefs about who you are and what you can do.
What is the impact of life experiences on personality traits?
While traits are generally stable, significant life events can influence and modify them.
Compare self-efficacy and self-esteem.
Self-efficacy is belief in ability to succeed; self-esteem is overall self-worth.
Compare social-cognitive and trait theories.
Social-cognitive emphasizes interaction of person, behavior, environment; trait theory focuses on stable characteristics.
Compare high and low self-efficacy.
High self-efficacy involves setting challenging goals and persistence; low self-efficacy involves avoiding difficult tasks.
Compare high and low self-esteem.
High self-esteem involves positive self-views and confidence; low self-esteem involves negative self-views and self-doubt.
Compare Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness.
Openness is about curiosity and imagination; Conscientiousness is about organization and discipline.
Compare Extraversion and Agreeableness.
Extraversion is about sociability; Agreeableness is about compassion and cooperation.
Compare Neuroticism and Emotional Stability.
Neuroticism is about emotional reactivity; Emotional Stability is about calmness and security.
Compare the focus of trait theory and social-cognitive theory.
Trait theory focuses on enduring characteristics, while social-cognitive theory focuses on dynamic interactions.
Compare the stability of traits according to trait theory and social-cognitive theory.
Trait theory emphasizes trait stability, while social-cognitive theory acknowledges situational influences.
Compare how trait theory and social-cognitive theory explain behavior.
Trait theory explains behavior through stable traits, while social-cognitive theory emphasizes reciprocal interactions.
What is reciprocal determinism?
The interaction of personal, behavioral, and environmental factors influencing each other.
Define self-concept.
Your overall view of your attributes, abilities, and roles in relation to others; your personal identity.
What is self-efficacy?
Your belief in your ability to succeed and achieve goals.
Define self-esteem.
Your overall evaluation of your own worth and value.
What are personality traits?
Enduring characteristics influencing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors across situations.
Define Openness to Experience.
A Big Five trait reflecting curiosity, imagination, and a preference for novelty.
What is Conscientiousness?
A Big Five trait reflecting organization, discipline, and responsibility.
Define Extraversion.
A Big Five trait reflecting sociability, outgoingness, and assertiveness.
What is Agreeableness?
A Big Five trait reflecting compassion, cooperation, and empathy.
Define Neuroticism.
A Big Five trait reflecting emotional instability, anxiety, and reactivity.
What are personality inventories?
Questionnaires used to measure an individual's standing on various personality traits.
What is factor analysis?
A statistical technique used to identify underlying dimensions of personality by grouping related items.