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quiz 9
psychology of personality
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ____-____________ is when people deliberately do things that increase the probability of failure | self-handicapping |
| _________ is when people can count on you to be the same person tomorrow as you are today | continuity |
| ________ is how your social identity differentiates you from others and makes you unique in the eyes of others | contrast |
| feelings of anxiety that accompanies efforts to define or redefine one’s individuality and social reputation is known as an ________ ______ | identity crisis |
| an _______ _______ involves an incompatibility between two or more aspects of identity | identity conflict |
| ________ describes the ways in which individuals unintentionally elicit predictable reactions from others in their social environments. | evocation |
| _________ includes ways in which people intentionally try to change the behavior of others | manipulation |
| what is the most desirable characteristic in a mate internationally? | mutual attraction or love |
| _________ ______ is when people are married to people who are similar to themselves | assortative mating |
| do people prefer their mate to have opposite personalities or similar personalities? | similar |
| do differences in ideal partners and their actual partner influence marital satisfaction and happiness? | no |
| when one's desires are more often violated than they are fulfilled, couples are most likely to do what? | break-up |
| women who are ___ are less likely to go to the gynecologist and less likely to bring up contraception with their potential partners | shy |
| people who are more __________ are more likely to volunteer for community activities | empathetic |
| those high on ____________ seem to choose volatile and spontaneous situations | psychoticism |
| those high on ________________ prefer face-to-face situations | machiavellianism |
| people high on _____________ tend to be selected more often by others as friends | agreeableness |
| the tendency to infer hostile intent on the part of others in the face of uncertain behavior from them is known as what? | hostile attributional bias |
| __________ ____________ are people’s beliefs about personality characteristics of others cause them to evoke in others actions that are consistent with initial beliefs | expectancy confirmation |
| the taxonomy of manipulation tactics was developed through a 2-step procedure; nominations of acts of _________ and factor ________ | influence; analysis |
| high machs select situations that are _______ _________ and untethered by rules that restrict the deployment of exploitative strategy | loosely structured |
| what manipulation tactics do low-agreeable individuals use? | coercion & the silent treatment |
| Those high on narcissism are exhibitionistic, ________ , self-centered, and interpersonally exploitative | grandiose |
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