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A unique way in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels

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Personality

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Combination of Temperaments, personal history of family, culture, and time from when they grew up.

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Personality

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Different Perspectives in Personality

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Psychodynamic (Freud)
Behaviorist
Humanistic
Trait

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Focuses on the Role of the Unconscious Mind in personality development

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Psychodynamic

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Focuses on the effect of environment on behavior

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Behaviorist

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Focuses on the role of each person’s conscious life experiences and choices

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Humanistic

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Focuses on the characteristics themselves

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Trait

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Psychodynamic Perspective: Parts of the Mind?

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Id (Unconscious), Superego (Preconscious), and Ego (Conscious)

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If it feels good, do it!

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Id

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It is governed by the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

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Id

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Unconcious Part of the Mind

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Id

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The Executive Director

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Ego

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More Conscious, Rational, and Logical than the Id

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Ego

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Governed by the REALITY PRINCIPLE

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Ego

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What is the Reality Principle?

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It is the need to satisfy all demands of Id and Superego without leading to negative consequences.

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Moral Center of Personality

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Superego

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Governed by Conscience

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Superego

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Types of Psychological Defense Mechanisms (both mature and immature)

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"IMMATURE DEFENSE MECHANISMS"
Denial
Displacement
Regression
Rationalitzation
Reaction Formation
Projection

MATURE TYPES
Repression
Sublimation
Humor

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development

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Oral (0-2)
Anal (2-3)
Phallic (3-7)
Latency (7-11)
Genital (11-Adult)
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Believed in the concept of childhood tensions and how these tensions were social and not sexual in nature

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Alfred Adler

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Believed the social aspects of childhood growth and development and argued with Freud saying how wormen do not have Penis Envy

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Karen Horney

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Relevance of Freud

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1) Pointed out the unconcious mental processes
2) Importance of conflict and ambivalence of behavior
3) How there are childhood origins to adult personalities
4) Concept of stages of psychological development

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This approach focuses on the innate human goodness and freedom to choose.
Focuses on things that make people uniquely human

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Humanistic Approach

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He believed that humans are always striving to fulfill their innate capacities and capabilities to become everything that their genes will allow them to become!

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Carl Rogers’ Self Actualization Theory

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The parts of the image of yourself

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Real Self and the Ideal Self

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When your ideal self and real self are congruent

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Harmony

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When your ideal self and real self are incongruent

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Anxiety

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A consistent and enduring way of thinking, feeling or behaving

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Trait

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It is a continuum, which means that everyone has these traits and you are simply testing how much is present in people.

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Trait

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Big 5 Traits of Human Personality

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Human personality related to Emotional Stability

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Neuroticism

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Related to how much other people like a person

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Agreeableness

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Related to how much a person prefers being in a group vs being alone

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Extraversion

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How much a person is self aware of his surroundings and takes effort on it.

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Conscientousness

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How much a person is willing to try new things and experiences

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Openness

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Can traits change?

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Yes they can

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What is the goal of the trait approach?

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It aims to describe personality and predict possible behaviors rather than changing and explaining it.

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The study of how people think about, influence and relate with one another.

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Social Psychology

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Looks at behavior and mental processes but includes the social world in which we exist as context.

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Social Psychology

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The scientific study of how a person’s behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by social groups.

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Social Psychology

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What are the factors that make us feel attracted to someone?

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Proximity
Physical Attractiveness
High Similarities

42
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Different PLS Score categories?

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Extremely Passionate
Passionate
Average
Cool
Extremely Cool
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It is a state if intense longing for union with another person

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Passionate Love

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A state of profound physiological arousal that when reciprocated, leaves us feeling elated and fulfilled, and vice versa

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Passionate Love

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ABC’s of Passionate Love

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Affect
Behavior
Cognition

46
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Components of the Triangular Theory of Love

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Passion
Intimacy
Commitment

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What is Passion?

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Physical aspect of love

Emotional and sexual arousal a pesron feels towards the other person;

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What is Intimacy

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Feelings of emotional connectedness with another person
The feelings of closeness that one has for another person
Not physical but psychological
Desire to share innermost thought and feelings
Self-disclosure -> reveal secrets to each other

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What is commitment

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Decision to maintain relationship

Resolve Conflicts

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The main difference of Intimacy vs Passion is?

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Intimacy is a sense of emotional connectedness while Passion is physical desires

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Different Kinds of Love?

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Romantic Love - Passion and Intimacy
(Basis for a lasting relationship)
Companionate Love - Intimacy + Commitment
(Binding that holds marriage together)
Fatuous Love - Passion + Commitment
(There is no emotional level, but more on physical pleasures)
Consummate Love - All 3 Combined
#Relationshipgoals and may lead to companionate loveduring the middle years of a relationship’s commitment

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What chemicals are mostly involved in love?

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Dopamine (at the start) and Oxytocin (when comfortable with the other person)

53
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Breaking up is Hard because?

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Low perceived barriers (which are things that make you stay in a relationship) and Other people who are worth more of your time (Alternatives)

54
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Breaking up is Hard because?

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Low perceived barriers (which are things that make you stay in a relationship) and Other people who are worth more of your time (Alternatives)

55
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Is there a difference with love in the LGBT community?

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No

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What do people look for in their romantic partners?

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Warmth and Affection
Dependability
Shared interest
Similarity of religion beliefs

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What makes LGBT love a bit different?

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Equal share of power since both same gender
There are usually more male homoseual relationships
Usually easier to say goodbye to a S.O

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What are the problems brought by having a stigma on LGBT couples?

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Less family support
Lack of social acceptance
No protection offered by legal recognition
Hate crimes and violence

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Why are relationships good?

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Sense of connectedness, acceptance and validation
Secure base to pursue personal goals
Safe place in times of trouble
Materials and Informational resources
Caring for others aside from self
Pleasure
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Social Interactions

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Stereotype
Predjudice
Discrimination

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A set of beliefs about the characteristics of people in a group that is generalized to all members of group.

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Stereotype (BELIEF, purely mental)

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Negative attitude directde towards others because of membership in a specific group.

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Prejudice (ATTITUDE, influences behavior, mental aspect)

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Negative behaviors directed at members of a group

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Discrimination (BEHAVIOR, the act of doing it)

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How do you become prejudiced?

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Bias of your group vs another

Learning

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How to overcome prejudice

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Intergroup contact (Diversity)
Equal Status Contact (No superior)
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The Tendency to respond postively or negatively towards a certain idea, person, object or situation.

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Attitude

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Models of Attitude

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Affect - Emotional Part
Behavior - Acting Part
Cognition - Beliefs/Thinking part

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Any pattern of behavior that is statistically rare, deviant from social norms, and causes people significant stress
Causes harm to self, and harms own functionality

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Psychological Disorder

69
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What do you call disorders that can go together

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Comorbidity

NOTE THAT YU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISORDER PER CATEGORY

70
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Disorders in which mood is severely disturbed

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Mood Disorder

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Examples of Mental Disorders

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Major Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Anxiety Disorder
Schizophrenia

72
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Comes on suddenly without any external cause?

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Major Depression

73
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When you do not feel any sense of pleasure

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Ahedonia

74
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Moods that range from depressive to manic episodes

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Bipolar Disorder

75
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Associeate with impulse control, excessive excitement, energy and elation

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Manic episodes

76
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The main symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety or fearfulness

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Anxiety disorder

77
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Anxiety that is unrelated to any realistic, known source

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Free floating anxiety

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Severe disorder in which the person suffers from DISORDERED Thinking, bizzare behavior, hallucinations, and is unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.

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Schizophrenia

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