6.3 Personality Flashcards

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identity vs personality

A

identity desires who we are

personality describes how we act and react to the world around us

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personality

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describes the set of thoughts, feelings, traits, and behaviours that are characteristics of an individual across time and different locations

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3
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4 areas of personality categorization

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psychoanalytic (psychodynamic)

humanistic (phenomenological)

type and trait

behaviourist

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4
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common assumption of psychoanalytic theories

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unconscious internal states motivate the overt actions of individuals and determine personality

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5
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3 major entities of Freud’s structural model

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id, ego, superego

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6
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id

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the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires

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the id functions according to the _________ principle

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pleasure

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pleasure principle

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the driving force of the id that seeks immediate gratification of all needs, wants, and urges

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primary process

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the ids response to frustration

the id’s mechanism for discharging the tension created by the pleasure principle

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wish fulfillment

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mental imagery, such as daydreaming or fantasy that fulfills the needs of the pleasure principle

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11
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the ego operates accord to the ______ principle

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reality

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12
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reality principle

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aims to postpone the pleasure principle until satisfaction can actually be obtained

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13
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ego

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the conscious executive part of personality that mediates the id; makes sure the id is in check according to real world rules

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