6.3 Personality Flashcards
identity vs personality
identity desires who we are
personality describes how we act and react to the world around us
personality
describes the set of thoughts, feelings, traits, and behaviours that are characteristics of an individual across time and different locations
4 areas of personality categorization
psychoanalytic (psychodynamic)
humanistic (phenomenological)
type and trait
behaviourist
common assumption of psychoanalytic theories
unconscious internal states motivate the overt actions of individuals and determine personality
3 major entities of Freud’s structural model
id, ego, superego
id
the personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires
the id functions according to the _________ principle
pleasure
pleasure principle
the driving force of the id that seeks immediate gratification of all needs, wants, and urges
primary process
the ids response to frustration
the id’s mechanism for discharging the tension created by the pleasure principle
wish fulfillment
mental imagery, such as daydreaming or fantasy that fulfills the needs of the pleasure principle
the ego operates accord to the ______ principle
reality
reality principle
aims to postpone the pleasure principle until satisfaction can actually be obtained
ego
the conscious executive part of personality that mediates the id; makes sure the id is in check according to real world rules
