Ch 10 Vocab Flashcards
A pattern of ending, distinctive thoughts, emotions, behaviors, that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world
Personality
Instincts and resovior of psychic energy
Id
Deals with demands and reality
Ego
Branches of personality
Superego
Reduce anxiety by unconsciously distracting reality
Defense mechanisms
Disbelieve present reality
Denial
Shift feeling to new object
Displacement
Attribute own faults to others
Projection
Forget the unacceptable
Repression
Both sexes envy the attributes of one another
Horneys sociocultural approach
Collective unconscious and archetypes
Jungs analytical theory
Importance of childhood experiences, role of unconscious processes, development processes in stages
Contributions
To much emphasis on early experiences
Criticisms
Emphasis on a persons capacity for personal growth and positive human qualities
Humanistic approach
Discovered self actualization, peak experiences
Abraham Maslow
Discovered personal growth and self determination
Carl Rogers
An enduring disposition that leads to characteristic responses
Trait
People can be described by their typical behavior
Trait theories
Openess, extra version, agreeableness, stability
Ocean
Imaginative, variety, independent, practical, routine
Openness
Organized, careful, disciplined
Conscientiousness
Sociable, returning, fun loving, affectionate
Extraversion
Soft hearted, trusting, helpful
Agreeableness
Calm, secure, self satisfied
Agreeableness
A persons assessment of own positive affect relative to negative effect, and evaluation of own life in general
Subjective well being
Traits influence health, cognitions, career success
Contributions
Ignore the role of the situation in behavior
Criticisms
Behavior and personality vary considerably across context
Situationism
Stability over time rather than across situations
CAPS model of personality
Extroverts and introverts have different baseline levels of arousal
Eysenks reticular activation system theory
Growth of dopamine receptors stimulated by warn care givers
Role of neurotransmitters
Presets ambiguous visual stimuli to the client and ask the client to respond with whatever comes to mind
Projective tests
Projective test that uses 10 inkblots to the ambiguous stimuli
Borschach inkblots test
Uses 20 people in ambiguous situations as the visual stimuli
TAT
When the professor observes the client engaged in ordinary, day to day behavior
Direct observation
When a numerical value is assigned to specific behavior that is listed in the scale
Rating scale
Assement in which the frequency of a particular behavior is counted
Frequency count
