CHAPTER 1

Question 1

psychological traid

Answer 1

how ppl think, feel, behave
- cog, emot, behav

• the focus of personality psych, as well as conflicts of the three

Question 2

how do personality and clinical psych overlap

Answer 2

focuses on normal vs extreme personality patterns i.e. disorders

tries to understand the whole person and how areas of psych come tgt

Question 3

personality

Answer 3

person’s characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, behav w the psych mechanisms behind them

unique and relatively consistent

Question 4

goals of personality psych

Answer 4

task: involves interacting parts to understand complex task

explain: the whole person in daily environ

think: of imp behav and ALL reasons behind it

Question 5

types of basic approaches to personality

Answer 5

• phenomenological approach
• learning and cog processes approach
• trait approach
• psychoanalytic approach

Question 6

basic approach

Answer 6

focuses on SOME phenomenon and ignores others

Question 7

phenomenological approach

Answer 7

focuses on ppl’s conscious exp of the world

humanistic psych: how conscious awareness produces human attributes…understand meaning of happiness

cross-cultural: how the exp of reality can differ w culture

Question 8

learning and cog processes approach

Answer 8

learning: how behav changes bcs of rewards, punish, other life exp

classic behaviourism: focus on overt behav

social learning: observation and self evaluation determine behav

cog personality: focuses on cog processes i.e. perception, memory, thought

Question 9

trait approach

Answer 9

focuses on individ diffs and psych processes behind it

Question 10

psychoanalytic approach

Answer 10

freud and unconc mind

Question 11

OBT

Answer 11

one big theory: explains everything basic approaches cover individually
- doesn’t currently exist

ppl advocating one basic approach say theirs covers everything
- each covers diffs qs
- each ignores key concerns

Question 12

appreciation of individ diffs

Answer 12

personality psychs emphasize individ diffs…leads to sensitivity and respect

other psych areas view ppl as same/equal

Question 13

why study theorists personal lives

Answer 13

many theories are tied to theorist’s lives

case history common method

Question 14

freud

Answer 14

born w caul/membrane
- subculture thought assoc w prophecy of greatness

given opportunities siblings were denied
- grew up during era of sexual repression

Question 15

carl rogers

Answer 15

dev ideas abt childhood exp from growing up on farm
- parents deny love when cannot meet strict rules

Question 16

adler

Answer 16

ill as child, saw brother die, hit by car

motivated to be doctor

Question 17

maslow

Answer 17

grew up abused, bullied by gang
- phys unsafe childhood led to dev of hierarchy of needs