Chapter 11- Personality Flashcards
According to Freud, retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated
Regression
View of personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences
Psychodynamic theories
Conscientiousness, agreeableness, Neuroticism (emotional stability vs instability), openness and extra version
The big 5 personality factors
Carl Rogers stated that “____” -“____” is a central feature of “____”
Self-concept is a central feature of personality
Shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person
Displacement
This effect occurs when overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance and blunders
Spotlight effect
Protection from repeating mistakes, mechanism to prompt positive feedback, preparation for possible failure and put down for old selves rather than current selves are all reasons to why
People put themselves down
Disguising one’s own threatening impulses by attibuting them to others
Projection
According to Eysenck and Eysenck, many normal human variations can be “____” to 2 factors: “____” -“____” and “____” “____” -“____” .
Reduced to 2 factors: Extraversion-introversion and emotional stability-instability
Less pressure to conform, more persistent at difficult tasks, less shy, anxious and lonely are all benefits of “____” “____” -“____”
High self-esteem
In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how unimportant or embarrassing
Free association
Trait theories “____”
Describe
Most people see themselves as “____” than average
Better
According to Freud, peopel seek to express “____” in ways that bring “____” without “____” or “____”
Impulses in ways that bring satisfaction without guilt or punishment
Giving priority to our own goals over group goals and defining out identity in terms of personal traits rather than group membership
Individualism
Readiness to perceive ourselves favorably is known as
Self-serving bias
According to Carl Rogers, people have “____” -“____” tendencies and are basically “____”
Self-actualizing tendencies and are basically good
According to Gordon Allport, personality is describe as a “____” and “____” pattern of “____”
Stable and enduring pattern of behavior
Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
Psychoanalysis
An individual’s characteristic pattern thinking, feeling, and acting
Personality
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Jenny
Refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
Denial
This quote, “Any theory of motivation that is worthy of attention must deal with te highest capacities of the healthy and strong person as well as with the defensive maneuvers of cirppled spirits.” is by
Abraham Maslow
According to Frued, urges are “____” through “____” “____” which aid in the “____” of basic conflict
Internalized through social restraints which aid in the resolution of basic conflict
According to Freud, a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. It operates gratification
Id
According to Freud, the ego “____” reality in an effort to “____” “____” through defense mechanisms
Distorts reality in an effort to manage anxiety through defense mechanisms
Freudian and Humanistic theories “____”
Explain
Conflicts between the “____” and “____” create “____” for the ego
ID and superego create anxiety for the ego
According to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future goals
Superego
A cluster of behavior tendencies that occur together
Factor
Involves our internal view of our personality. This is the center of personality and organizer of thoughts, feelings and actions
Self-image
To recognize the spotlight effect and to take the perspective of an audience member are both methods to “____” the “____” “____”
Reduce the Spotlight effect
With “____” “____” -“____” , one has the tendency to behave negatively toward others
Low self-esteem
“____” “____” focused on ways, “healthy,” people strive for self-determination and self-realization
Abraham Maslow
According to Freud, the largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, balances the demands of the id, superego, and reality. It operates on the reality principles
Ego
Offering self-justifying explanations in place ofthe real, more threatening unconscious reasons for one’s actions
Rationalizing
Switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites
Reaction formation
According to Freud, personality arises from “____” between “____” and “____” .
Conflict between impulse and restraint
Includes vision of self that one dreams of becoming and fear of becoming
Possible self
Giving priority to goals of our group and defining our identity accordingly
Collectivism
According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware
Unconscious
According to Carl Rogers these characteristics: “____” ,”____” and “____” nurture “____” between any 2 human beings
Genuineness, acceptance and empathy nurtue growth between and 2 human beings
A characteristic pattern of behavior or tendency to feel and act in a certain way. Assessed by self-reports on a personality test
Trait
Freud believed that “____” enables other defense mechanisms
Repression
