Chapter 12 Flashcards
Phrenology
An early approach to examining the skull would tell you personality based on it
Psychodynamic theory
Frued and Jung
Believe that the unconscious mind drives behaviour
Events in childhood shapes adult personality
Defence mechanisms
Are unconscious reactions that protect a person from an unpleasant emotion
Repression and Denial Freud Psychoanalytical theory
Repression: keeping unpleasant emotions buried in the unconscious
Denial: refusing to recognize an unpleasant reality
Rationalization and Reaction formation (Psychoanalytical theory)
Rationalization: Justifying a socially unacceptable behaviour
reaction formation Not acknowledging unacceptable impulses and over emphasizing the opposite
Projection and displacement Psychoanalytical theory
Projection: transferring one unacceptable qualities or impulses to others
Displacement: Diverting one’s impulses to a more acceptable target
Critiques of Psychoanalytical theory
Inadequate evidence
Poor scientific methods
Small limited sample
Humanistic theories (Rodgers and Maslow)
Focuses on inner capacities for self-growth and fulfillment
Personality comes from striving to meet needs
Carl Rodgers (Humanistic theory)
Believed humans are fundamentally positive and strive for self-actualization
Self concept
A nurturing environment can help them develop positive self concept and work on self actualization
Personality inventory
A questionnaire designed to assess various aspects of personality
Gordon Allport
Believes that personality can be described through unique combos of traits
Factor analysis
A type of statistical procedure that is conducted to identify clusters or groups of related items on a test
BIG FIVE personality traits (ocean)
C-Consciounessness
A-Agreeableness
N-Neuroticism
O- openness
E-Extraversion
Id
basic instintual drives such as hunger, sex
