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personality

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an individuals characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and acting

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free association

Freud

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method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing

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unconscious

Freud

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a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories

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psychoanalysis

Freud

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  • theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
  • techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
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ego

Freud

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largely conscious “executive” part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality
-operates under reality principle, satisfying id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain

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superego

Freud

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part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgement (the conscience) and for future aspirations

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id

Freud

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contains a reservoir or unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives
-operates pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification

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psychosexual stages:

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childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which the id’s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones

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oedipus complex

Freud

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a boy’s sexual desires towards his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for rival father

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identification

Freud

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processing by which children incorporate their parents values into their developing superegos
(gender identity)

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fixation

Freud

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a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved

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defense mechanisms
(Freud)
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the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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defense mechanisms:

repression

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basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness

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defense mechanisms:

regression

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retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage where psychic energy remains fixated

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defense mechanisms:

reaction formation

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switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites

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defense mechanisms:

projection

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disguising one’s own threatening impulses by attributing them to others

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defense mechanisms:

rationalization

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offering self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening unconscious reasons for one’s actions

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defense mechanisms:

displacement

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shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable/less threatening object/person

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Neo-Freudian

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  • accept: id, ego, superego, unconscious, shaping of personality in childhood, dynamics of anxiety and the defense mechanism
  • disagree: more emphasis should be placed on conscious mind’s role, doubt sex and aggression are all consuming motivations
  • collective unconscious
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collective unconscious

Carl Jung

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concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history

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projective tests

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personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics

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Rorschach Inkblot test

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  • most widely used projective test; set of 10 inkblots

- seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots

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self actualization

Maslow

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one of the ultimate psychological needs that arises after basic, physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved, the motivation to fulfill ones potential

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Carl Rogers’ Person-Centered Perspective

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  • people are basically good and endowed with self-actualizing tendencies
  • growth-promoting climate requires three conditions: genuineness, acceptance, empathy
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genuineness

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open with their own feelings, drop their facades, and are transparent and self-disclosing

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acceptance

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offer unconditional positive regard, an attitude of grace that values us even knowing our failures

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empathy

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sharing or mirroring other’s feelings and reflecting their meanings

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self-concept

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all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves

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trait

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a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel or act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports

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personality inventories

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a questionnaire on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings/behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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originally developed to identify emotional disorders

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empirically derived test

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a test developed by testing a pool of items and ten selecting those that discriminate between groups

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Big five personality factors

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  1. conscientiousness
  2. agreeableness
  3. neuroticism
  4. openness
  5. extraversion
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social-cultural perspective:

Albert Bandura

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emphasized interaction of our traits with our situations

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reciprocal determinism

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the interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition and environment

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biological influences of personality

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  • genetics
  • autonomous nervous system activity
  • brain activity
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psychological influences of personality

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  • learned responses
  • unconscious thought process
  • expectations and interpretations
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social-cultural influences on personality

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  • influence of the situation
  • cultural expectations
  • social support
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personal control

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extent to which people perceive control over their environment rather than feeling helpless

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external locus of control

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the perception that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate

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internal locus of control

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the perception that you control your own fate

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learned helplessness

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the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns

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spotlight effect

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overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance

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