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Chapter 13: Personality Flashcards

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our personality resides in the unconscious and early childhood experiences lay the foundation for adult personality

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psychoanalytic theory

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unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize that individual

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personality

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two key components of personality

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uniqueness and consistency

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a disposition to behave in a particular way

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trait

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the points at which a person moves from not having a particular response to having one

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behavioral thresholds

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personality is _______ distributed across a population

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normally distributed

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_____’s theory is that the idea that the unconscious is the most powerful force in personality

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Freud’s

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what we are aware of at any given moment

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conscious

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just below the surface of awareness

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preconscious

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contains all the drives, urges, or instincts that are outside awareness but nonetheless motivate most of our speech, thoughts, or actions

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unconscious

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people are encouraged to speak about anything on their minds without censoring their thoughts

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free association

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Freud developed an elaborate system for interpreting the meaning of ___, as they were the best way to understand a person’s unconscious

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dreams

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Three “provinces” or regions involved in the control and regulation of impulses

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id, ego, superego

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Id: age of first development

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birth

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Id: core characteristcis

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  • based on pleasure-desire
  • impulse driven
  • “do it”
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Freud’s personality theory that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflict’s

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psychoanalysis

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Ego: core characteristics

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  • based on realistic constraints
  • sense of “self,” “me,” “I”
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Ego: age of first development

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2 or 3 years old

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Superego: core characteristics

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  • based on what should be
  • right-wrong (conscience)
  • impulse control
  • “don’t do it”
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superego: age of first development

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3 or 4 years old

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the seat of impulse and desire; the part of our personality that we do not yet own; it owns or controls us; “pleasure principle”

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Id

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a sense of self; the only part of the mind that is in direct contact with the outside world; operates on the “reality principle”

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ego

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the part of the self that monitors and controls behavior, “stands over us” and evaluates actions in terms of right and wrong; our conscience

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superego

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people who are overly impulsive and pleasure seeking have an uncontrolled _____

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id

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unconscious strategies the mind uses to protect itself from anxiety by denying and distorting reality in some way

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defense mechanisms

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the unconscious act of keeping threatening thoughts, feelings, or impulses out of consciousness

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repression

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages: pleasure centers on the mouth - sucking, biting, chewing

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oral (0-18 months)

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages: pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

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anal (18-36 months)

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages: pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings

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phallic (3-6 years)

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages: a phase of dormant sexual feelings

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latency (6 to puberty)

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages: maturation of sexual interests

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genital (puberty on)

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during phallic stage, boy’s sexual desire towards mother; jealousy and hatred towards father; castration anxiety

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oedipus complex

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girl’s development of penis envy; attachment to father; fear of mother

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electra complex

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Defense Mechanism:
retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixed

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regression

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Defense Mechanism:
switching unacceptable impulse into their opposites

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reaction formation

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

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projection

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

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rationalization

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Defense Mechanism:
shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object to a person

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displacement

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Defense Mechanism: refusing to believe or perceive painful realities

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denial

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Defense Mechanism:
express socially unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way

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sublimination

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Ex: little boy reverts to oral comfort of sucking his thumb on the way to his first day of school

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regression

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Ex: repressing angry feelings, a person displays exaggerated friendliness

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reaction formation

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ex: “the thief thinks everyone else is a thief”

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projection

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Ex: a habitual drinker says she drinks with her friends “just to be social”

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rationalization

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Ex: a little girl kicks her dog after her mother sends her to her room

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displacement

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Ex: a partner denies evidence of his loved one’s affair

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denial

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Ex: football or boxing as an outlet for violence

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sublimination

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optimistic about human nature, believing that humans are naturally interested in realizing their full potential

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humanistic approach

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Top:
Self-actualization
Esteem
Love and belonging
Safety needs
Physiological needs

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the inherent drive to realize one’s full potential

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self-actualization

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  • spontaneity, simplicity, naturalness
  • problem-centered
  • creativity
  • deep interpersonal relations
  • resistance to enculturation
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characteristics of someone who is self-actualized

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acceptance of another person regardless of their behavior

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unconditional positive regard

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personality involves stable and consistent behavior, but does not believe people are consistent in their reactions across all situations

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social-cognitive learning theory

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interactions influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment

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reciprocal determinism

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extent to which we perceive control over our environment

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personal control

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perception that our fate is controlled by chance or outside forces that are beyond our personal control

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external locus of control

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perception that we control our own fate

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internal locus of control

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ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification for greater, long term rewards

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self control

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hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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learned helplessness

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Ex: electric floor with dog - when one side was turned off, dog didn’t care and just laid down

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learned helplessness

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Big Five

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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High: imaginative, prefers variety, independent
Low: practical, prefers routine, conforming

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openness

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High: organized, careful, disciplined
Low: disorganized, careless, impulsive

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conscientiousness

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High: sociable, outgoing, affectionate
Low: retiring, sober, reserved

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extraversion

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High: soft hearted, trusting, helpful
Low: ruthless, suspicious, uncooperative

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agreeableness

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High: anxious, insecure, self satisfied
Low: calm, secure, self satisfied

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neuroticism

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looks for location on genes that might be associated with particular behaviors

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quantitative trait loci (QTL)

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anxiety is a (quantitative/qualitative) trait because people experience wide ranges of anxiety

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quantitative

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Twin studies indicate that genetics accounts for ____-____% of most traits

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50-60%

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living conditions that individuals have in common

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shared environment

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living conditions that individuals do not have in common

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non-shared environment

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high heart rate at 36 weeks gestation foreshadowed

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  • less predictable eating and sleeping habits 3 to 6 months after birth
  • less emotionality at 6 months after birth
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high activity levels at 36 weeks gestation predicted

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  • slow to adapt to new people or situations
  • more irregular eating and sleeping habits
  • more difficult and fussy
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collectivist (asian) cultures focus on

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how individual actions affect others

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individualistic cultures (western) focus on

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personal gain

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