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Chapter 13 Personality And Psychotherapy Flashcards

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Personality

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All those relatively permanent traits, dispositions, or characteristics within the individual that give measure of consistency to that persons behavior

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Psychodynamic Perspective

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Personality determined by conflicting , unconscious inner forces within the person

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The conscious

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Consist of things you are currently aware of; constantly changing

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The preconscious

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Consists of things you are NOT currently aware of, but could retrieve it if desired

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The unconscious

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Consist of things you’re unaware of and would be difficult to bring into awareness; THE PRIMARY PERSONALITY COMPONENT

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ID

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Functions according to the primary process thought which is irrational, instinct driven, and out of touch with reality; FOLLOWS PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

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Ego

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Functions according to secondary process thought (thinks of consequences) which is rational, controls and channels ID, FOLLOWS REALITY PRINCIPLE

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Superego

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Functions according to the idealistic principle which strives for moral perfection, contains sense of right and wrong

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Psychosexual stages of development:

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Oral stage (0-1)

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Trust, pleasure comes from oral exploration of the world

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Anal stage (1-3)

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Control, pleasure comes from Urination and defecation

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Phallic stage (3-6)

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Sex role identification, pleasure comes from genital stimulation, oedipus and Electra complex

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Latency stage (6-puberty)

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Learning, sexual iimpulses are present but repressed and energy is focused on achievement and learning

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Genital stage (puberty-adulthood)

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Intimacy, sexuality resurfaces and pleasure comes from sexual activity with a partner, maturity occurs

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Fixation

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Becoming “stuck” in one stage of psychosexual development and not being able to progress any further

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Regression

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Moving back to an earlier stage of development, acting childlike and dependent (oral)

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Denial

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Refusing to accept that the feeling is present or that the event occurred

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Repression

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Relegating anxiety causing thoughts to the unconscious, refusing to think about them

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Projection

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Attributing ones undesirable traits or actions to others, so they become the problem instead of you

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Displacement

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Substituting a less threatening object for the subject of the hostile or sexual impulse (kicking a chair)

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Sublimation

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Redirecting anxiety-causing impulses into socially acceptable actions (putting aggressive child into football)

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Reaction formation

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Taking actions opposite to one’s feelings in order to deny the reality of the feelings

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Rationalization

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Creating intellectually acceptable arguments for thoughts or behavior to hide the actual anxiety-causing impulses (excuses to bad actions)

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The Rorschach

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Ink blot test: subject tells what each blot looks like and what aspect of the blot triggered that response

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The TAT

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Consists of vague or ambiguous drawings, person describes what’s happening in each drawing

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Psychodynamic Therapy

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Meet one on one with therapist

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Free association

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Patient reports whatever comes to mind (give topic, speak about it)

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Resistance

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Unwillingness to discuss topics related to unconscious conflicts

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Transference

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Shifting thoughts/feelings about an important person from the past onto the therapist

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Dream analysis

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Clients keep dream journal, reveal latent meanings of their dreams

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Alfred alder

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Humans motivated by the need to overcome inferiority and strive for significance (inferiority complex and compensation)

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Carl Jung

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Personal unconsciousness, collective unconscious: inherited tendencies to respond in a particular way (archetypes) shared by all humans (bond with mother and son)

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Erick Erickson

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Emphasized social influences, development continues throughout life (add stages instead of big groups)

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Karen horney

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Emphasized anxiety; felts that frauds theory was inadequate for women and children; cultural variables

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Humanistic psychology

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People consciously and purposefully make unique choices that leads them to their own personal growth

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Carl Rogers

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Self theory

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Real self

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Peoples actual perception of themselves and their abilities (know weaknesses and strengths)

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Ideal self

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Contains the attributes that the person wishes they had

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Fully functioning person

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A match between real and ideal self

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Humanistic therapy

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Client based/centered therapy, developed by Carl rogers

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Behavioral theories

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An individuals personality is nothing more than their LEARNED responses to the environment

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Systematic desensitization

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Clients learn how to replace an anxiety with relaxation (counting to 10 when mad)

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Extinction

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Likelihood of maladaptive response is reduced (flooding: person is over exposed to anxiety, provoking stimulus until it is no longer provoking anxiety (spider video)

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Token economies

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Using tokens that can be exchanged for other items or privileges as a reinforcer (buying new clothes every 5 lbs lost)

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Modeling

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Learning appropriate or desirable behavior by observing the actions of others (need to be shown how to act or else they won’t know)

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Cognitive theories

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Thought processes that lead to behavior, focuses on the role that thought processes play in creating disordered behavior, changes faulty thinking patterns

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Common irrational beliefs

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I must be perfect/ everyone must love me , the past determines the future

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Becks cognitive therapy

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Pattern of cognitive distortion associated with depression, exaggerate failures

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Trait theories

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Describes the structure of personality rather than explaining through a process

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Universal theory

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Examine how individuals differ on traits that all people posses (Carl jung)

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Distinctive theories

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Examine individuals unique sets of personality traits

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The Big Five

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Extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience

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Cardinal trait

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Single dominent trait that influences all activities

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Central traits

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Influences behavior in most situations

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Secondary traits

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Influences behavior in specific situations

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