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Chapter 14 Flashcards

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personality

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a person’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

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psychodynamic theories

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human behavior is a dynamic interaction between the conscious and unconscious.

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according to Freud, the mind is made up of what?

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conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.

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conscious

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awareness

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preconscious

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not in conscious awareness, but easily retrieved

(e.g memory)

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unconscious

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unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and memories

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The three components of Freud’s personality theory?

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Id, superego, and ego.

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Id

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basic sexual and aggressive drives

all about me/instant gratification

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Superego

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internalized ideals and standards for judgement

angel on shoulder

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ego

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mediates demands of the id and superego

achieve goals/desires in a balanced way

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Freud’s 5 stages of personality development

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  1. oral
  2. anal
  3. phallic
  4. latent
  5. genital
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oral (1)

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babies derive pleasure by putting things in their mouths

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oral fixation examples

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sucking thumb, chewing gum, biting nails

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anal (2)

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pleasure is derived from eliminating from bladder/bowels

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anal retentive

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kids that hold in it when potty training or when told to go to the bathroom

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phallic (3)

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derive pleasure from genitals

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oedipus complex

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boys want to murder their father to have sex with mom

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Electra complex

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girl wants to kill mom to sleep with father

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latent (4)

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healthy period with no fixations or fixations have been suppressed.

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genital (5)

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if there are no fixations on earlier sages, personality will not be affected.

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freud’s theory of defense mechanisms is conscious or unconscious?

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unconscious

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repression

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banish anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness.

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regression

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retreat to an earlier more infantile state of development.

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reaction formation

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ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses to their opposites.

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projection

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disguise own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.

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rationalization

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unconsciously generate self-justifying explanation to hide self from real reason of actions

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displacement

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shift sexual/aggressive impulses toward more acceptable/less threatening objects

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sublimation

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shift unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable activities.

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denial

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refusal to accept true nature of threat

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psychodynamic theory (Freud)

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the psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behavior
-Freud overestimated the influence of parental factors.

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trait

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distinguished quality/characteristic

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personality is made up of _____.

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traits

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Gordon Allport was interested in ____ not _____ behavior.

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describing, not explaining.

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5 traits of Eysenk’s personality dimensions

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Psychoanalytic theory

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childhood sexuality/ unconscious motivations influence personality.

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humanistic theory

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inner capacity for growth and self fulfillment

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trait theories

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examines traits

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social cognitive theories

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explore the interactions between traits and their social context

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defense mechanisms

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tactics that reduce/redirect anxiety by distorting reality

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Neo-freudians put more emphasis on?

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the conscious mind’s role in interpreting experiences. AND they doubted that sex/aggression were all-consuming motivations.

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collective unconscious

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a common reservoir of images derived from our species of universal experiences.

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Freud’s main accepted idea:

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Much of our mental life in unconscious.

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Freud’s basic ideas:

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the personality structures of id, ego, and superego; the importance of the unconscious; the childhood roots of personality; and the dynamics of anxiety and the defense mechanisms.

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false consensus effect

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the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors.

45
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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projection test that provides a reliable map of people’s implicit motivation

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Maslow proposed that we are motivated by ?

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a hierarchy of needs

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self actualization

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the process of fulfilling our potential

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self- transcendence

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meaning, purpose, and identity beyond the self

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who did Maslow study?

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healthy, creative people

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carl roger’s person centered perspective?

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Rogers’ person-centered perspective held that people are basically good and are endowed with self-actualizing tendencies.

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Roger’s believed that a growth promoting social climate included?

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acceptance, genuineness, empathy.

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Roger’s and Maslow believed that a central part of personality’s is?

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one’s self-concept: all the thoughts and feelings we have in response to the question, “Who am I?”

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What did Allport to that Freud did not do:

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describe personality in terms of fundamental traits, or people’s characteristic behaviors and conscious motives

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Allport was more concerned about _____ individual traits, less about ____ them.

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describing, explaining

55
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Isabel Briggs Myers

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Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

56
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Myers Briggs test is a counseling and coaching tool, not a _____.

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research tool

57
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How does our biology influence our personality?

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Our genes influence the temperament and behavioral style that shape our personality.

(twins have similar personality)

58
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Personality inventories

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longer questionnaires covering a wide range of feelings and behaviors—assess several traits at once

Psychology 210 (9 decks)

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