Chapter 14

Question 1

What is personality?

Answer 1

An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

Question 2

What did Freud think influences personality most?

Answer 2

Childhood sexuality and unconscious personality

Question 3

What kind of people did Freud study?

Answer 3

People who had disorders with no physical reason

Question 4

What are the three sections of the mind (Freud)

Answer 4

Id - unconscious - pleasure seeking
ego - conscious - Reality seeking
superego - unconscious - ideal behaviour seeking

Question 5

The role of Ego?

Answer 5

Balance the Id and the Superego

Question 6

Stage: Oral (0-18 months)

Answer 6

Pleasure centers on the mouth - sucking, biting, chewing

Question 7

Stage: Anal (18-36 months)

Answer 7

Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder; coping with demands for control

Question 8

Stage: Phallic (3-6 years)

Answer 8

Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings

Question 9

Stage: Latency (6 years to puberty)

Answer 9

A phase of dormant sexual feelings

Question 10

Stage: Genital (puberty on)

Answer 10

Maturation of sexual interests

Question 11

Oedipus complex

Answer 11

Boys view father as competition for their mother

Question 12

Electra complex

Answer 12

Mother is competing for their father

Question 13

At what age does Freud think your personality is shaped?

Answer 13

Five

Question 14

Defense mechanism definition

Answer 14

function indirectly and unconsciously

Question 15

Regression def

Answer 15

Retreating to an earlier developmental stage

Question 16

Reaction Formation

Answer 16

Switching impulses to the opposite

Question 17

Reaction Formation

Answer 17

Switching impulses to the opposite

Question 18

Projection

Answer 18

Attributing their own feelings to another person

Question 19

Rationalization

Answer 19

Self-justifying explanations

Question 20

Displacement

Answer 20

Shifting impulses to a more acceptable object or person

Question 21

Denial

Answer 21

Refusing to believe or even perceive painful reality.

Question 22

Neo-Freudians def

Answer 22

Emphasized conscious mind and social motives instead of sexual and aggression

Question 23

What did Maslow focus on?

Answer 23

People’s striving for self-determination and self-realization

Question 24

What did Rogers focus on?

Answer 24

growth-promoting environment and unconditional positive regard and self-concept

Question 25

CANOE or OCEAN

Answer 25

Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism (emotional stability vs instability)