Chapter 14 Flashcards
What is personality?
An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
What did Freud think influences personality most?
Childhood sexuality and unconscious personality
What kind of people did Freud study?
People who had disorders with no physical reason
What are the three sections of the mind (Freud)
Id - unconscious - pleasure seeking
ego - conscious - Reality seeking
superego - unconscious - ideal behaviour seeking
The role of Ego?
Balance the Id and the Superego
Stage: Oral (0-18 months)
Pleasure centers on the mouth - sucking, biting, chewing
Stage: Anal (18-36 months)
Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder; coping with demands for control
Stage: Phallic (3-6 years)
Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings
Stage: Latency (6 years to puberty)
A phase of dormant sexual feelings
Stage: Genital (puberty on)
Maturation of sexual interests
Oedipus complex
Boys view father as competition for their mother
Electra complex
Mother is competing for their father
At what age does Freud think your personality is shaped?
Five
Defense mechanism definition
function indirectly and unconsciously
Regression def
Retreating to an earlier developmental stage
Reaction Formation
Switching impulses to the opposite
Reaction Formation
Switching impulses to the opposite
Projection
Attributing their own feelings to another person
Rationalization
Self-justifying explanations
Displacement
Shifting impulses to a more acceptable object or person
Denial
Refusing to believe or even perceive painful reality.
Neo-Freudians def
Emphasized conscious mind and social motives instead of sexual and aggression
What did Maslow focus on?
People’s striving for self-determination and self-realization
What did Rogers focus on?
growth-promoting environment and unconditional positive regard and self-concept
CANOE or OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism (emotional stability vs instability)
