chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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What is psychic energy?

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generated by instinctual drives pressing for release

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2
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When is the ID present?

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birth

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3
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How does the ID function

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irrationally

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4
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What basic biological urges does the ID have?

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eating, drinking and sex

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5
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What principle does it follow?

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pleasure principle- maximize pleasure, minimize pain

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6
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What is the Primary Process Theory (ID)?

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if needs can’t be met with reality, fantasy will meet them

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7
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When does the ego develop?

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second

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8
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what’s the reality principle (ego)?

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tests reality to decide when ID can safely discharge impulses

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9
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what is “executive of personality” (ego)?

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must balance superego and ID

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10
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when does the superego develop?

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last

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11
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What does superego decide?

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if ego has been good or bad

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12
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How does superego control the ego?

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pride and guilt

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13
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Three sources of anxiety in psychodynamic perspective:

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reality- fear real world threats
neurotic- fear ID’s desires
moral- fear superego’s guilt

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14
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What are defines mechanisms?

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deny/distort reality to deal with anxiety

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15
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What is the defence mechanism repression?

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pushed to subconscious

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16
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What is the defence mechanism regression?

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mentally returning to earlier, safer state (tug sucking and bed wetting)

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17
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What is the defence mechanism conversion?

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conflict converted into physical symptom

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18
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What is the defence mechanism isolation?

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memories allowed back into consciousness but without motives or emotion

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19
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What is the defence mechanism sublimation?

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released in socially acceptable/admired behaviour

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20
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What is the defence mechanism intellectualization?

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situation treated as intellectually interesting event

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21
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What is the defence mechanism displacement?

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use secondary goal as an outlet

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22
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What is the defence mechanism projection?

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attributing impulse to other people

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23
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What is the defence mechanism reaction formation?

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exaggerated opposite behaviour

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24
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Free association:

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Freud
patient is to say anything no matter how trivial, embarrassing or unrelated
analyst looks for association and resistance

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25
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Errors of speech and memory:

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  • Freudian slips
  • absent-mindedness
  • Freud believes these are motivations
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26
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Evaluating Psychoanalytic Theory:

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limited data, bias, conceptual

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27
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Evidence supporting Freud:

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subconscious processing: semantic primary effect

repression: memory lapses during therapy

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28
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Evidence against Freud:

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dreams, anthropological evidence: oedipus complex not culturally universal

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29
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Neoanalysts:

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disagree with Freud- not enough focus on cultural and social aspects

30
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Adler

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  • humans motivated by social interest

- coined inferiority complex: drive to compensate for imagined defects

31
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Jung (analytic psychology)

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  • personal and collective unconscious

- memories represented by archetypes

32
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Object relations (Klein, Kernberg, Kohl, Haler)

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  • look at representations people form of themselves and others early in life
  • parents model later relationships
  • early attachment with parents has big impact later
33
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Components of Carl Rogers self Theory

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self, self-consistency, congruence, need for positive regard, unconditional positive regard, need for positive self regard, conditions of worth, fully functioning persons

34
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What perspective is Carl tiger’s Self Theory?

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humanistic

35
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What does Carl Roger’s Self Theory state?

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behaviour is response to immediate conscious experience of self and environment

36
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What is congruence (Rogers)

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consistency between self-preception and experience

37
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What is unconditional positive regard (Rogers)?

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child to parents (if don’t get in childhood, get conditions of worth)

38
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what is conditions of wroth (Rogers)?

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dictate when approve ourselves (like superego)

39
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Who has more self-esteem in teen years?

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men

40
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Who has more self-esteem in adulthood?

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neither

41
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Whats related to people with higher self-esteem?

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give into pressure less, achieve higher, better love lives, happier

42
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Whats related to people with lower self-esteem?

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anxiety, depression, illness, poor social relationships, underachievement

43
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What is self-verification

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need preserve self concept by maintaining self-consistency and congruence

44
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What is self-enhancement

A

need regard themselves positively

45
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What does the humanistic perspective rely on too much?

A

individual reports of experiences

46
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What does trait/biological perspective use?

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factor analysis- allows researchers find which behaviours correlated

47
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Cattell’s 16 Personality Factors

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people rated themselves and found 16 behaviour clusters

48
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What’s the 5 factor model?

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openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism (OCEAN) (6th sub category under each factor called facets) (NEO-PI test measures these)

49
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What’s self-monitoring?

A

one’s tendency to tailor behaviour the situation

50
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Eysenck

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started 2 basic traits: introversion -extroversion and stability-instability (called instability-neuroticism) later added third: psychotics-self control

51
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Name the 3 cognitive theorists

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Rotter, Bandura, Mischel

52
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What do social cognitive theorists focus on?

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internal and external causes of personality

53
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What is reciprocal determination?

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person, behaviour and environment all influence each other

54
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Rotter says whether we will do something is determined by:

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expectancy and reinforcement value (how much desire/dread expected outcome)

55
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Internal/external locks of control

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called generalized expectancy

56
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internal locus believe life outcomes are..

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largely under personal control

57
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external locus believe fate has to do with…

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luck, chance, others

58
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Bandura human agency

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humans are active agents in own lives

59
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Bandura 4 processes

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intentionality, forethought, self-reactiveness, self-reflectiveness

60
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what is self-efficacy?

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beliefs concerning one’s ability perform whats needed

61
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4 determinants of self-efficacy:

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previous performance attainments, observational learning, verbal persuasion, emotional arousal

62
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Mischel’s consistency paradox:

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expect and perceive high consistency of personality, but in reality it varies greatly with situations

63
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Mischel’s cognitive-affective personality system:

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person and situation matter

64
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If-then behaviour consistencies:

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there is consistency in behaviour in similar situations

65
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Personality assessments

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interviews, projective tests, rorschach inkblots, thematic apperception test, remote behaviour sampling, personality scales

66
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2 types of personality scales

A

rational and empirical approach

67
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2 types of projective tests

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rorschach inkblots, thematic apperception test

68
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What tests do psychodynamic theorists prefer?

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projective

69
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What tests do humanists prefer

A

self-report

70
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What test do social cognitive theorists prefer?

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behaviour assessments/sampling

71
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What test do trait theorists/behaviour geneticists prefer?

A

personality scales

72
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What do biological personality researchers use?

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emotional reactivity/brain processes