Chapter 14 - Personality

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

An individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting

Question 2

Freuds psychoanalytical theory

Answer 2

Said that children’s sexuality and unconscious motivations influence personality

Question 3

Humanistic approach

Answer 3

Focused on our inner capacities for growth and self fulfillment. They focus on healthy potential growth

Question 4

Trait theories

Answer 4

Examine characteristic patterns of behaviour

Question 5

Social cognitive theories

Answer 5

Explore the interactions between people’s traits and their social context

Question 6

Psychodynamic theories

Answer 6

View personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences

Question 7

Psychoanalysis

Answer 7

Freuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts ; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions

Question 8

Unconscious

Answer 8

According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, info processing of which we are unaware