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Chapter 4 -Human Development Flashcards

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Personality

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An individual’s unique and relatively stable patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours

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Character

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Value judgements of a person’s moral and ethical behavior

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Temperament

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The enduring characteristics with which each person is born

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Another definition of temperament

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An inborn quality noticeable soon after birth

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Founder of psychoanalytic

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Sigmund Freud

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According to Freud, personality is largely determined by

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Unconscious mind

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3 structures forming personality

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Id, ego and superego

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Id

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Follows Pleasure principle, present at birth, innate, irrational (acts according to what feels good doing), totally unconscious

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Ego

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Follows Reality principle, mostly conscious, rational and logical, satisfies id’s desire safely and effectively, develop from between birth and 2 weeks old

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Superego

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Follows Morality principle, totally learned, compares ego’s actions with ego ideal, then reward or punish ego accordingly, demands perfection, moral center

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Neo-freudians Members (4)

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Carl Jung, Alfred Atler, Karen Horney, Erik Erikson

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Carl Jung

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Developed a theory of collective unconscious
Archetypes- unlearned tendencies to learn new things in a certain way (instincts)
Anima-men have a contra sexuality which is feminine in natural
Animus-women have a contra sexuality which is masculine in natural

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Alfred Atler

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Developed a birth order theory

Proposed feelings of inferiority as driving force behind personality

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Karen Horney

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  • Developed a theory based on basic anxiety

- Rejected the concept of penis envy

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Erik Erikson

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  • Developed a theory based on social rather than sexuality relationships, covering the entire lifespan
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Definition of Neo-freudians

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Followers of Freud who develop their own competing theories of psychoanalysis

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How behaviorists define personality

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A set of learned responses/habits

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Social-cognitive Learning theories

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  • Developed by Albert Bandura and Julian Rotter

- they believed personality is developed through behaviors learned through observation ( observational learning)

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Humanistic perspectives on personality

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  • Developed by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers

- Stress more on consciousness rather than unconsciousness

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The Big Five Theory (under Trait Theory)

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OCEAN
0- Openness to experience 
C- Conscientiousness
E- Extraversion
A- Agreeableness
N- Neurocitism
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Definition of motivation

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An internal state that activates and gives direction to thoughts

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Intrinsic motivation

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Behavior that is driven by internal rewards such as self-confidence and commitment

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Extrinsic motivation

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Behavior that is driven and influenced by external factors or rewards.

  • Money, praise
  • Based on rewards and punishment
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Instinct Theory of Motivation

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  • Founded by William James
  • A biological theory
  • States that impulses from within a person motivate the person’s behavior
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Drive-reduction Theory of Motivation

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  • Founded by Clark L. Hull
  • A biological theory as well
  • Assumes behavior arises from physiological needs that cause internal drives to push us to satisfy the needs, reduce tension and arousal
  • This is because our internal state will not feel comfortable when our need is not fulfilled
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Arousal Theory of motivation

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  • The Yerkes-Dodson Law
  • our performance is related to arousal
  • Moderate level of arousal leads to better performance than high or low
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Incentive Theory of Motivation

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  • The only extrinsic motivation
  • Example: money, praise
  • Behavior is explained as a response to external stimulus and its rewarding properties
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3 types of needs (APA)

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  • Affiliation (friendly social interaction)
  • Power (the need to have control/influence others)
  • Achievement (the strong desire to succeed in attaining and challenging goals)
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Definition of Conformity

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  • Adjusting one’s behavior or thought to group standard

- Type of social influence involving a change in belief/behavior in order to fit in with the group

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Conditions affecting conformity (4)

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  1. Size of the group
  2. Status of the group
  3. Observation of the group (decision)
  4. Unanimity of the group
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Reasons of conformity - Informative Social Influence

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  • believe the people in group are better informed than the person is
  • especially in making tough decisions
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Reasons of conformity - Normative Social influence

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  • Want to fit in with the group bcs they are fear of being ridiculed or thought peculiar
  • Follow norms because they want to avoid from being rejected or want to gain social approval

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