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Personality

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The stable and distinct ways in which individuals think, feel and behave in social interactions

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Psychodynamic Perspective

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Personality is the product of a dynamic interaction between conscious and unconscious mental structures

Early developmental conflicts

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Trait Perspective

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Personality is the combination of various stable dispositional qualities that a person exhibits

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Sigmund Freud

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Conscious - You can answer right away (your birthday)

Preconscious - Something you can easily access

Unconscious - Much of who we are is contained here (dreams, when your thought slip out under pressure)

EROS - Drive for affection

Thanatos - Death, he belives we had a death drive, fantasised about it but afraid of it

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Id

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Basic unconscious human drive (going to the washroom, eating)

Pleasure Principle

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Ego

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Reality Principle

when you become aware of all the rules on behaviour

Knowing your consequences

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Superego

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Internalization of a moral code

Socialization

Internalized standards of right and wrong

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Psychosocial sexual Stages of Development

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A series of age-dependent stages requiring the resolution of particular conflicts or tasks

Oral Stage
Birth to 1 year

Erogenous Zone - Mouth

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Fixation

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Failure to resolve a conflict at a particular stage of development

Fixation at the oral stage

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Anxiety and defence mechanisms

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The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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Displacement

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When you direct your anger off the original object and onto someone else

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Projection

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Thinking your own thoughts and feelings are the same as someone else (you hate someone, so they do to)

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Reaction Formulation

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Guarding your emotions

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Repression

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Pushing bad thoughts into the unconscious

Someone who experienced child abuse doesn’t remember the events

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Sublimation

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Getting your anger out with something else like sports

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Attachment Theory

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The idea that early relationships and bonds formed with caretakers in infancy significantly influence our capacity to form meaningful relationships with others as adults

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The strange situation

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An experimental research procedure in which researchers observe children’s responses to separation form, and reunion with, their primary caretakers

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Internal Working Models

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Mental templates of expectations about other people’s trustworthiness and potential helpfulness

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Secure

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Positive view of others and yourself

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Preoccupied

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Someone who likes other people, but dont think they are capable of being liked

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Dismissing

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Like themselves, but dont like others, dont have trust

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Fearful

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Someone who has a poor self-image but they also think they world is a scary place

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General Crime

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Insecure patterns of attachment

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Predatory Crime

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Potential development to psychopathy

Mixed results

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Sexual Violence

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Fearful/Disorganized Patterns

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Stalking

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Insecure patterns of attachment and jealousy and insecurity in interpersonal relationships

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Personality Trait

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A durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a v variety of situations

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Cardinal Traits

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Dominant personality traits that are external characteristics of an individual

  • Talk in front of big crowds, but mostly introverted
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Central Traits

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General characteristics that form the basic foundation of personality but are not necessarily dominant aspects of an individuals dispositional style

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Secondary Traits

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Personality traits that are related to specific attitudes or preferences and typically appear only in certain situations or under specific circumstances

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Openness

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Inventive/Curious vs Consistent/Cautious

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Conscientiousness

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Efficient/Organized vs Easy going/Careless

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Extraversion

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Outgoing/Energetic vs Shy/Reserved

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Agreeableness

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Friendly/compassionate vs Cols/unkind

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Neuroticism

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Sensitive/Nervous vs Secure/Confident

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Stable Extravert

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outgoing, social, life of the party, doesn’t like to stay home

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Stable Introvert

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More introverted, but still stable, enjoy cooking and reading

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Neurotic Extravert

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Emotionally unstable, highest risk of crime, prone to getting angry quickly

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Neurotic Introvert

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Quiet, reserved high in anxiety, dont like change

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Personality Disorder

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An enduring pattern of thinking and feeling about oneself and others that significantly and adversely affects how one functions in many aspects

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Anti-Social Personality Disorder

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Failure to conform to social norms

Can’t plan ahead

Lack of remorse

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Lack of empathy

Thinking they are special and unique

Sense of entitlement

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Weak ego Offender

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Stumbling into trouble]

Poor social skills

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Neurotic Offender

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The feeling of guilt of something they did a while ago but never was caught

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Weak superego

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Psychopath

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Normal Offender

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Criminal parent

Psychology of Crime (12 decks)

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