Chapter 9 - Personality

Question 0

Free association

Dream interpretation

Answer 0

Free association
Say whatever comes to mind without censorship
The more you say the more you get to the unconscious
Is there a story that comes out

Interpret dreams
What is the dream about (Manifest)
What is the symbolic value (latent)

Question 1

Personality trait

Two characteristics

Answer 1

Personality trait:
Stable tendency to behave in a certain way across situations or time

Consistency
Trait stays the same around situation and over time

Distinctive
You can distinguish among peoples personally traits

Question 2

Psychosexual stages

Answer 2

Psychosexual stages 
Oral 
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Question 3

Three structures of personality

Answer 3

Structure of personality
Id (“pleasure principle)

Ego (“reality principle”)
What is the context of the system?

Superego (“moral principle”)
Doing what is moral

Question 4

Fixation

Answer 4

Role of fixation
• At given stage, you can become stuck or fixated
• Too much or too little stimulation

Question 5

Oedipal and electra complex

Answer 5

Oedipal and electra complex
• Boy want sexual beneficiation from mom. Castration anxiety (castration anxiety is an overwhelming fear of damage to, or loss of, the penis): the boy desire mom, boy cant get mom bc dad is in the way; boy afraid of dad—identification with the aggressor—leads to superego; the theory is that a child has a fear of damage being done to their genitalia by the parent of the same sex (i.e. A son being afraid of his father) as punishment for sexual feelings toward the parent of the opposite sex (i.e. A son toward his mother).

Question 6

Define

Regression

Denial

Repression

Reaction formation’

Answer 6

Regression
People acting like a younger age under stress

Denial

Repression
-Hidden memories

Reaction formation’

• When you want something but your superego says you hate it
• Repressed homophobia

Question 7

Three body types

Answer 7

Sheldon said there was one based on body type, used stereotypes sizes to judge

Mesomorphs - mid way

Ectomorphs - tall skinny

Endomorphs - larger/bulky

Question 8

Type A/Type B

Answer 8

Type A
Competitive, driven, demanding

Type B
Relaxed easygoing, leisure

Question 9

Identify the defense mechanisms (7)

Answer 9

Regression

Repression

Reaction formation

Denial

Projection

displacement

Sublimation

Question 11

Big 5 traits

Answer 11

Emotional stability

Extroversion

Openness to experience

Agreeability

Conscientiousness