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Identity and personality Flashcards

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1
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Someone who is androgynous has ___ levels of both masculine and feminine traits

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High

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How do ethnicity and nationality differ?

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Ethnicity is the individuals personal association with a race or ethnic group

Nationality is based on borders and is not a chosen part of the identity

The two do not need to be related

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______ is the name for situations that dictate which identity holds the most importance

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Hierarchy of salience

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This theory postulates we have three selves (the ought self, the actual self and the future self) and that discrepancies between these two selves leads to negative feelings

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Self discrepancy theory

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Psychosexual development:

Age: 0-1 year
Focus: the mouth and putting things in the mouth
Fixated adult: excessive dependency on others

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Oral stage

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Psychosexual development:

Age: 1-3 years
Focus: waste elimination/retention and toilet training
Fixated adult: Excessive cleanliness/sloppiness

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Anal stage

(causes anal retentiveness in adults)

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Psychosexual development:

Age: 3-5 years
Focus: identifying with the same sex parent in order to erase guilt. Establish sexual identity and gain moral reasoning
Fixated adult: Overly vain, exhibitionism and sexual aggression

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Phallic stage

(Oedipus/electra conflict)

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Psychosexual development:

Age: 5-until puberty
Focus: The libido is suppressed and no psychosexual development is made

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Latency stage

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Psychosexual development:

Age: From puberty-on
Focus: Healthy heterosexual relationships
Fixated adult: Fetishism, asexuality, homosexuality

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Genital stage

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 0-1 year
Good outcome: Learn trust is caregiver provides for their needs
Bad outcome: Mistrustful of others since care was not provided

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Trust vs. mistrust

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 1-3 years
Good outcome: learn control over the world and develop interests
Bad outcome: Self-doubt and external locus of control

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Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 3-6 years
Good outcome: Learn basic cause and effect, able to start and finish tasks for a purpose
Bad outcome: Fear of punishment, which leads to overcompensating or showing off, and undue restriction of actions

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Initiative vs. guilt

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 6-12 years
Good outcome: Learning about themselves, feelings of competency and comfort sharing intelligence
Bad outcome: Inadequacy and low self-esteem, inability to act competently

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 12-20
Good outcome: Able to explore independence and societal role
Bad outcome: Identity confusion and shifting personality

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Identity vs. role confusion

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 20-40
Good outcome: Ability to create long-lasting bonds, commit to self and others goals, and form healthy, intimate relationships
Bad outcome: Withdrawal, superficial relationships, lack of commitment

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 40-65
Good outcome: Focused on contributing and advancing society
Bad outcome: Self-stagnation or lack of care for others

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Psychosocial development:

Age: 65- on
Good outcome: Reflection, wisdom and readiness for death
Bad outcome: Bitterness, feelings of a wasted life, fear of death

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Integrity vs. Despair

18
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Kohlberg’s moral reasoning:

Age: preadolescence
Emphasizes moral choice
Stage 1: Obedience (fear of punishment)
Stage 2: Self-interest (to gain rewards)

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Preconventional

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Kohlberg’s moral reasoning:

Age: Adolescence to adulthood
Emphasizes ability to see in terms of forming relationships with others
Stage 3: Conformity (seeking approval)
Stage 4: Law and order (social order is of the highest importance)

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Conventional

20
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Kohlberg’s moral reasoning:

Age: Adulthood
(Not always achieved)
Based on social mores that may conflict with laws
Stage 5: Social contract (moral rules ensure the greater good, reasoning is focused on individuals)
Stage 6: Universal human ethics (decisions are made for abstract principles)

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Post-conventional

21
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Vgotsky’s idea that children are in the process of learning, so they develop better by doing things with someone more knowledgable

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Zone of proximal development

22
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This theory allows you to think about how someone else’s mind works

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Theory of mind

23
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According to this personality theory, unconscious states motivate actions and personality

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Psychoanalytic theory

24
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Id, Ego and Superego

This portion controls the basic, primal instincts. It seeks immediate gratification

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Id

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Id, Ego and Superego

This portion is the ultimate perfectionist and has pride for accomplishments and guilt for failures

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Superego

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Id, Ego and Superego

This portion accounts for reality and acts as the mediator between the two extremes

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Ego

27
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Occurs when you suppress urges by unconsciously transforming them into the opposite. This would occur in Stockholm syndrome

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Reaction formation

28
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The term for turning unacceptable urges into acceptable ones

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Sublimation

29
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According to Carl Jung, the ___ is the conscious mind

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Ego

30
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According to Carl Jung, the unconscious mind is broken into these two categories:

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The personal unconscious and the collective unconscious

31
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Developed by Jung, this part of the unconscious mind is made up of shared experiences for all people

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Collective unconscious

32
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This archetype of personality is the one presented to the world

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Persona

33
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This archetype of personality is the “female” side, meaning it’s associated with traditionally female roles, and is suppressed in men

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Anima

34
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This archetype of personality is the “male” side, meaning it’s associated with traditionally male roles, and is suppressed in women

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Animus

35
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What are the three dichotomies of personality?

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Extraversion vs introversion
Sensing vs inuiting
Thinking vs feeling

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