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Self-concept & identity

self-concept

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the sum of ways we describe ourselves

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Self-concept & identity

self-esteem

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the closure our actual self is to our ideal self and our ought self (who others want us to be)

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Self-concept & identity

self-efficacy

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the degree to which we see ourselves as being capable at a given skill or situation

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Self-concept & identity

learned helplessness

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a state of hopelessness that results from being unable to avoid repeated negative stimuli

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Self-concept & identity

internal locus of control

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we control our own success/failure

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Self-concept & identity

external locus of control

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outside factors have more control

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formation of identity

Freud’s Pyschosexual stages

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  • based on tensions cause by the libido
  • failure at any stage leafs to fixations which causes personality disorder
  • stages:
  • oral: 0 - 1
  • anal: 1 - 3
  • phallic: 3 - 6
  • latent: 6 - puberty
  • genital: puberty - adult
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formation of identity

erikson’s stages

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  1. trust vs. mistrust (0 - 1)
  2. autonomy vs. shame (1- 3)
  3. intiative vs. guilt (3 - 6)
  4. industry vs. inferiority (6 - 12)
  5. indentity vs. role confusion (12 - 20)
  6. intimacy vs. isolation (20 - 40)
  7. generativity vs. stagnation (40 - 65)
  8. integrity vs. despair (65+)
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formation of identity

kholberg’s stages

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  • stages based on moral dilemmas
  • 6 stages in 3 phases (pre-conventional, conventional, post-convential)
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formation of identity

vgotsky

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zone of proximal development

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formation of identity

zone of proximal development

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the skills that a child has not yet mastered and require a more knowledgeable other to accomplish

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formation of identity

imitation & role-taking

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common ways children learn from others

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formation of identity

reference group

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the group to which we compare ourselves

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personality

psychoanalytics perspective

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personality results from unconscious urges & desires

freud, jung, adler, and horney

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personality

Freud’s theory

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Id, superego, ego

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personality

Id

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base urge of survival and reproduction

unconscious level

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personality

superego

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the idealist and perfectionist

preconscious level

18
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personality

ego

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  • mediator between the two and the conscious mind
  • the ego uses defense mechanisms to decrease stress

conscious + preconscious + unconscious level

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personality

Jung

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  • collective unconscious links all humans together
  • personality is influenced by archetypes
20
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personality

adler & horney

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unconscious is motivated by social urges

21
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personality

humanistic perspective

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  • emphasizes the internal feelings of healthy individuals as they strive for happiness and self-realization
  • maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Roger’s unconditional positive regard flow from the humanistic view of personality
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personality

type & trait theory

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personality can be described by identifiable traits that carry characteristic behaviors

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personality

type theories

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  • ancient greek humors
  • sheldon’s somatotypes
  • divisions into Type A and Type B
  • Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
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personality

trait theories

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  • PEN
  • Big Five
  • 3 Basic traits
25
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personality

PEN

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  • psychoticism (nonconformity)
  • extraversion (sociable)
  • neuroticism (arousal in stressful situations)
26
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personality

Big five

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  • openness
  • conscientiousness
  • extraversion
  • agreeableness
  • neuroticisim

OCEAN

27
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personality

3 Basic traits

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  • cardinal traits: traits around which a person organizes their life
  • central traits: major characteristics of personaliy
  • secondary traits: more personal characteristics and limited in occurrence
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personality

social cognitive perspective

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  • emphasizes cognitive processes in development of personality
  • the cognitive processes contribute to learned behaviors

ex) judging and thinking

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personality

behavorist approach

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  • individual’s actions are responses to external stimuli (environment), driven by outcomes
  • outcomes, not cognitions = the drives behind an individual’s choices and behaviors
30
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personality

biological perspective

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behavior can be explained as a result of genetic expression

31
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dispositional factors

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internal traits or characteristics of an individual that influence their behavior.

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situational factors

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external factors or circumstances that influence an individual’s behavior

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