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Self-concept

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own internal list of answers to the question “who am I?”

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Self-Schema

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self-given labels that carries a set of qualities with it

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Identity

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individual components of our self-concept related to the group to which we belong

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Self-Esteem

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The closer our actual self is to our ideal self and

our ought self (who others want us to be)

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Gender Identity

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person’s appraisal of themselves in terms of masculinity and femininity

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Androgyny

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state of being simultaneously masculine and feminine

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Gender Schema

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theory that suggests that the key components of gender identity are transmitted through cultural and societal means

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Ethnic Identity

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one’s ethnic group, where members typically share a common ancestry, cultural heritage and language

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Nationality

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identity based on political borders

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Hierarchy of salience

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we let situations dictate which identity holds the most importance for us at any given moment

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Self-discrepancy theory

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  • each person has three versions of themselves –> actual self, ideal self and ought self
  • closer these are together = higher self-etseem
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Actual self

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our self-concept or the way that we see ourselves as we currently are

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Ideal self

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the person that we would like to be

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Ought self

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our representation of the way others think we should be

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Low Self-Esteem

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when one is more critical of themselves

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Self-Efficacy

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One’s own belief in their ability to succeed

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Overconfidence

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when self-efficacy levels become too high and leads one to take on tasks that they are not ready for

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Learned Helplessness

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phenomenon of losing all motivation to get out of a negative situation

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Locus of Control

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way that one characterizes the influences in their lives

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Internal Locus of Control

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view themselves as controlling their own influence

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External Locus of Control

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Life events are caused by luck or outside influence

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Freud: Fixation

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occurs when a child is overindulged or overly frustrated during a stage of development

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Freud’s psychosexual stages of personality development

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5 stages based on tensions caused
by the libido. Failure at
any stage leads to fixation
which causes personality
disorder.
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Freud: Oral stage

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+0-1 year
+Gratification is obtained by putting objects into the mouth, biting, and sucking
+Oral fixation would lead to excessive dependency

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Freud: Anal Stage

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+1-3 years
+Libido is centered on the anus and gratification is gained through the elimination and retention of waste materials
+Fixation results in orderliness (OCD) or sloppiness

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Freud: Phallic or Oedipal Stage

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+3-5 years

+Centers around oedipal conflict for males and Electra conflict for females

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Freud: Oedipal conflict

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male child envies the father’s intimate relationship with his mother

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Freud: Penis envy

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young girls experience anxiety and a sense of inferiority when they realize they do not have a penis

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Freud: Latency Stage

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occurs once the child’s libido is sublimated. This lasts until puberty is reached

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Freud: Genital Stage

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+Puberty - adulthood
+If prior development had proceeded correctly, the person should enter a healthy heterosexual relationship
+If development had proceeded incorrectly, then disorders such as homosexuality, asexuality, or fetishism resulted

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Erikson’s psychology stages of personality development

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+Stages stem from conflicts between needs and social demands

+Do not need to master one stage to move onto the next

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Erikson: Trust vs Mistrust

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+0-1 year
+If resolved successfully, child will trust their environment as well as themselves
+If mistrust wins, child will be suspicious of the world, possible throughout life

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Erikson: Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt

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+1-3 years
+Successful resolution would result in having a feeling of being able to exert control over the world and to exercise choice as well as self-restraint
+Unfavorable outcome would be to have a sense of doubt and a persistent external locus of control.

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Erikson: Initiative vs Guilt

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+3-6 years
+Favorable outcome is a sense of purpose, ability to initiate activities, and the ability to enjoy accomplishment
+Unfavorable outcome would be if the child was so overcome with fear of punishment, that they unduly restrict themselves or that they may overcompensate by showing off

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Erikson: Industry vs Inferiority

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+6-12 years
+Favorable outcome would be a competent feeling child who is able to exercise their abilities and intelligence in the world. The child would be able to affect the world in the way that they desire
+Unfavorable resolution is one in which there is: a sense of inadequacy, a sense of inability to act in a competent matter, and low self-esteem

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Erikson: Identity vs Role Confusion

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+12-20 years
+Favorable outcome would be fidelity: the ability to see oneself as a unique and integrated person with sustained loyalties
+Unfavorable outcome would result in a confused identity and a shifting personality

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Erikson: Intimacy vs Isolation

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+20-40 years
+Favorable outcomes are love, the ability to have intimate relationships with others, and the ability to commit oneself to another person and to their own goals
+Unfavorable outcome would be avoidance of commitment, alienation, and distancing of oneself from others and their own ideals

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Erikson: Generativity vs Stagnation

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+40-65 years
+Favorable outcome would result in an individual who is capable of being a productive, caring, and contributing member of society
+Unfavorable outcome would result from a crisis not being overcome. Would result in a sense of stagnation, and the person would become self-indulgent, bored and self-centered

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Erikson: Integrity vs Despair

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+ >65 years
+If resolved, one will see wisdom: the detached concern with life itself
+If unresolved, there will be bitterness, a feeling of living a worthless life, and fear for their own impending death.

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Kohlberg: Moral Reasoning

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  • Personality development focuses on moral thinking, rather than resolving conflicts or urges
  • 6 stages with 3 phases
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Kohlberg: Preconventional morality

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  • Phase 1

- typical preadolescent thinking that places an emphasis on the consequences of moral choices

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Kohlberg: Obediance

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  • Part of phase 1
  • Stage 1
  • Concerned with avoiding punishment
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Kohlberg: Self interest/Instrumental relativist stage

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  • Part of phase 1
  • Stage 2
  • About gaining rewards
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Kohlberg: Conventional Morality

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  • Phase 2
  • develop in early adolescence
  • individuals beginning to see themselves in terms of their relationships to others. -based on understanding and accepting social rules
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Kohlberg: Conformity

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  • Part of phase 2
  • Stage 3
  • Emphasis on seeking approval from others
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Kohlberg: Law and order

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  • Part of phase 2
  • Stage 4
  • Puts social order above all else
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Kohlberg: Postconventional Morality

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  • Phase 3
  • level of reasoning that not everyone is capable of attaining
  • Based on social mores (customs) that may sometimes conflict with laws
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Kohlberg: Social Contract

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  • Part of phase 3
  • Stage 5
  • Views moral rules as conventions that are designed to ensure the greater good
  • Moral rules focused on individual rights
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Kohlberg: Universal Human Ethics

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  • Part of phase 3
  • Stage 6
  • Decisions should be made in consideration of abstract principles
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Vygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development

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skills and abilities that have not yet fully developed, but are in the process of developing
-requires help from a more knowledgeable other (usually an adult)

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Role-taking

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children experimenting with other identities; like playing house

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Theory of mind

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ability to sense how another’s mind works

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Looking-glass self

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development of a personality in relation with societal contexts

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Reference group

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who an individual is comparing themselves against

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Personality

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set of thoughts, feelings, traits and behaviors that are characteristic of an individual

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Psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic theories of personality

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assumes that unconscious internal states motivate the overt actions of an individual and thus determines their personality

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Freud: ID

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basic, primal, inborn urges to survive and reproduce

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Pleasure priniciple

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get immediate gratification that can relieve pent-up tension

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Freud: Primary process

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Id’s response to frustration

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Freud: Wish Fulfillment

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mental imagery to fulfill the need for satisfaction

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Freud: Ego

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used to reduce tension on a more permanent basis

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Freud: Reality Principle

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  • how ego operates

- takes in account objective reality as it guides or inhibits the activity of id

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Freud: Secondary Process

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Ego’s guidance of id’s activity

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Freud: Superego

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refined desires that are focused on the ideal self

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Freud: Superego –> Conscience

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collection of improper action for which a child was punished

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Freud: Superego –> Ego-ideal

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proper actions for which a child is rewarded

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Freud: Eros

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life instincts that promote an individual’s quest for survival (thirst, hunger, sexual needs)

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Freud: Thanatos

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death instincts that represent an unconscious with for death and destruction

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Freud: defense mechanisms

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how the ego relieves the anxiety between clashing desires of the id and the superego

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Freud: Repression

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ego’s way of forcing undesired thoughts and urges to the unconscious

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Freud: Suppression

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more deliberate, conscious form of forgetting

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Freud: Regression

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Reversion to an earlier developmental state

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Freud: Reaction formation

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individuals suppress urges by unconsciously converting them into their exact opposites

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Freud: Projection

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individuals attribute their undesired feelings to others

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Rorschach inkblot test

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assumes that client projects their unconscious feelings onto the shape

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Thematic Apperception test

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assumes a story made up by a person will show insight into their own unconscious thoughts and feelings

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Freud: Rationalization

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justification of behaviors in a manner that is acceptable to self and to society

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Freud: Displacement

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transference of an undesired urge from one person or object to another

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Freud: Sublimation

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transformation of unacceptable urges into socially acceptable behaviors

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Carl Jung: Personal unconscious

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all information that is present within an individual’s mind, but not readily available to conscious recall

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Carl Jung: Collective unconscious

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Links all humans together

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Carl Jung: Archetypes

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  • Images of common experiences across cultures

- Three: persona, anima (F)/ animus(M), and shadow

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Jung: Persona

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  • Part of the personality one presents to the world

- Adaptive to social interactions

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Jung: Anima/ Animus

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  • sex inappropriate qualities

- like feminine behaviors in a male or vice versa

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Jung: Shadow

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Appearance of unpleasant and socially reprehensible thoughts, feelings and actions in one’s own consciousness

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Jung: Self

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intersection between the collective unconscious and the personal unconscious

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Jung: Extraversion (E) vs Introversion (I)

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  • extraversion is an orientation towards the external world

- introversion is an orientation towards one’s inner, personal world

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Jung: Sensing (S) vs Intuiting (N)

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  • sensing is obtaining objective information about the world
  • intuiting which is the working of information abstractly
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Jung: Thinking (T) vs Feeling (F)

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  • thinking is using logic

- reason while feeling is using a value system or personal beliefs

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Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI)

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Personality Test. All Jung’s dichotomies plus Judging (preferring orderliness) vs perceiving (preferring spontaneity)

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Alfred Adler: Inferiority Complex

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individual’s sense of incompleteness, imperfection, and inferiority

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Alfred Adler: Creative Self

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each individual shapes their uniqueness and establishes their personality

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Alfred Adler: Style of Life

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manifestation of creative self and describes a person’s unique way of achieving superiority

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Alfred Adler: Fictional Finalism

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individual is motivated more by their expectations of their future than by past experiences

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Karen Horney: Basic Anxiety

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due to inadequate parenting which may cause vulnerability and helplessness

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Karen Horney: Basic Hositility

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Neglect and rejection causes anger

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Humanistic Perspective

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describes ways in which healthy people strive toward self-realization

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Gestalt therapy

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practitioners take a holistic view of the self

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Force field theory

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Field = one's current state of mind 
Forces = influences (can be ones that assist in attaining goals OR can be ones that block the path to attaining goals)
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Abraham Maslow

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  • Studied people he felt lived rich and productive lives
  • Believed these people are self-actualizers
  • Self-actualized people tend to have peak experiences (deeply moving experiences in a person’s life)
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Psychotherapy

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  • Created by a man named Rogers

- based on belief people have the freedom to control their own behavior

102
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Psychoanalysts

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Believe people are slaves to their unconscious

103
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Behaviorists

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Individuals are subjects of faulty learning

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Unconditional positive regard

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therapists accepts client completely and expresses empathy in order to promote a positive movement

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Type theorists

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attempts to create a taxonomy of personality types

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Somatotypes

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  • body types could propose personality types

- short/stocky people = jolly; tall people = high-strung

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Type A personality

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competitive and compulsive

108
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Type B personality

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laid-back and relaxed

109
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PEN Model

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  • factor analysis used to group behaviors that typically occur together and assign labels to those groups
  • 3 traits: psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism
110
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Psychoticism

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measure of nonconformity or social deviance

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Extraversion

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measure of tolerance for social interaction and stimulation

112
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Neuroticism

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measure of emotional arousal in stressful situations

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Big Five

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PEN model expanded to five traits: Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

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Gordon Allport: Cardinal traits

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traits around which a person organizes his/her life

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Gordon Allport: Central traits

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major characteristics of a person that are easy to infer

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Gordon Allport: Secondary traits

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  • other personal characteristics that are limited in occurrence
  • occur only with close groups or specific social situations
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Gordon Allport: Functional autonomy

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behavior continues despite satisfaction of the drive that originally created it

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N-arch trait theory

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need of achievement; have pride with accomplishments

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Behaviorists perspective

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personality develops as a result of operant conditioning (reward and punishment based)

120
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Token economies

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therapeutic. Good behavior rewarded with tokens that can be exchanged for privileges

121
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Social cognitive perspective

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focuses on how the environment and our interactions with it influence our behavior

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Reciprocal determinism

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idea that our thoughts, feelings, behaviors and environment all interact with each other to determine our actions in a given situation

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Biological perspective

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personality can be explained as a result of genetic expression in the brain

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