Identity & Personality Flashcards by Melissa Murphy

____ is a self given label that carries with it a set of qualities

self-schema

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_____ is defined as being both masculine and femanine

androgyny

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__________, hold that key components of gender identity are transmitted through cultural and societal means

gender schema

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What is the self discrepancy theory?

there are 3 components to ourselves

actual self - who we present to society and who we currently see ourselves as
Ideal self - who we want to be
ough self - who we should be based off what others think

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what is self-efficiency?

is our belief in our ability to succeed

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What is this phenomena?

Dogs stopped trying to escape shocks and acted as if they were helpless to avoid the pain of the experience

learned helplessness

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_______ locus of control is when we view ourselfs as controlling our own fate

internal

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______ locus of control feel that the events in their lives are caused by luck or outside influencers

external

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What is freuds term libido

sex drive

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What is fixation according to freud?

when a child is frustrated during development

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in response to the anxiety caused by fixation, the child forms a personality pattern based on a particular stage, which persists into adulthood as a functional mental disorder known as a ______

neurosis

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What are the 5 stages of freuds psychosexual development

Oral (0-1): centers in the mouth
Anal (1-3): centers at the anus
Phallic (3 to 5): oedipal conflict (son envys father)
Latency (5 to puberty): libido sublimated
Genital: begins at puberty

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What happens if fixation occurs at the oral stage?

excessive dependency

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What happens if fixation occurs in anal stage?

leads to excessive orderliness or messiness

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Eriksons

trust vs mistrust

ages 0-1

trusting environment as well as himself

if not, they will be suspicious of the world

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autonomy vs shame and doubt

1 to 3 years

is it okay to be me?

if not: external locus of control and doubt

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initiative vs guilt

3 to 6 years

sense of purpose and to be able to initiate activities

if not, they make overcompensate by showing off

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industry vs inferiority

ages 6 to 12 yrs

feel competent

“can i make it in the world?”

if not, low self esteem

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identity vs role confusion

12 to 20 yrs

who am i?

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intimacy vs isolation

ages 20 to 40 yrs

can i love?

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generativity vs stagnation

40 to 65 years

was the individual capable of making a difference in society

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integrity vs despair

65 and up

was their life meaningful?

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List Kohlbergs 3 moral reasonings for development

1. Preconventional (preadolescence)

Obedience (obey or get punished) and self interest (gaining rewards)

2. conventional (adolescence to adulthood)

conformity (seeks approval of others) and law/order

3. postconventional stage (adulthood if at all)

social contract and universal human ethics

social contract - moral rules desgiend for the greater good

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What is vygotskys zone of proximal development?

that a child needs adult asistance to be successful

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According to Freud, if a person is hungry and food is unavailable what happens?

Wish fulfillment occurs (fantasizing about food) to help relieve some of the tension caused by the pleasure principle of the ID

According to freud, what is the ID?

consists of all basic principles and inborn urges to survive and reproduce. the ID functions to satisfy the pleasure principle (always wants immediate gratification to relieve any pent up tension). if the ID cannot give this immediately, it performs wish-fulfillments to buy some time until it can the ID is completely UNCONSCIOUS

According to Freud, what is the EGO

The EGO activates or inhibits the ID. It is PRECONSCIOUS. (unconscious) it takes into consideration the objective reality - reality principle. the aim of the reality principle is to postpone the pleasure principle created by the ID until satisfaction can actually be obtained. the EGO is the organizer of the mind.

When stuck in traffic, according to freuds ID or EGO, which one may cause a desire to honk loudly at the cars in front of us? And which one lets us know that the action is unwise and that we should change the radio music to something calmer?

The ID would want us to honk our EGO knows this is unwise

according to freud, what is the SUPEREGO

its UNCONSCIOUS always judging our actions and responds with pride at our accomplishments and guilt at our failures the conscious is a collection of improper actions for which a child is punished the ego-ideal is for when a child is rewarded

Which defense mechanism corresponds to "im not thinking about that right now"

supression

what defense mechanism is repression

unconscious forgetting

what defense mechanism is: "i hate my parents" might actually mean "my parents hate me"

projection

what defense mechanism is: freud might say that pent up sex urges may be put into a drive for business success

sublimation

what defense mechanism: someone angry at her boss may hold her tongue at work but snap at her spouse when she gets home

displacement

Important Jungian archetypes(emotional elements) 1. persona - 2. Anima- 3. Animus- 4. Shadow -

1. persona - personality we show to the world 2. Anima- the mans inner woman 3. Animus- the womans inner man 4. Shadow - unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and actions in our consciousness

what are the big 5 traits of personality?

OCEAN Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism

Which phenomena? a hunter may have hunted to obtain food to eat. however, the hunter may continue even after there is enough food simply for the enjoyment of hunting

functional autonomy

what is it called when people choose environments that suit their personalities, and their personalities determine how they will feel about and react to events in those environments

reciprocal determinism

B - related to self-esteem and how others see us. its not our self concept which is the sum of all the ways in which WE see ourselves

B Because theres nothing in the Q to suggest this situation will change the students attitude in the short term, A and D can be eliminated

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C social cog theory states that peoples behaviors and traits shape their environmennts, which in turn have an effect of their identity

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B - neuroticism is associated with high emotional arousal in stressful situations. cons - a trait associated with being hardworking and organized instead of impulsive Psych - high bc of rebel extraversion - high bc social

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A - its a defense mechanism that converts unnwanted feelings into their exact opposite

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B - internal idealistic beliefs about the future cardinal - traits around which one organizes his or her entire life func. autonomy - when a behavior continues after the drive behind the behavior has ceased. this would be the answer if the person won the lotto but continued to buy tickets unconditional pos regard - which the therapist believes in the internal good of the client and doesnt judge them negatively for any words (humanistic)