Individuals and groups Flashcards
personality research
interested in human nature and individual differences
organisation of bits of people eg their goals, moods, actions
‘salient’ factors and reputation
psychology of people
structural model
ID-lives according to pleasure principle, only does what feels good, no real concept of time
EGO-sense of self development, reality principle learns about delay of gratification
SUPEREGO-operates according to perfection principle, rules internalised about good or bad from parents and society be harsh or compassionate, people considered good or bad
topographical model
conscious-everything currently in brain
pre conscious-stuff easily accessible can be brought to conscious mind at beck and call
unconscious-motivated to keep certain things in unconscious, wants body to behave in way that protects it
contemporary implication
motivated to hide or distort info from self
reports and beliefs about own behaviour can be wrong
be threat to validity of self report, only problem when anxiety distorts information
energy
cant be created or destroyed only expressed blocked delayed modified or converted
stem from instincts, states of excitement, located in various points of body
freud believes we have psychic energy
more ‘damaged’ you less likely to do good as energy focused on sortin bad
inherited instincts
life instinct (energy=eros), ego instinct-self preservatoin sexual instinct (energy=libido), species preservation aim death instinct (energy=thanatos), aim of all life is death-freud
root of problem
trauma-instinct expression harmful to self
anxiety-reminders of previous trauma threatening
source-experience and consequence of anxiety can be unconscious
primary defence mechanism
primary repression-unwanted material turned away before reaching awareness, can leak into consciousness in disguised ways
after expulsion-unwanted material noticed in consciousness and tried to get rid of
defence mechanisms
repression
hierarchal levels of defence
denial-deny action, not conscious of it at time
projection-unwanted feelings displaced onto other person
rationalisation-use excuse to justify action that reflects negatively on self
displacement-transfer unacceptable feelings towards someone you ‘love’
reaction formation-deny impulse turn it into other
sublimination-take inappropriate impulse and turn it into sublime action
altruism as defense mechanism
when used as defemce mechanism people seek ‘pleasure from giving others what people them selves like to receive’
terror management
thanatos line
terrified of own mortality, makes humans human
constant reminders of death, must use defence mechanisms
desire for symbolic immortality, become more charitable
psychosexual development
oral-erogenous zone:mouth, explor with it
anal-erogenous zone:ass, pleasure from dispelling/withholding faeces
phallic-erogenous zone:genitalia, onset oedipus complex
latency-sexual urges repressed, focus on asexual persuts
genital-erogenous zone: genitalia expressed in relationships
oedipus complex
objects used as means of pleasure
rivalry for mothrs attention
castration anxiety
psychosocial stage development
development continues throughout all ages
learn lessons from crisis’
identity status
during adolescence face crisis of identity figure who you are and how you fit into society marcia four statuses of identity achievement-experienced crisis and confronted it foreclosure-no crisis and confronted it monatorium-crisis but not confronted it diffusion-no crisis and no confrontation
personality development
move through psychosocial stages, social rewards and punishments form instinct expression
social treatment experienced as too harsh or too comfortable instinct expression locked in immature stage or returns to regression
crucial information
personality and behaviour is result of interplay between expression and inhibition of instincts
instincts are universal, instinct expression and inhibition vary culturally situationally and developmentally
personality
ID is what it is, if too strong, self gratification rules (under controlled)
EGO can be quashed or supported, if well adjusted ego satisfies both ID, SUPEREGO and REALITY (resilient personality)
SUPEREGO is harsh or compassionate, if too strong persons judgemental (over controlled)
oral character/personality
oral incorporative (over indulged) oral aggressive (under indulged)
anal triad
co occuring traits: orderliness, obstinacy, parsimony
anal retentive:rigid, over controlled, up tight, rule loving
anal expensive:sadistic, under controlled, expansiveness, messiness
ego culture
instinct expression can trigger other anxieties
people attempt to control other instinct expression, causes trauma
society codifies such processes
ego exist in cultures as rules are set
healthy and neurotic altriusm
pseudo altruism: aggressive drives from scary feelings eg envy and/or harsh superegos result in defensive altruism, do nice when dont want to
psychotic altruism: anxieties promote neurotic drives to self perception of serving others
generative altruism: non defensive taking pleasure from helping or enjoying others imprvoed welfare
freudian notations
motivation and self regulation occur outside conscious, awareness and may not be subjectively accessible
psychological processes occur in parallel, parallel processes can conflict
repeated or prolonged social interaction entails frustration and anxiety social regulation manages this
traits formed in infancy
causes and effects of authoritarian personality
rise of fascism in germany 1930 jewish individuals murdered genocide is deliberate extermination fasism is system of extreme right wing views jewish academic migration