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Personality

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One’s public image, there is no common definition of personality

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Personality Theory

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a theory of personality is an organized system of beliefs that helps us to understand human nature

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What led to the study of personality?

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Academic Psychology: college labs (UPenn), clinical practice, people who are doing therapy are not doing the research

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Philosophical Assumptions

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Freedom vs Determinism
Heredity vs Environment
Uniqueness vs Universality
Proactivity vs Reactivity
Optimism vs Pessimism

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Freedom vs Determinism

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Free will vs forces in/out control you

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Hereditary vs Environment

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Nature vs Nurture

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Uniqueness vs Universality

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being unique vs sharing some universal traits

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Proactivity vs Reactivity

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initiate things vs react/passive

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Optimism vs Pessimism

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believing people can change vs determined after the first 6 years of life

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Evaluating Philosophical Assumptions

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coherence, relevance, comprehensiveness, compellingness

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Origins of Psychoanalysis

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Joseph Breur, Anna O

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Joseph Breur

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saw clients who had unexplained illnesses, Freud worked under him, Breur believed illnesses were psychological (somatic), caused by trauma

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Anna O

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was Freud’s first patient, experienced severe trauma in childhood. coined term emotional shock, called the disorder hysteria

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Psychoanalytic Methods

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Free Association, Dream Analysis, Interpretation of Slips

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Free Association

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say what comes to mind, and it would then be interpreted

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Dream Analysis

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the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client’s dreams

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Latent Dream

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the real meaning or motive that underlies the dream that we remember

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Interpretation of Freudian Slips

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when your sensor is down, say what you really mean instead of what you meant to say

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Structure of Personality ( Psychoanalysis)

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ID, Ego, Superego

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ID

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a reservoir of instincts, needs and wishes. preoccupied with its own needs and desires; pleasure principle

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Ego (Freud)

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rational, realistic; serves as liaison between the real world and the hidden world; reality principle

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Superego

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represents society’s world views of right and wrong which individual has internalized, seeks perfection. angel on your shoulder, shame and guilt

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Reality Anxiety

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fear of real danger in the external world, something that is truly a threat (being followed at night)

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Neurotic Anxiety

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fear that one’s inner pulses cannot be controlled, impulses that will hold onto you and influence you (Intrusive thoughts)

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Moral Anxiety

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fear of the retributions of one’s own conscience, do something to break your own moral code

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Ego defense mechanisms

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normal adaptive behaviors that help cope with everyday life, function at the unconscious level

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types of ego defense mechanisms

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repression, denial, projection, displacement, reaction formation, sublimation, regression, rationalization

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Transference

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if you have unresolved issues and someone reminds you of the person you have issues with, you’ll take it out on them

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Countertransference

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the psychologist is activated (triggered); client brings up something that activates your stuff; refer client if your stuff gets in the way

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Psyche

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all psychological processes, thoughts, feelings, sensations, wishes, etc.

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Ego (Jung)

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one’s conscious mind

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personal unsconscious

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perceptions, thoughts, feelings that are easily retrieved
repressed or forgotten individual experiences
organized into complexes (Ideas)

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Complexes

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“is an organized group of thoughts, feelings, and memories about a particular concept”

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Collective Unconscious

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universal thought forms or predispositions to respond expressed as archetypes

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Archetypes

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persona, shadow, anima, animus, self

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Persona

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social role, mask you wear in public

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Shadow

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unsocial thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that we possess and don’t accept in ourselves (Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde)

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Animus

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masculine side of the female psyche

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Anima

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feminine side of the male psyche

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Self

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central archetype and true midpoint of personality

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Inferiority Feelings

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are always present as a motivation force in behavior

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striving for superiority or perfection

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superiority is the ultimate goal toward which we strive
a drive for perfection= completeness
this innate goal, is oriented toward the future

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Fictional Finalism

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the goals for which we strive are potentialities not actualities
these beliefs influence the ways we perceive and interact with other people

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Social Interest

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adler believed that people are innately concerned with the well being of other
the degree to which people successfully contribute to the common good is an indicator of their maturity and psychological health

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Style of Life

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the ultimate goal for each of us is superiority, but we try to attain that goal through many different behavior patterns
we develop a unique pattern of characteristics, behaviors, and habits

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Birth Order

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uh hope you know lol

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Trust vs Mistrust (Infancy)

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if needs dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust, virtue built is hope

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Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt (2-3)

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a toddler learns to exercise will and to do things independently; failure to do so causes shame and doubt; virtue built is will

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Initative vs. Guilt (3-5)

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the child finds independence in planning, playing, and other activities, virtue built is purpose

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Industry vs Inferiority (6-11)

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Children need to cope with new academic and social demands
school highlights what they are good at compared to others
virtue built is confidence

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Ego Identity vs Role Confusion (12-17)

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where you are starting to ask who you really are
figuring out you values, morals, and friends
develop fidelity

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Intimacy vs. Isolation (18-24)

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ability to form close relationships, able to let people in and care for others
virtue of love

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Generativity vs Stagnation (25-64)

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nurturing the next generation or being bored, buying bigger toys
develop virtue of care

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Integrity vs Despair (65+)

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did i live a good life? do not have any regrets
conflict leads to bitterness and fear of death
develop the virtue of wisdom

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