Personality #1 (Part One)

Question 1

An enduring inner core that embodies our distinct pattern of thoughts, feelings, motives, values, and behaviors.

Answer 1

Personality

Question 2

2. Extra. Involves motives for our thoughts and feelings. The ways in which people are distinct and different

Answer 2

Personality

Question 3

Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Social-Cognitive, and Trait

Answer 3

Four major approaches to studying personality

Question 4

Approach to personality. A strong belief that people are dominated by forces in the psche of which they are unaware. Conscious thoughts but personality is unconscious. At the core, we are sexual creatures.

Answer 4

The Psychoanalytic approach to personality

Question 5

An approach to personality. Humans have a bright side to their existence, we are not controlled wholly by our drives our our environment. People move toward self-actualization. People are not controlled, they naturally move toward bettering themselves. Opposite of psychoanalytic.

Answer 5

The Humanistic Approach to personality

Question 6

Approach to personality. we are partially controlled by our environment, but people are much more cognitive than the behavioral approach states. We can shape our behaviors and chose our actions.

Answer 6

The Social-Cognitive Approach to personality

Question 7

Approach to personality. Individual differences in personality give rise to our thoughts feelings and behaviors.

Answer 7

The Trait approach to personality

Question 8

Psychoanalytic approach started here. Reductionist: psy to bio to chem to physics. Practicing neurologist, medical degree from the University of Vienna

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Freud

Question 9

Freud’s studies with ___. Etiology and treatment of hysteria - can be cured by putting the patient under hypnosis, and make suggestions. “Post-hypnotic suggestions”

Answer 9

Jean Charcot

Question 10

The experience of physical illness without a physical or biological use. More common in the 1800s rather than now. LeRoy. Ticks, pregnancies, blindness

Answer 10

Hysteria/conversion disorder

Question 11

Conversion disorder can sometimes be traced to psychological trauma in the childhood. This is called___.

Answer 11

Etiology

Question 12

Freud studied with ___. Anna O. had conversion hysteria, ___ cured it by spending three hours a day in therapy, place into hypnosis at night and repeat her hallucinations back to her. “Chimney sweep”

Answer 12

Josef Breuer

Question 13

No luck with hypnosis. Developed “free association” where a patient lies on the couch and says whatever comes to mind, censoring nothing. The therapist explores any inconsistencies, pauses then shifts to different topics. This pause is the cause of the issue. Called _____.

Answer 13

Freud’s Private Practice. Psychoanalysis.

Question 14

The location of the mental phenomena is in one’s mind. The personality is shaped largely by unconscious forces. Three locations. The Conscious, the Preconscious, and the Unconscious.

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Freud’s Topographic Model

Question 15

Freud’s Topographic Model. Material in your mind right now, things you are thinking about. Easily brought to mind, no inconsistencies or conflict with the material.

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The Conscious

Question 16

Freud’s Topographic Model. Material not in your mind, but that can be brought into mind reality. There is no conflict with the material. What did you have for breakfast? um…. an omelet. It is deeper in the mind, but can be brought to mind with a little bit of energy

Answer 16

The Preconscious

Question 17

Repressed sexual and aggressive urges. The libido. The source of energy related to sex drives. This material has lots of conflic and must be repressed. It requires a great deal of energy to bring this material onto the surface. We become aware of this during dreams, therapy, and when we intentionally make our ego weak (when we are drunk or take hallucinogens)

Answer 17

The Unconscious

Question 18

Personality develops out of conflict between impulse and restraint. We have aggressive pressure seeking urges that are a part of us, they constantly push for expression and satisfaction.

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Freud’s Structural Model

Question 19

Freud’s Structural Model. The largest portion of the psyche, foreign to us. A repository for our repressions. Function: immediate gratification to our sexual and aggressive drives. The pleasure seeking organ of the psyche. It is immoral and egocentric, only cares about itself

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Id (the it)

Question 20

Freud’s Structural Model. How we think about ourselves, our self-concept. “I am a good person” and how we describe ourselves. The task is to delay gratification as much as possible. The Reality Prinicple- the ___ is aware that we live in the external. The task is to establish dynamic equilibrium between the other two structures.

Answer 20

Ego (the I)

Question 21

Resides on top of the ego. Represents internalized cultural norms and values. We each have a different one, formed though a process of socialization. We internalize the messages from our parents, peers, and teachers as to what is right and wrong. Critical function: to suppress our instinct to act on the pleasure principle. That was wrong, push it down!

Answer 21

Super-ego (the over-I)

Question 22

Psychosexual development. Theory. Proposed by Freud. Personality development occurs during the first six years of our life. Our sexual drive (libido) moves around the body with each conflict. How we react to the conflicts results in different parts of our personality. After age six, our personality development is complete.

Answer 22

Stage theory of personality development

Question 23

Freud’s stage theory. First stage, putting everything in the mouth, libido is associated with the mouth. The breast if the primary object of desire, provides food and suckle. Conflict: wearing - getting the child onto real food.

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Oral stage. Birth-18mo

Question 24

Freud’s stage theory. Second stage, libido associated with anus. Defecation is the primary source of sexual gratification. Critical conflict: toilet training.

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Anal stage. 18mo-36mo

Question 25

Freud’s stage theory, last stage. Libido is associated with the genitals. Conflict is different for boys and girls.

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Phallic Stage, 3-6years

Question 26

Phallic stage for girls. The thing missing is a penis. Develops feelings for dad, begins to identify with mom and act like mom. This forms into the superego

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Electra Complex

Question 27

Phallic stage for boys. The thing missing is mom. She’s great. Develops feelings for mom, and because Dad likes Mom so much, I’ll start to act like him. Forms into the superego.

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Oedipal Complex

Question 28

Freud’s stage theory, fixation on personality. ____ fixation: punctual, stubborn, and self-centered. Rebellious, messy, and disorganized

Answer 28

Anal

Question 29

Freud’s stage theory, fixation on personality. ____ fixation: desire to smoke, drink, and bite fingernails. Passive and demanding

Answer 29

Oral

Question 30

Freud’s stage theory, fixation on personality. ____ fixation. entirely self-centered. vain, arrogant, in constant need of attention.

Answer 30

Phallic