Personality Flashcards
What is personality?
characteristics that make a person unique and are consistent in an individual
What are Idiographic approaches to assess personality?
Approach focusing on individual differences
What are Nomothetic approaches to assess personality?
what people have in common with one another
What is The Rorschach Inkblot test?
Test where people are shown an inkblot and you can tell people’s personality based on their reaction
What is The thematic Apperception Test?
a type of projective test that involves describing ambiguous scenes to learn more about a person’s emotions, motivations, and personality
In Freud’s psychodynamic theory, what is in the upper brain?
Ego, superego, defence mechanism
In Freud’s psychodynamic theory, what is in the lower brain?
Id
What is the job of the ego from the psychodynamic theory?
satisfies the id’s desires in realistic and appropriate ways
What is the job of the superego from the psychodynamic theory?
provides moral compus through which the ego operates
What is the job of the id from the psychodynamic theory?
innate part of ourselves that functions to pleasure principle and self-satisfaction
What is the job of the defence mechanism from the psychodynamic theory?
resources by the ego (unconscious) mind uses to protect itself from unwanted reality
What is repression?
subconsciously blocking out unwanted ideas
What are reaction formations?
people express the opposite of what they are feeling sometimes in exaggeration
What is Projecting?
projecting your feelings onto others
What is Sublimation?
flipping negative thoughts into positive ones
What is denial?
deflected the reality of a situation
What is Rationalization?
when people rationalize unwanted situations
What is Displacement?
displacing one’s emotional burden onto other people
What was Carl Jung’s view of Personality?
Carl Jung took Freud’s idea of the unconscious and created the idea of the collective unconscious (cortina innate human characteristics are common to all of humankind)
What was Karen Horneys view of personality?
inspired by Freud, a feminist, flipped his sexist theories, emphasized that cultural and social characteristics influence our personality
What is the humanistic approach?
People seek personal growth to fulfill their human potential
What is self actualization?
full realization of personal creativity, intelligence and social potential
Which psychologist was a humanist?
Maslow
What is unconditional positive regard?
thinking about someone with unconditional positive regard or empathy
What was Carl Rogers’ idea of self concept?
the overarching idea of who we are in terms of any aspect that makes up who we are
What is Congruent self concept?
When who we are aligns with reality