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define personality

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is a person unique long-term pattern of thinking, emotions and behaviour

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define temperament

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the general pattern of attention, arousal and midd that is evident from birth, including biological predispositions to be sensitive, irritable and distractible

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how is self-concept distinct from personality

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self-concept is more of a subject appraisal and consists of all your ideas, perceptions and feelings about who you are

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how is self-esteem related to self-concept

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self-concepts are related to low self-esteem levels

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how does self-esteem differ across eastern and western cultures

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self-esteem differs across cultures due to the way in which individuals think differently and cultural norms

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what is psychoanalytic theory

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freudian theory of personality that emphasizes unconscious forces and conflicts

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what are the three mental structures outlined by Freud

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  • The Id - contains primitive drives which are present at birth
  • The Ego - the decisions making part of personality which operates on the reality principle
  • The Superego - the part of personality which represents moral conscience
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what are Freuds views about personality dynamics

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  • he theorized that there is a delicate balance between the three mental structures
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in Freuds model - what is meant by the term unconscious

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  • contents of the brain which are beyond awareness, impulses and desires
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in Freuds model - what is meant by a preconscious

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  • an area of the mind which holds information which can be voluntary brought to awareness
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in Freuds model - what is meant by conscious

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  • the part of the mind which includes all mental contents that a person is aware of at any given point
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identify and explain Freuds psychosexual stages (how freud classifies stages of development)

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1) Oral - Birth to 1 year Oral - oral dependant - oral aggression

2) Anal - 1-3 years - Anal retentive (orderly, clean) - Anal expulsive (messy)

3) Phallic - 3 to 6 years - Genital - attraction to opposite sex parent which leads to underdeveloped superego, pride and narcissism

4) latency - 6 - 12 - None - lack of sexual fulfilment

5) Genital - 12 to Adulthood

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what is a Erogenous Zone

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a body area which produces pleasurable sensations

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what are fixations according to Freuds theory

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  • a lasting conflict developed as a result of frustration or overindulgence
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explain Alfred Adler’s theory (he is a Neo-freudian)

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the main driving force in personality is s striving for superiority that stems from feelings of inferiority

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explain Karen Horney’s ideas (she is a Neo-Freudian)

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basic anxiety occurs when people feel isolated and helps in a hostile world

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explain Carl Jung’s ideas (he is a Neo-Freudian)

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  • persona - the “mask” or public self presented to others
  • personal unconscious - a mental storehouse for an individuals unconscious thoughts
  • collective unconscious - a mental storehouse for unconscious ideas and images shared by all humans
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outline two reasons why psychoanalytic theory continues to be influential today

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1) it pioneered that general idea of unconscious processes

2) the general idea events during the first years of life help shape adult personality is still widely accepted

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what are the three current criticisms of Freuds theory

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1) the latency stage has been discredited

2) his thoughts on women have been discredited

3) his. concepts are almost impossible to verify scientifically

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define behavioural personality theories

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any model of personality which emphasizes learning and observable behaviour

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define habits

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a deeply ingrained, learned pattern of behaviour

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explain how learning theorists consider the role of situational determinants

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people may act differently depending on the situation - a person may be very honest but that doesn’t mean they will be honest in every situation

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define social learning theory

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a theory that combines learning principles with cognitive processes, socialization and modeling to explain behaviour, including personality

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how do learning theorists view personality development

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they believe that childhood is a time of urgent drives, powerful rewards and punishments and crushing frustration - these forces combined, shape the core of personality

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what is humanism and how is it connected to free will

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  • an approach which focuses on human experience, problems, potentials and ideals
  • they are encouraging people to use their free will and reach their potentials
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Explain how Maslow is connected to humanistic traditions

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self-actualization - the process of fully developing personal potentials

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explain how Rogers self theory is related to humanistic traditions

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Self theory
- fully functioning person - a person living in harmony with their deepest feelings, impulse and intuitions

  • self = an evolving conception of ones personal identity
  • self image = total subjective perceptions of ones body and personality
  • ideal self = an idealized image of oneself (the person you would like to be
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define personality trait

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stable quality that a person shows in most situations

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why is the study of personality traits important

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1) we are better able to develop a sense of individual differences

2) we are better able to understand how people will react in specific circumstances

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what are stable traits

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traits which are seen in many different types of situations (a person always staying optimistic)

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what are dependent on situations traits

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external circumstances influence the expression of a personality trait

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distinguish between the central and secondary traits described by Allport

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Central - the core traits that characterized as individual personality

secondary - traits that are inconsistent or relatively superficial

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what did cattle mean by the term source traits

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basic underlying traits of personality, each course traits is reflected in a number of surface traits

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name the factors which make up the Big Five

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1) extroversion
2) agreeable
3) conscientiousness
4) neuroticism
5) openness to experience

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name all of the factors which make up the HEXACO

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1) extroversion
2) agreeable
3) conscientiousness
4) neuroticism
5) openness to experience
6) honest/humility

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what factor from the HEXACO is not In the Big Five

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Honest/Humility

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how can a small amount of factors be use to describe the wide diversity we see in peoples personalities

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with only 5 factors, you are able yo describe code to 118,00 kinds of people due to having a scale

38
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distinguish between an unstructured and a structured interview

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  • unstructured - an interview in which conversation is informal and topics are taken up freely as they arise
  • structured - an interview which follows a prearranged plan, usually planned questions
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what is a strength and weakness of interviews

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strengths - give rapid insight into personality

weakness - the people who are bing observes may not act as if they would normally which can give false results

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explain a rating scale

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a list of personality traits or aspects of behaviours on which a person is rated

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explain what a behavioural assessment is

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recording the frequency of various behaviours

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what happens during situational testing

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stimulating real life conditions so that a persons reactions may be directly observed

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what is personality inventory

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a paper and test consisting of questions that reveal aspects of personality

44
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describe the central idea behind the social roles hypothesis

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personality will change in a way which allows us to be successful

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