Personality Flashcards
Approaches
psychoanalytical, behavioural, cognitive, trait, and biological
Psychoanalytical approach
id, ego, superego, etc - sigmund freud
freudian slip
reflect desires or worries in our unconscious worries
manifest content
what a dream is literally showing
latent content
a dream’s hidden meanings regarding desires and concerns
psychological defense mechanisms
automatic mental strategies that function to relieve us of anxiety by distracting us from stressors or by disguising their true nature
denial
rejecting the facts of a situation
repression
preventing traumatic information from being processed
rationalization
using logic to justify behaviour after it happens
projection
labels other as having your own subconcious views - assumes that the unacceptable wants of the id are other people’s wants
sublimation
a “mature” mechanism, where one finds a socially acceptable outlet, the product of a well-functioning mind
behavioural approach
observable behaviours, assumes we are born as blank slates and that our learning processes/experiences shape our personality
cognitive approach
not only learning from their own experience, but by observing others’ - can model positively reinforced behaviour that they have SEEN
trait approach
looks to break down personalities to varying degrees of set traits - 4000 to 3 depending on who tried to narrow it down - must be universal
The Big Five
OCEAN: Openness, Concientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism
