Personality Flashcards
Personality consists of:
the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another
the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another is referred to as:
Personality
The Psychodynamic Theory was fist proposed by:
Sigmund Freud
Freud believed that our personality is characterized by:
Conflict
Freud believed that our personality is characterized by conflict and our behavior is a result of these:
inner conflicts
Unconscious urges are kept below the surface by ___________
repression
Psychoanalysis
Form of therapy used to explore the _____________ mind
unconscious
According to Freud, the human iceberg is comprised of the _____, the __________ and the __
Ego, Superego, Id
The Id works mostly in relation to the __________ principle.
Pleasure
The Ego works mostly in relation to the __________ principle
Reality
The Superego works mostly in relation to the ________ principle
Moral
The three psychic structures of personality are:
The Ego, the Superego, and the Id
According to Freud the stages of Psychosexual development are:
Oral, Anal, Latency, and Genital
Fixations at any stage of Freud’s psychosexual behavior are expressed by ____________ of that stage
characteristics
In the Oral stage of psychosexual development conflict centers on _________ and extent of _______ gratification
Nature, Oral
The Anal Stage of psychosexual gratification focuses on the control of ____________ ___ _________. Learn to delay gratification – self-control
elimination of waste
In the Phallic Stage of psychosexual development there is a Oedipus or Electra complex that is resolved resolved through identification with ______ ____ _______
same sex parent