Personality Flashcards
Psychodynamic perspective and personality
Personality retains some aspects of freudian theory but is more likely to see unresolved childhood conflicts
Personality
Individuals characteristic pattern of thinking feeling and acting
Free association
Method of exploring the unconscious and which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind
Unconscious according to Freud
Regions of mind that is a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts wishes feelings and memories
Id
Pleasure principle
Super ego
Internalized ideals
Ego
Reality principle
Phallic
Gentian has pleasure
Latency
Dormant sex feelings
Centeial
Maturation
Collective unconscious
Shared inherited reservoir of memory that Traces from our ancestors
TAT tests
Projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests to the stories they make up
Humanistic perspective of personality
Perspective that focuses on the study of conscious experience
Carll Rogers
Humanistic psychologist who stressed importance of acceptance, genuiness and empathy
Definition of trait
Characteristics pattern of behavior