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Freud

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Psychologist responsible for the Psychoanalytic theory.

Very involved in the development of sexualtity.

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Jung

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The psychologist responsible for the analytic theory. Involved in spirituality. (Psychodynamic)

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Adler

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The psychologist responsible for individual psychology.

Involved in superiority (psychodynamic)

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skinner

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Behavioral perspectives. The psychologist responsible for operant conditioning.

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Bandura

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Behavioral perspectives. The psychologist responsible for the social learning theory by observation.

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Rogers

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Humanistic perspectives. The psychologist responsible for person-centered theory.

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Maslow

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Humanistic perspectives. The psychologist responsible for the self-actualization theory.

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Eysenck

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Biological perspectives. the psychologist responsible for ENP theory.

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Personality

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50% of personality is genetically developed
Remains the same over time
NOT just a phase
Durable and passive way of being

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Trait

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Adjective that describes certain ways of being
over 4,000 traits
Things you can do to change little parts of your personality and can make a significant difference to your personality.

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MMPI

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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

used for clinical purposes for possible flags of disabilities.

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16 PF Questionaire

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Self-reported inventory used for business in the selection process.

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NEO personality inventory

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Used for research on normal people just to see individual differences. $$$ THE BIG 5

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Rorschach test

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looking for repeated themes in inkblots. Projective test

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TAT

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For people who love to write.

Write a short story about pictures that you see. It provides more clues and evidence. Projective test

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Self-reported vs. Projected tests

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dependent on who is scoring.

reliability and validity are in question

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psychodynamic theories

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Freud’s psychoanalytic Theory
Jung’s analytic psychology
Adler’s individual psychology

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Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory

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Freuds appraoch to personality Through his works with patients suffering from hysteria.

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components of personality

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Id: pleasure principal (impulses)

superego: Morals (conscious principals)
ego: To make the get along ( mediator)

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Levels of awareness

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conscious: What you are thinking about
Preconscious: Stuff that is in there but not on your mind
Unconcious: Everything you know that you don’t know that you know.

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Iceberg metaphor

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draw the picture that is in the notes.
ego superego
ID
the water is the levels of awareness

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Defense mechanisms (7)

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Repression
Projection
Displacement
Reaction formation
Regression
Rationalization
Identification
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Repression

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Motivated forgetting

pushing stuff too uncomfortable in the unconscious mind

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Projection

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May not acknowledge something themselves but think that others have or do it.

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Displacement
Displacing frustration on another human being
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Reaction formation
Acting the complete opposite from something you're uncomfortable / that you don't like.
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Rationalization
creating excuses that don't make sense. | It makes sense on the surface but there is no real logic behind it.
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Regression
Throwing a temper tantrum like a little child.
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Identification
identifying yourself w/ a person or group tp make yourself look more important.
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The formative years
the first five years | How it is you build the foundation for your sexuality later in life.
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Psychosexual stages | Names, ages, fixations, tasks
``` oral stage (0-1) everything goes in the mouth. beeing weened from the mother. The sucking of thumbs chewing pencils, excessive eating etc ``` ``` Anal stage (2-3) anything that comes out. Potty training. Anal retentive: Excessively organized Anal repulsive: Need for control hostile towards woman ``` Phallic stage ( 4-5) wanting to marry mom or dad Latency stage(6-12) absolutely nothing (school) developing social skills Genital stage ( puberty on) Starting to think about sharing sexuality with others
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Dream symbolization
sticks and doors correspond to genitals | or anything long and anything open
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Freudian slips
saying one thing and meaning the other. there is no such thing as an innocent mistake.
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analytic psychology
Jung Focus: spirituality personal unconscious: Everything you know that you don't know you know collective unconscious: memories can be passed down from generation, Ideas that are found in every culture. 50% of personality passed down Introversion: what's going on in the mind is more interesting Extrovert: what's going on in the outside world is more interseting
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Individual Psychology
Focus: the need of superiority The primary drive in life is superiority superiority meaning whatever you pick to do with your life do something that you are better than average at. Inferiority complex; is a lack of self-worth, a doubt and uncertainty, and feelings of not measuring up to standards compensation: overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme asocial behavior.
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Behavioral perspectives
Skinner operant conditioning | Bandura's social learning theory
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Skinner's operant theory
Behavioral how is our personality learned -reward -punishment
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Bandura's Social learning Theory
Behavioral Learning by observation modeling self-efficacy ( the belief of how well you will do something and if you will actually do it depending on the belief)
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Humanistic perspectives
Rodgers person-centred theory | Maslow's self-actualization theory
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Rodgers person-centered theory
Actual vs. ideal the congruency test | scource of incongruency lack of unconditional love
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Maslow's self actualization
personality development based on progressive needs. The triangele. only 2% make it to the top of the ladder ( be all that you can be) * discover and build all your talents to your fullest potential*
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Biological perspectives
Eysenck's ENP theory Evolutionary perspective focus on genetics
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Eysenck's ENP theory
Biological perspective -extroversion -Neuroticism -psychoticism ( abnormal nad can be disregarded) personality structure hierarchical different trait vary but the BIG 5 are higher than 50%
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Evolutionary perspective
``` Biological perspective Natrual selection favors _reliability -copperation - Generocity ```
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The trait perspective
OCEAN The BIG 5 openness, + open minded - close minded conscientiousness +detail oriented & ethical - not so extroversion, + talkative / outward - quiet/ inward Agreeableness, + trusting - apathetic neuroticism + anxious - secure

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