Personality Flashcards

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an individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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personality

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coined by freud, unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences

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psychoanalytic

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operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification

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Id

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our morals and sense of right and wrong; your concerns

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super ego

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children incorporate their parents’ vales into their developing superegos

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identification

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its our job to satisfy the Id while understanding the limitations, reality principle

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ego

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when conflicts are not resolved and we become preoccupied with that stage later in life

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fixation

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pleasure focuses on the mouth; sucking, biting, chewing

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oral stage

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occurs if deprived of using their mouth later in life, ex nail biting

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oral fixation

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pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

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anal stage

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occurs if parents are demanding on potty training; obsession with being neat and tidy (if parent enforced early) or super messy (if parent is laid back)

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anal fixation

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pleasure focuses in the genitals, coping with incestuous sexual feelings

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phallic stage

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occurs as a boys sexual desires towards his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father

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oedipus complex

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occurs as a girls sexual desires towards her father and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival mother

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elytra crisis

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15
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relationship issues later in life

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crisis for phallic stage

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16
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format sexual feelings, identify with same sex peers

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latency

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17
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maturation of sexual interests

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genital

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18
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how many defense mechanisms are there

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9

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19
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protective method of reducing anxiety unconsciously

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defense mechanisms

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banish painful thoughts/feelings from memory, completely forget

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repression

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retreats to a more infantile stage

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regression

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7 year old gets baby brother, is upset so begins to pee the bed again

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regression

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23
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expressing feelings that are the opposite of their feelings

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reaction formation

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a boy likes a girl and picks on her

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reaction formation

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project own thoughts onto others
projection
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self justifying explanations in place of the more painful reality
rationalization
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saying im way better off anyway after a breakup
rationalization
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shifts aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable object or person, who is less threatening
displacement
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taking aggression on student rather than back on a mean boss
displacement
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refusing to accept that something unpleasant is happening, even though you are aware
denial
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channeling frustration toward a healthier goal
subliminal
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working out a lot after a breakup
subliminal
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behavior where people overachieve in one area to compensate for failures in another
compensation
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explore the unconscious, release and say whatever comes to mind
free association
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personality test designed to trigger ones unconsciousness
projective tests
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look at a picture and makeup a story, therapist interprets
thematic apperception test (TAT)
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most widely used, set of D inkblot, coined by Herman Rorchach, identify with inner feelings by analyzing their interpretation
Rorshach Inkblot Test
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problems with projective tests
inconsistent results by interpretation
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focus should be on social factor, not sexual one, birth order plays a role in
Alfred Adlee
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sought to balance freud masculine bias
Karen Horney
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we all have a collective unconscious, something shared and inherited
Carl Jung
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behavior is influenced by interactions and our interpretations
social cognitive interpretation
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interaction in which the environment, ones behavior, and personal factors influence one another
reciprocal determinism
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getting mad at someone bc you think they're mad at you, then they get mad at you
reciprocal determinism
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chance or outside forces beyond ones personal control determine ones fate
external locus of control
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can control/determine ones fate
internal locus of control
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hopelessness a human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
learned helplessness
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who coined learned helplessness
Martin seligman
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classify personality in terms of traits; born with personality; allport came up w
the trait perspective
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test to determine which personality group you are
personality inventory test
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Hans and Sybil Eysernck Personality traits
Unstable or stable and extraverted or introverted
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the most used of all personality traits; originally developed to identify emotional disorders and mental illness
Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPII)
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The Big 5 Personality Factors
``` Openness Concientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neurotic (emotional stability) ```
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personality/satisfaction is based on weight if you are heavy you are happy if you are muscular you are aggressive if you are skinny you are quiet
Somatotype theory
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personality is formed by developing self actualization and improving self image
humanistic perspective
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Hierarchy of needs
Maslow
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based on growth and fulfillment of individuals
Carl Rogers
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Rogers said we need 3 things:
Acceptance, empathy, geniuness
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total acceptance
unconditioned positive regard
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feelings of self worth
self esteem
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understanding and recognizing your own abilities
self concept
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overestimating others noticing and evaluating or appearance, performance, and blunders
spotlight effect
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readiness to perceive oneself favorably; blame others
self serving bias