Personality

Question 1

Freud’s Theory

Answer 1

Depends on the first five years of life, personality involves instinctual drives, unconscious processes, and early childhood influences.

Question 2

Freud’s Psychosexual Stages

Answer 2

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent, and Genital

Question 3

Freud’s Tripartite Theory of Personality

Answer 3

• Id: primitive, instinct
• Ego: decision-making, deals with reality
• Superego: values and morals

Question 4

Eysenck’s Theory

Answer 4

Three dimensions:

1. Extraversion vs Introversion
2. Neuroticism vs Stability
3. Psychoticism vs Normality

Question 5

Catell’s Trait Theory

Answer 5

16 Personality Factors

There are surface traits (identified by others) and source traits (less visible)

Question 6

Allport’s Trait Theory

Answer 6

Three levels of traits:

1. Cardinal traits: rare, and dominant, usually developing later in life. Really define a person (ex. Machiavellian)
2. Central traits: These general characteristics form basic personality foundations, describe major characteristics.
3. Secondary traits: related to attitudes or preferences, they appear only in certain situations or under specific circumstances.