Personality and Behavior Flashcards
What is the Five Factor Model of Personality measured agianst?
Remembered with the mneumonic OCEAN
Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
What is the Life Course Perspective?
This is a theory of personality that says important events or circumstances that you go through create the perspective you have of yourself.
This is the simplest theory.
What is the Psychoanalytic Perspective?
Sigmund Frued
Theory that says personality is shaped largely by the unconscious
Believed there were many levels to a person: conscious level, preconscious level and unconscious level
Unconscious level
things that affect us but we aren’t aware of, this is what Freud thought was the largest part of our psyche
Preconscious level
This is the middle level, and it’s things that aren’t at the surface but we still remember i.e values, memories
Conscious level
what we are aware of at any given moment i.e. thoughts, perception, logic
What is Libido according to Frued?
he referred to this as the ‘life drive’ we have, which drives our behaviors based on pleasure, survival or avoidance of pain
What is the Death drive according to Freud?
drives dangerous or destructive behaviors and underlies the desire to hurt oneself or others
Freud divided the human psyche into 3 components:
Id: inner child, avoid pain or seek pleasure, instant gratification – can think of it as our ‘devil’
Ego: our logical thinking and planning as we deal with reality, tries to manage the id and the ego, very conflicted –tires to compromise between angle/devil
Superego: our moral judgement idealized, our internal parent – can think of it as our ‘angel’
Freud’s 5 Psychosexual Stages
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital
Freud’s psychosexual stages: Oral
Age: 0 to 1
Mouth (sucking, chewing, eating, biting, vocalizing)
Success: weaning from focus on mouth
Fixation: oral aggression like verbally aggressive or smoking/overeating
Freud’s psychosexual stage: Anal
Age: 1 to 3
Anus (bowel and bladder control)
Success: toilet training
Fixation: anal retention (overly neat/tidy) or anal expulsion (very disorganized)
Freud’s psychosexual stages: Phallic
Age: 3 to 6
Genitals (presence/absence of penis)
Oedipus compex (males) vs Electra complex (females)
Success: Gender identification
Fixation: Difficulty with intimate relationships
Freud’s pyschosexual stages: Latency
Age: 6 to 12
Sexual feelings dormant during stage
Success: social interactions
Fixation: arrested development
