Personality and its Development Flashcards
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[according to]
personality is the arrangement configuration of individual characteristics and ways of behaving that determine one’s unique adjustment to his environment
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Hilgard
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personality cover’s an individual’s ______, ______, ______, _____, and __________
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- appearance
- abilities
- motives
- emotional reactivity
- experiences
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acc to philosophy (mentioned by gordon allport), personality is synonymous with selfhood, the _____ of perfection, and with _____
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- ideal of perfection
- supreme value
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in clinical parlance (mentioned by Gordon Allport), personality is the ____ of the person himself, the ____ of his being
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- totality
- actual core
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general definition of personality
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Personality is the totality of one’s physical or inherited attributes as well as those psychological factors that determine one’s characteristic behavior
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4 factors in personality development (by Morgan)
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- inherited predisposition
- abilities
- family and home environment
- culture
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abilities may be:
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- inherited
- acquired
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plays the most vital role in personality development since an individual’s association starts at home
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- family and home environment
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a mold in which a family may either consciously or unconsciously fit the personality of the child through language, mores, traditions, and beliefs of groups or individuals
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culture
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categories of theories of personality
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- developmental theories
- learning theories
- type theories
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developmental theory:
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Freud’s Personality Structure
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“child in us”
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id
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“parent in us”
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superego
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entirely unconscious; includes instinctive and primitive behaviors
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id
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id is also called the _______ principle
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pleasure
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mediator between the desires of the id
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ego
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develops from the id and ensues that the impulses of the id can be expressed in a manner acceptable in the real world
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ego
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holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals
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superego
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our ideals and standards are acquired from
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- parents
- society
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our sense of right and wrong
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superego
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2 learning theories:
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- Adler’s “Style of Life”
- Karen Honey’s “Anxiety Theory”
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3 categories that fects our “style of life”
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- family constellation
- birth order
- parent’s favoritism
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“heavenly bodies”
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family constellation
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3 structures under family constellation
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- patriarchal
- matriarchal
- demcratic
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family constellation is a structure to describe each member's _____ within the family system
niche
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3 categories under family constellation
-- birth order
- gender of the siblings
- age differences between them
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5 categories under birth order
- oldest child
- second child
- middle child
- youngest child
- only child
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may develop a "poor me" attitude
middle child
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may react in a competitive way, seeing the first child as the pacesetter
second child
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love being the center of attraction
only child
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one that set high goals to achieve to get the attention back that they lost when the younger siblings were born
oldest child
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may become the peacemaker of the family
middle child
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most pampered yet would feel inferior and dependent to the family
youngest child
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mature quickly but in the end fail to become independent
only child
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injustice in the family perceived by children
parent's favoritism
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the favored child will develop a feeling of ______
supiority
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the unfavored child will develop a feeling of ______
inferiority
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Horney developed the theory of _____
neurosis
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theory of neurosis proposes that strategies used to cope with anxiety can be overused, causing them to _______
take on the appearance of needs
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3 categories of neurotic needs
- needs that move you towards others
- needs that move you away rom others
- needs that move you against the others
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10 neurotic needs
- neurotic need for affection & approval
- neurotic need for a partner who will take over one's life
- neurotic need to restrict one's life within Narrow Borders
- neurotic need for power
- neurotic need to exploit others
- neurotic need for prestige
- neurotic need for personal admiration
- neurotic need for personal achievement
- neurotic need for self-sufficiency & independence
- neurotic need for perfection & unassailability
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type theory
Carl Jung's Classification of Personality Types
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type theory
Carl Jung's Classification of Personality Types
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Categories of Carl Jung's Classification of Personality Types
- attitude types
- function types
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3 attitude types
- introvert
- extrovert
- ambivert
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4 function types
- thinking
- feeling
- sensing
- intuiting
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tendency to direct personality outward rather than inward toward the self
extrovert
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orientation inward toward the self
introvert
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a person whose personality has a balance of extrovert and introvert features
ambivert
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a person whose personality has a balance of extrovert and introvert features
ambivert
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process of evaluating an idea or event
feeling
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receives the physical stimuli and transmit them to perceptual consciousness
sensing
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logical intellectual activity that produces a chain of ideas
thinking
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involves perception beyond the working of consciousness
intuiting
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8 principal classes of personity
- extraverted thinking
- introverted thinking
- extraverted feeling
- introverted feeling
- extroverted sensing
- introverted sensing
- extraverted intuiting
- introverted intuiting
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3 ways to measure ersonality development
- objective test
- behavioral method
- projective method
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a written self-rating test or inventory test
objective test
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false2
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false2
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false2
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false2
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objective test is administered in the form of _______ & answered by _____ or _____ or______ or _________
- questionnaires
- yes or no
- true or false
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2 examples of objective test
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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2 examples of objective test
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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2 examples of objective test
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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2 examples of objective test
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
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self-report inventory designed to identify a person's personality type, strengths, and preferences
MBTI
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4 different scales of MBTI
- extraversion - introversion
- sensing - intuition
- thinking - feeling
- judging - perceivin
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4 different scales of MBTI
- extraversion - introversion
- sensing - intuition
- thinking - feeling
- judging - perceivin
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developers of MMPI
- J.C. McKinley
- Starke R. Hathaway
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developers of MMPI
- J.C. McKinley
- Starke R. Hathaway
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test for mental health issues and to assess their personality traits and psychopathology
MMPI
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traditional version which comprises 567 true/false questions and takes 60-90 minutes to complete
- MMPI-2
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traditional version which comprises 567 true/false questions and takes 60-90 minutes to complete
- MMPI-2
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designed exclusively for teenagers
- MMPI-A
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designed exclusively for teenagers
- MMPI-A
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newer version of MMPI established in 2008 comprising 338 true/false questions and takes 30-50 minutes to complete
MMPI-2-RF
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2 examples of behavioral method
- interview
- life history
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utilizes the person's life history, biographies, autobiographies, diaries, anecdotal records, & life pattern journals
life history
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face-to-face gathering of information for the purpose of analyzing the person's personality based on his/her interaction with the questions presented to him/her
interview
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face-to-face gathering of information for the purpose of analyzing the person's personality based on his/her interaction with the questions presented to him/her
interview
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2 examples of projective methods
- rorschach inkblot test
- thematic apperception test
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to measure thought disorders for the purpose of identifying mental ilness
rorschach
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thematic apperception test consist of ____ pictures that depict a variety of social and interpersonal situations
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2 categories under words projective method
- word association test
- sentence completion
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based on the reaction time aside from its content
word association test
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consists of stems either general or specific which may be theory-based or not
sentence completion
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utilized to have not been shown to represent the self - but represent bodily concerns
figure drawings
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utilized to have not been shown to represent the self - but represent bodily concerns
figure drawings
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examples of figure drawings
- draw-a-person test
- house-tree-person test
- draw-an-animal
- kinetic family drawing
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7 ways to improve personality
- self-appraisal
- effective regulation of emotional life
- social relations
- work
- love & sex
- self
- philosophy of life
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being able to actualize one's needs
social competence
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one must develop a high degree o control over one's emotion
effective regulation of emotional life
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self assessement
self-appraisal
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in self-assessment, you may use ______
personal rating sheet
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be capable of social intimacy - forming friendships
social relations
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one must be committed to some form of work that is satisfying as well as economically good
work
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one must be able to forego personal gratification and even sexual gratification to satisfy the loved one
love & sex
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one must have ______ regard for one's self
positive
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one should have a well-developed _____ & should know who he is & where h is going
ego identity
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one should have inner _____ that he will be recognized and accepted by those who count
assurance
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one should live by a philosophy that gives direction to one's actions
philosophy of life
