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personality chap 12 Flashcards

1
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What is the def of personality

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The way we think,feel or behave

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What are 3 elements we can use

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Uniqueness ( how distinct we feel), Consistency ( across time and situation) and explanation ( explain our behaviours)

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What influences and effects our behaviour more, personality or behaviour

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Both are equally important , there are multiple perspectives

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What is freud known about

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the 3 parts of the human mind

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What is at the conscious level

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What we are aware at this moment

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What is the preconscious mind

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easily accessible all the time that can be brought out to our conscious mind

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What is the unconscious mind

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The information that is hidden from us

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What is manifest content

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What we can remember in our dreams

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What is a latent content

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What our unconscious mind is telling us in our dream that we cannot remember

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What is free association

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to say whatever is on our mind without feeling threatened or judged

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What is the ID in our mind

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This is where theres the unconscious mind, responsible for our basic needs .The ID wants it NOW is it also linked in agression

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What is the EGO

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More on the concoius side, the ego will find a way to balance its superego and id

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What is the SUPEREGO

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It operates in all levels of consciousness and is the moral code. It focuses on what’s realistic but primarily moral,

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How can anxiety be influenced

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Because the ego has to mediate the id and superego, it can arise anxiety, its a defence mechanism

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What is reality anxiety

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Informs the ego of a real danger

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What is moral anxiety

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will notify the superego that the ego is violating a moral code

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What is neurotic anxiety

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The ego it threatening of id impulses at the conscious level

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What is repression

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Forcing distressing memories into the unconcious

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What is reaction formation

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Unacceptable thoughts and desires in the unconscious that are opposite of the consciousness

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What is projection

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Attributing ones own unacceptable behaviours / feelings to other ones

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What is regression

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reaction to a threatening situation with a response of an earlier stage

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What is sublimation

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Transforming inappropriate implusives and motives into a socially acceptable thing

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What is denial

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Refusal to accept painful facts

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Rationalization

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Creating an acceptable excise for their behaviour

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What is displacement

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Shifting ones emotion to someone else instead of the person they’re angry on

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What and when is the oral stage

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Birht to 2 years old where its conflicted in the mouth

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What are the health outcomes of the oral stage

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Develop a willingess to delay gratification

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What is an unhealthy outcome of the roal stage

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Overeating, Addiction and problems in adulthood

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What and when is the anal stage

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This is associated with the anus when toilet training occurs, and this happens for 2-3 years old.

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What is a healthy outcome of the anal stage

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When seeing pleasure, they do it at the right time and place

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What is an unhealthy outcome of anal stage

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Doing innaporpriate stuff in public or being overly concerned in order and neatness

32
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What and when is the phalic stage

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This happens to 3-6 yrs and its with the genitals. A competition with the same sex parent for the affection of the opposite sex parent.

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What is a healthy outcome of phalic stage

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Go and get along with those more powerful than you

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What is an unhealthy outcome of phalic stage

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Expression oppositional and hostile bahaviors at work and cannot deal with feeling powerless

35
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What and when is the latency period

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It is only known to see their sex-role and their interaction with their same sex peers

36
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What is a healthy outcome in latency

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Knowing you are not alone in difficult moments in your life

37
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What is an unhealthy outcome in latency

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Making sexist and racist comments

38
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What is an unhealthy outcome in latency

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Making sexist and racist comments

39
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What and when is the genital stage

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around 11- adulthood and deals with relationships with the opposite sex

40
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What is a healthy outcome of genital stage

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To pleasure we give other pleasure

41
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What is an unhealthy outcome of genital pleasure

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Experiencing loneliness with a series of failed relationships and stems selfishness

42
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What is Maslow known for

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His theory of hierarchy

43
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What are the needs according to the hierarchy system?

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Physiological needs ( food,air ,water), safety needs,love needs, self-esteem needs,self actualization and self-transcendance needs

44
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What is Roger known about

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The self concept

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What is the self concept

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It is what you think and believe about yourself

46
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What is self-esteem

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How we evaluate our worth and being loved and respected

47
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What is our ideal self

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What we would life to be

48
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What is out real self

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THe self we are rn

49
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What does Roger think abt growth and self-improvements..

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We are all born with the innate to psychologically grow and improve , however the motivation is innate but the environment is important

50
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What is an unconditional positive regard

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That family and friends are going to love you regardless no matter the good, the bad and the ugly

51
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What are some consequences of Unconditional positive regard

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It can unfold our own unique potential, the selfconcept will be positive, our ideal self will match our real self and our self esteem will be higher

52
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What is conditional positive regard

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When people love you when you only do good

53
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What are the consequences of conditional postive regard

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Growth and independence will not be unfolded, self-concept will be negative, big gap between the ideal and real self and low self-esteem

54
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What is delay of gratification

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Saying no to a moment of pleasure , in favour of a long term goal

55
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What does the marshmallow study consist of

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They asked kids to wait before they eat a marshmallow, and if they did they would get 2

56
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What are the different outcomes of these children

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When they didnt eat the marshmellow, they had better outcomes than those who did not

57
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What happens in the ventral striatum

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When theres no delayed gratification, theres more activity in this part

58
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How are biological genetic perpective studied

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By twins study

59
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what are the 5-factor models

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Openess,conscientiousness,Extraversion , agreeableness and neuroticism

60
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What is a high in openness

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Artistic, insightful and inteligent

61
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What is low in openness

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Common-place and shallow

62
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WHAT IS A HIGH IN CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

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Deliberate ,efficent and precise

63
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What is a low in conscientiousness

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careless, irresponsible

64
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What is high in extraversion

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Adventurous,dominant and socialble

65
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What is a low in extraversion

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Quiet , reserved, shy

66
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What is a high in agreableness

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cooperative,generous and sympathetic

67
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What is a low in agreeableness

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cruel,unfriendly

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What is a high in neuroticism

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anxious ,temperamental

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