Personality (chapter 12) Flashcards

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Carl rogers, Abraham Maslow

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self-actualization
person-centered perspective

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personality

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a characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving that is unique to each individual and reasons relatively consistent over time and situations

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idiographic approach

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focus on detailed descriptions of individuals and their unique personality characteristics
(single individual, why they behave that way)

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nomothetic approach

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personality patterns in large groups of people with the aim of making generalizations about personality structure
(Multiple people)

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descriptive labels

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what is similar about personality between people

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personality traits

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“the units of personality”
specific psychological characteristics that make up part of a persons personality; how that person is most of the time
Allport and odbert

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factor analysis

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used to group items that people respond to similarly
-create personality trait labels by grouping related traits together

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Five factor model

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McCrae and Costa found that personality could be reduced to five major dimensions

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Five facet model (FFM) (also big five personality factors)

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OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Emotional stability (Neuroticism)

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NEO personality inventory

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individuals rate themselves on multiple questions that reflect the traits

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Hexaco model

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six factor theory
OCEAN+H (honset-humility)
high scores- sincerem honest, faithful , modest
low scores- deceitful, greedy and pompous

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Machiavellianism

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a tendency to use people and to be manipulative and deceitful, lacking respect for others and focusing predominantly on ones own self-interest
MY EX BOYFRIEND

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psychopathy

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a general tendency toward having shallow emotional responses (No empathy to sympathy)
TED BUNDY
Jeffery dammer

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narcissism

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an egotistical preoccupation with self-image and an excessive sense of self-importance
THINK UR THE SHIT AND NEED AN AGO CHECK

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authoritarian personality

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tend to categorize the world as “us” versus “them” often leading to prejudice and violence against the “them” group

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right-wing authoritarianism

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set of personality characteristic that predisposes people to certain types of violent or anti-social tendencies
-in society it leads to prejudice and aggression

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openness

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use of synthesis-analysis and elaborative-processing learning styles

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conscientiousness

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GPA And exam performance

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extroversion

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higher relationship quality

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agreeableness

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higher life satisfaction

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neuroticism

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negatively related to academic success

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reciprocal determinism and social-cognitive approach

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Albert Bandura personality is product of dynamic interactions between behavior and reinforcement, and importantly, the beliefs, expectancies and dispositions of the individual

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state

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a temporary physical or psychological engagement that influence behaivior

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4 general aspects of situations

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Locations
associations
activities
subject states

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WEIRD

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Western, educated, industrialized, rich and Democratic societies

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Estimates of heritability

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Openness: .57
Conscientiousness: .49
Extraversion: .54
Agreeableness:. 42
Neuroticism: .48

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unconscious processes and psychodynamics

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Sigmund freud

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conscious mind

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thoughts and perceptions currently in awareness

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unconscious mind

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hidden thoughts, memories and desires, operation without your conscious endorsement or will to influence and guide your behaviors

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Denial

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refusing to acknowledge unpleasant information, particularly about the self

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displacement

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transforming an unacceptable impulse into a less unacceptable or neutral behavior

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identification

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unconsciously assuming the characteristics of a more powerful person in order to reduce feelings of anxiety or negative feelings about the self

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projection

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perceiving in other people the qualities that you don’t want to admit to possessing yourself

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rationalization

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attempting to hide your true motives (even from yourself) by providing what seems like a reasonable explanation for unacceptable feelings or behaviors

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reaction formation

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altering an impulse that one finds personally unacceptable into its opposite

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repression

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keeping distressing information out of conscious awareness by burying it in the unconscious

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sublimation

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transforming unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable or even pro-social alternatives

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Oral (0-18 months)

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Actions of the mouth
sucking, chewing and swallowing

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Anal (18-36)

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bowel elimination, control

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Phallic (3-6 years)

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General’s

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Latency (6 years until puberty)

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External activities

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Genital (puberty to adulthood)

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Sexual actives with others

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The Roschach Inkblot test

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measure personality characteristics by analyzing the verbal responses clients use to describer what they see in an inkblot

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The thematic apperception test

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individual is asked to tell a story about what is happening in the image. The responses to this task are believed by some to give an important insights into an individuals personality

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Figure drawing as a projective test

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the content of drawing is anayqlzrd and interpreted by the therapist. These drawings are somewhat related to artistic ability and intelligence but no personality

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Carl Jung

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Analytical psychology
Personal, collective unconscious

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Alfred Adler and Karen Honey

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Inferiority complex

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