Personality, development & attachment Flashcards
What is a personality?
- characteristic sets of behaviours, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors
- makes everyone unique
What are the 2 main drivers of personality on a biological basis?
1 - genetics and epigenetics
2 - genetics and family
3 - childhood temperament and work
4 - genetics and childhood temperament
4 - genetics and childhood temperament
What is the basis for personality on a psychological basis?
- experiences at childhood
What are the Freud-psychosexual stages of development?
- Freud proposed that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages.
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages which are linear in nature, where one follows the next. What are those stages?
1 - oral, anal, phallic, puberty, genital stages.
2 - anal, phallic, latency, genital stages, puberty
3 - oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital stages.
4 - oral, anal, phallic, puberty, stages.
3 - oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital stages.
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages; oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. When ooes the 1st stage, the oral stage begin and what is it?
1 - birth to 3 years, libido is based around oral pleasure
2 - birth to 1 years, libido is based around oral pleasure
3 - 1 to 3 years, libido is based around oral pleasure
4 - 3-5 years, libido is based around oral pleasure
2 - birth to 1 years, libido is based around oral pleasure
- proposed that oral stimulation drives oral personality (smoking, nail biting etc..)
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages; oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. What is the anal stage of the model and what ages does this include?
1 - birth to 3 years, libido is based around anal pleasure (defecating)
2 - birth to 1 years, libido is based around anal pleasure (defecating)
3 - 1 to 3 years, libido is based around anal pleasure (defecating)
4 - 3-5 years, libido is based around anal pleasure (defecating)
3 - 1 to 3 years, libido is based around anal pleasure (defecating)
- child is fully aware that they are a person in their own right and that their wishes can bring them into conflict with the demands of the outside world (i.e., their ego has developed)
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages; oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. What is the phallic (to swell or grow, so penis) stage of the model and what ages does this include?
1 - birth to 3 years, libido is upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone
2 - birth to 1 years, libido is based upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone
3 - 1 to 3 years, libido is based upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone
4 - 3-6 years, libido is based upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone
4 - 3-6 years, libido is based upon their genitalia as the erogenous zone
- children are aware of anatomical sex differences, which sets in motion the conflict between erotic attraction, resentment, rivalry, jealousy and fear which Freud called the Oedipus complex (in boys) and the Electra complex (in girls)
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages; oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. What is the latent stage of the model and what ages does this include?
1 - >6 years to puberty, libido is dormant and joy comes from hobbies and friendships
2 - birth to 1 years, libido is dormant and joy comes from hobbies and friendships
3 - 1 to 3 years, libido is dormant and joy comes from hobbies and friendships
4 - 3-6 years, libido is dormant and joy comes from hobbies and friendships
1 - >6 years to puberty, libido is dormant and joy comes from hobbies and friendships
- libido is dormant and no further psychosexual development takes place (latent means hidden).
- sexual impulses are repressed and replaced with school work, hobbies, and friendships.
Freuds psychosexual stages of development was that personality development in childhood takes place during five psychosexual stages; oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. What is the genital stage of the model and what ages does this include?
1 - >7 y/o to puberty adolescent sexual experimentation
2 - puberty to adulthood adolescent sexual experimentation
3 - 10 - 20 y/o adolescent sexual experimentation
4 - 5 - 15 y/o adolescent sexual experimentation
2 - puberty to adulthood adolescent sexual experimentation
- a time of adolescent sexual experimentation, the successful resolution of which is settling down in a loving one-to-one relationship with another person in our 20’s
Freud’s hypothesised that the human psyche (personality) has more than one aspect. There are 3 main aspects that Freud described: id, ego and superego with the principle being that when we have a thought a devil (id) and an angel (super-ego) on each shoulder trying to convince us. What are the id, super-ego and ego?
- id = primitive and instinctual part of the mind, contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories (like a devil)
- super-ego operates as a moral conscience (like an angel)
- ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego
Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development is a theory that personality develops in a predetermined order. How many stages are there from infancy into adulthood and what is key thing that Erikson indicated must happen at each stage?
1 - 10 stages and must occur linearly
2 - 4 stages and should not occur in any linear fashion
3 - 8 stages and they should occur in a linear fashion
3 - 8 stages and they should occur in a linear fashion
- in each stage, the person experiences a psychosocial crisis
- can be positive or negative, but it drives personality development
What is attachment theory, described by Bulby?
- theory concerning relationships between humans
- key for child development (especially brain) is to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver for normal social and emotional development
In the attachment theory by Bulby, he indicated that it is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory concerning relationships between humans. A good relationship with at least one caregiver when children are young helps the child develop a relationship for normal social and emotional development, and understands how to develop a positive internal working model of a relationship. What happens if a child does not develop a good relationship with at least one caregiver?
- difficulties regulating and understanding emotions
- difficult to understand emotions of others
- difficult to trust in relationships
- attachment is based on the relationship and NOT the child
Research by Mary Ainsworth led to 3 main attachment styles, namely; secure, insecure avoidant and insecure ambivalent. What is secure?
- child has good relationship with caregiver who responds to their needs
- if caregiver leaves the child becomes distressed
- child can be soothed quickly by caregiver
- majority of children are here 60-70%