Personality Dynamics Flashcards
MOTIVATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR:
- Needs Theory of Behavior - supported by _______ psychologists
- Psychodynamic Approach to Human Behavior - supported by clinicians or ________ psychologists
- contends that behavior is
motivated by inner forces, known as
mental personality
objective
subjective
THE _________ OF HUMAN
MOTIVATION
This theory suggests that, throughout life,
desires, wishes and drives, collectively called
needs, motivate all. When these are not
fulfilled, the individual is placed under stress
and , in order to relieve the tension created,
one has to strive for appropriate satisfactions.
NEEDS THEORY
Hierarchy of Motives
1. __________ needs - hunger, thirst, air,
etc.
2. _______ needs - the need for freedom from
threat or danger
3. __________________ - the need for affiliation, belonging, and
acceptance
4. ____________ - the need for achievement,
strength, competence, reputation, and status
or prestige
5. ______________ - the need for self-fulfillment to realize potentialities, to become what one is capable of becoming
6. ___________ needs - the need to know and
understand, the need to understand the
mysterious, the need to tackle the unknown.
7. ________ needs - the need for symmetry,
order, system, and structure
Physiological
Safety
The sense of belonging and love needs
Esteem needs
The need for self-actualization
Cognitive
Esthetic
PSYCHODYNAMICS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Psychodynamics, literally, means
________ to action. It defines human
behavior in terms of the inner personality of
the inner self.
motivation to action
Psychoanalysis and Personality Formation
Psychoanalysis believes that the life force, or _______ or sex drive, strongly influences the ________ mind of the child’s personality.
libido
unconscious
The psychology of mental health mentions three stages of development influenced by this:
1. _________ stage (from birth to 5-6 years) - when both the ego and the sex drive developments are greatly
affected by the life experience encountered at this stage.
2. ________ period (6 years to puberty)
3. ________period (lasts until the end of teen years).
Infantile
Latent
Adolescent
The infantile stage is divided into:
1. __________ stage - interests in pleasurably bodily sensations; localization of autoerotic pleasures
2. __________ stage - libidinal satisfactions derived mainly by way of the mouth
3. __________ stage - the eliminative functions and organs provide the principal erotic gratification
4. Genital or ________ stage - when the possibilities for pleasure are derived from the sex organs.
Autoerotic
Oral-erotic
Anal-erotic
Phallic
NATURE AND CONTROL OF EMOTIONS
T/F
Emotions are part of everyday existence. They accompany success or failures as one attempts to satisfy various needs.
T
___________ - occur in the form of feelings, moods, interests, attitudes, and prejudices. They differ only in
degree from the intense emotional experiences.
Mild Emotional States
____eeli______- as shown by mild annoyance, mild depression, and mild elation over minor accomplishments.
M____ds- are feelings that persist for longer periods.
I_t_______s- mild emotions, accompanied by some forms of tensions, which activate behavior; increases productivity
A_t______s- are dispositions assumed by people which indicates feelings or opinions.
___j_di___s- lie dormant for some time and are directed towards actions, ideas, races, or religious groups.
Feelings
Moods
Interests
Attitudes
Prejudices
Physiological Changes Accompanying Emotions
1. ___cre_____d heart beat and blood pressure
2. Redirection of the blood from digestive function to m_____u__r function
3. Irregular or increased respiration
4. Impaired g___dul__r functions due to the slowing down of stomach and intestinal contractions
5. Upset d____sti__ functioning as shown by the drying of mouth due to diminished salivary secretion and increased perspiration form the sweat glands
6. Increased _dr______ine discharge into the blood sugar
7. Increased blood ___gu___ion time
8. Rapid elimination of waste products due to increase of blood flow from the inner organs of the body to the limbs and extremities.
Increased
muscular
digestive
glandular
adrenaline
coagulation
Emotional Maturity
1. The ability to ____________ emotion.
2. The capacity to give adequate __________ commensurate with one’s development level.
3. The ability to develop a reasonable amount of ___________ so as to withstand frustrating situations.
4. The development of a high level of ____________ to changes that are dictated by fate and fortune.
delay or control
emotional response
frustration-tolerance
flexibility and adjustability
FRUSTRATIONS AND CONFLICTS
__________- means thwarting a goal or a goal interference. It is a feeling that is produced when desires are met with some forms of interference which prevent or delay their
completion.
Frustration
Common sources of frustrations are as follows:
1. _____ situation - includes mores of society, interruptions and disturbances due to accustomed modes of
living, and socioeconomic conditions.
2. _______dynamics of the person
External
Inner
___________ - refers to the individual’s ability to endure the delay in or thwarting of a conflict without resorting to maladaptive behavior or suffering personality disorganization.
Frustration Tolerance
