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Personality – Freud Flashcards

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What is defined by an individual’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours?

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Personality

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Personality psychologists who address physiology, inheritance, and evolution, focus on:

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Biology

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Personality psychologists who focus on the unconscious mind and internal conflict focus on:

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Psychoanalytic

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Personality psychologists who focus on conscious experience, focus on growth, spirituality, and self fulfillment, focus on:

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Humanistic

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Personality psychologists who observe how people differ from one another (personality traits), focus on:

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Trait Approach

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Personality psychologists who focus on the science of learning, impact of rewards and punishment, focus on:

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Behaviourist

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Personality psychologists who observe human thought and modern cognitive psychology, focus on:

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Cognitive

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Personality psychologists who emphasize that we are different in different situations (situation and person interact), focus on:

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Interactionist

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What are the 3 levels of awareness in consciousness?

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1- Conscious (thoughts in the exact moment)
2- Preconscious
3- Unconscious

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What are the 3 components of personality?

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1- Ego
2- Superego
3- ID

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What are the 5 psychosexual stages of development? (OAPLG)

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1- Oral
2- Anal
3- Phallic
4- Latency
5- Genital
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What is the primary motivational source of the unconscious level?

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“The seething cauldron”

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What does the unconscious mind think of?

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repressed contents of the mind (unpleasant memories); sexual and aggressive instincts

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What personality structure operates according to the pleasure principle (primitive and unconscious part of personality; immediate gratification, impulsive, amoral, selfish)?

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ID

voice that convinces you to be selfish

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What personality structure holds your moral ideas and conscience (promotes guilt, shame, embarrassment, pride → self-conscious emotions)?

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Superego

voice that tells you to do what is morally correct

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What personality structure operates according to the reality principle (mediates between ID and superego; logical, rational, acts in the real world)?

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Ego

balance between ID and Superego

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Our lives are a constant _____ of ______ (desire/fear; love/hate)

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negotiation; opposing impulses

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ID, Ego and Superego are constantly battling to control our behaviour, and this conflict leads to _______

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anxiety

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How do we cope with the anxiety?

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Defence Mechanisms

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8 types of defence mechanisms: (4RP2DS)

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  • Repression
  • Rationalization
  • Regression
  • Reaction formation
  • Projection
  • Denial
  • Displacement
  • Sublimation
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Which defence mechanism consists of placing uncomfortable thoughts in relatively inaccessible areas of the subconscious mind?

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Repression (ignoring emotions rather than understanding them)

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Which defence mechanism consists of convincing yourself that a dangerous/threatening event did not occur, was not your fault, or is not so bad (downplaying the trauma)?

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Denial (pretending it didn’t happen)

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Which defence mechanism consists of redirecting threatening impulse/desire elsewhere?

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Displacement (channelling emotions into something else)

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Which defence mechanism consists of generating acceptable, logical reasons for outcomes that otherwise would not be acceptable?

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Rationalization (logically analyzing outcomes of actions; finding reasons, not excuses)

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Which defence mechanism consists of stifling an unacceptable impulse. the exact opposite of behaviours/desires displayed?

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Reaction formation (doing the opposite of what you believe/desire)

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Which defence mechanism consists of taking the position of a child in some problematic situation, rather than acting in a more adult way (wetting themselves, fetal positioning, teddy bears, etc)?

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Regression (imitating childlike behaviour)

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Which defence mechanism consists of projecting one’s own unacceptable qualities onto others?

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Projection (projecting your own flaws onto others → beating down others to uplift one’s ego)

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Which defence mechanism consists of converting unacceptable desire into an acceptable behaviour?

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Sublimation (finding healthy outlets → replace bad desire with a good one)

***best coping mechanism

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Which is projective technique is used to access the unconscious?

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Rorschach test (inkblot test)

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A common way of accessing the unconscious?

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Therapy/talking

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What type of analysis can reveal what the unconscious mind desires?

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Dream analysis

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Freud’s psychosexual stages each mark an internal _____, and personality development requires resolving each ______

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conflict

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If conflicts aren’t resolved during psychosexual stages, ______ occurs

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fixation

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Which stage happens from birth to age 1-1.5, where feeding is the main source of an infant’s pleasure (too much or too little breastfeeding = sexual pleasure with the mouth in later years)?

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Oral stage

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What can be the undesirable traits developed because of oral stage conflicts?

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  • too much dependency on others
  • rejection of others/sarcasm
  • over or under eating
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Which stage happens from age 1.5 to 2.5, where potty training is a focus (too lenient of too strict potty training = sexual pleasure with the elimination of bodily waste)?

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Anal stage

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What can be the undesirable traits developed because of anal stage conflicts?

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  • excessively stingy or overgenerous

- sticking rigidly to rules; excessively neat and clean

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Which stage happens from age 2.5 to 5/6, where children experience the Oedipus or Electra conflict (desire to marry the opposite-sex parent, and being hostile towards same-sex parent; children begin to identify with the emotions of the same-sex parent; sexual pleasure → genitals)?

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Phallic Stage

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What can be the undesirable traits developed because of phallic stage conflicts?

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  • anxiety
  • extreme guilt
  • phobias
  • depression
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Which stage happens from age 6 to adolescence, where conflicts from previous stages become hidden and no new conflicts arise; all children want is to learn and discover?

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Latency stage

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Which stage happens from adolescence to +adulthood, where the purpose of life becomes finding a mate (no new conflicts, but old ones resurface from previous stages → sexual pleasure becomes a mutual goal for satisfaction of both partners)?

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Genital stage

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What are the criticisms of Freud’s personality theories?

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  • poor testability
  • inadequate evidence
  • “science fiction” VS “science”
  • sexism
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Who developed the neo analytic theories? (3 psychologists)

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1- Jung
2- Adler
3- Horney

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What are the 3 parts of personalities according to Carl Jung? (EPC)

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  • Ego (rational, conscious, operates according to the reality principle)
  • Personal unconscious (thoughts and experiences accessible to the conscious + repressed memories and impulses)
  • Collective unconscious (universal experiences of humankind; archetypes)
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An inherited tendency to perceive and respond in particular ways to universal human situations (like characters in theatre → “evil stepmother”, brave hero, etc.) is the definition of?

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Archetype

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Adler believes in the _____ of the personality. Personality drives us to overcome feelings of _______, and due to that, “________” develops (how a person struggles to achieve superiority).

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unity; inferiority; style of life

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Horney developed ______ psychology and believed that many women’s psychological _______ arise from _______ to live up to men’s expectations of them. (women had to learn to overcome the irrational belief about the need for _______)

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feminine; difficulties; failure; perfection

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A stable and consistent personal characteristic used to describe or explain personality is the definition of?

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Trait

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An attempt to explain personality and differences among people in terms of personal characteristics is the definition of?

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Trait theory

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What are the 3 kinds of traits according to Allport?

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1- cardinal
2- central
3- secondary

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According to Allport, a sense of self, unifying the core of personality, is the definition of?

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Proprium

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Who used factor analysis and identified the 16 source traits (the basic elements of personality)?

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Cattell

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According to Eysenck, personality types consists of:

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1- Basic dimensions that underlie traits

2- Broad general categories

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What are the two basic dimensions according to Eysenck?

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1- Neuroticism

2- Introversion-extroversion

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What are Eysenck’s 3 dimensions (NEP)?

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  • Neuroticism
  • Extroversion
  • Psychoticism
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Whether your mood fluctuates, you feel “fed up” often, and/or if you’re an irritable person defines:

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Neuroticism

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Whether you like mixing with people, how outgoing you are and/or if you’re happy-go-lucky defines:

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Extroversion

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Whether you enjoy cooperation, attempt to not be rude to others and/or whether good manners and cleanliness matter to you defines:

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Psychoticism

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Five-factor theory (OCEAN):

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  • Openness to experience (degree of open-mindedness)
  • Conscientiousness (degree of dependability)
  • Extraversion (degree of sociability)
  • Agreeableness (degree of friendliness)
  • Neuroticism (degree of emotional instability)
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Humanistic psychologists who speak of growth and potential define:

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Humanists

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Humanists believe that ______ are more than a sum of _______ parts, and each person is a ______ and _______ whole.

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people; predictable; unique; individual

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What is the Maslow hierarchy of needs from bottom to top? (PSLES)

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  • Physiological
  • Safety
  • Love/belonging
  • Esteem
  • Self-actualization
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The need to satisfy hunger and thirst defines?

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Physiological needs

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The need to feel that the world is organized and predictable; the need to feel safe, secure, and stable defines?

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Safety needs

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The need to love and be loved, to belong and be excepted; the need to avoid loneliness and alienation defines?

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Love/belonging needs

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The need for self-esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; the need for recognition and respect from others defines?

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Esteem needs

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The need to live up to one’s fullest and unique potential defines?

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Self-actualization needs

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The theory of need for positive regard (acceptance, sympathy, love from others → essential for healthy development) comes from?

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Rogers

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Communicating that the child is inherently worthy of love defines?

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Unconditional positive regard

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Depending on how the child behaves; love and acceptance only given one child behaves as a parent wants defines?

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Conditional positive regard

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