Personality (KA) Flashcards

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Freud’s 2 insitinctual drives

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Libido (survival, growth, pleasure)

Death instinct (aggression, wish to die/hurt)

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Sublimation

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Unwanted impulses are transformed into something less harmful

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3
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Humanistic theory

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Carl Rogers + Maslow

Humans are inherently good

Motivated by self-actualization

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4
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Social potency trait

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Degree to which person assumes leadership roles

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5
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People w/ longer DA-4 receptor gene

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More likely to be thrill seekers

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Behaviorist theory

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Behavior is deterministic due to learned behavior patterns in environment

  • Skinner (operant), Pavlov (classical)
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Types of traits

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Allport:

Cardinal (dominant)
Central
Secondary

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  • Cattell

- Eysenck

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  • 16 PF

- Extroversion, neuroticism, psychoticism

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5 factor model (Big 5)

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OCEAN

Openness
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Social cognitive theory

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Interactions b/w people and environment

Cognition plays role (different from behaviorism)

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11
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Bandora

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Bobo Doll experiment

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Learning-performance distinction

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Learning behavior and performing it are different

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13
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Mnemonic for motivation

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Am I Motivated?

  • Attention
  • Memory
  • Imitation
  • Motivation
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14
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Causes of schizophrenia

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Decreased cerebral cortex size

Increased DA

Abnormal mesocorticolimbic pathway (VTA in midbrain + cerebral cortex)

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15
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Nuclei lost in Alzheimer’s

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Nucleus basalis

  • Releases Ach
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16
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Groupthink

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Maintaining group harmony is more important than being correct

17
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Anomie

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Breakdown of social bonds b/w individual and community

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Informational social influence

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We conform b/c we feel others are more knowledgeable

19
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Asch conformity studies

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Participants conform with confederates and give wrong answer

20
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Demand characteristics

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Participants in study may act how they thought experimenter wanted them to behave

21
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Factors that influence conformity:

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Group size
Unanimity
Group status
Group cohesion
Observed behaviour
Public response
22
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Factors that influence obedience:

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Closeness to authority
Physical proximity
Legitimacy
Institutional
Victim distance
Depersonalization of victim
Role models
23
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Social facilitation

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Being in presence of others will show most dominant response (whatever is most likely to occur)

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Primary deviance

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No big consequences

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Secondary deviance
Serious consequences
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Strain theory
Block person from attaining goal => they turn to deviance
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Dishabituation
Previously habituated stimulus is removed
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Sensitization
Increase in responsiveness to repeated stimulus
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Taxis
Purposeful movement
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Kinesis
Random, unpurposeful movement
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Latent learning
Learned behavior is not expressed until required
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Insight learning
Aha moment
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Central processing route
Deep processing | Lasting attitude change
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Peripheral processing route
Shallow processing | Temporary attitude change
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Tyranny of choice
Too many choices => negatively impact cognition
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Effects of information overload
Decision paralysis | Increased regret
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Ego depletion
Self-control = limited resource - Resist one thing => less self-control with other things