Personality Test

Question 1

Psychoanalysis

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Freud: unconscious - unacceptable thoughts, feelings, memories, info processing that we are unaware of

Question 2

Psychosexual Stages of Development

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Children go through stages - person can become fixated at one stage, Oedipus complex

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Free Association

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explores the unconscious - person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind

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Id

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strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress

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Ego

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seeks to satisfy the id in realistic ways

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Superego

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morality - in conflict with id, develops last

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Iceberg Analogy

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Ego is mostly in the conscious mind (above water), while Id and superego are in the unconscious mind (under the water)

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Defense Mechanisms

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How we reduce/reflect anxiety: regression, reaction formation, projection, rationalization, displacement, sublimation, denial

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Neofreudians

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focus on the conscious mind interpreting experience, doubted sex/aggression as all inclusive motivators

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Alfred Adler

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Inferiority complex

Question 11

Karen Horney

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childhood anxiety triggers our need for love/affection

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Carl Jung

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collective unconscious

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Projective Tests

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A personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger one’s inner thoughts/desires/ideas. Example: thematic apperception test, Rorschach test

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Humanist

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Focuses on improvement of a person, finding the human potential

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Abraham Maslow

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Hierarchy of needs - after a need is satisfied, we move on to the next one

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Carl Rogers

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Person Centered Perspective - people are inherently good (unless environment influences poorly), self-concept (“who am I?”)

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Trait Theory

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traits that people can possess

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Factor Analysis

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statistical procedure to identify clusters of basic components of a trait

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Myers-Briggs Test

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Determines your personality type through a series of questions

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Personality Inventory

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questionnaire on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of traits

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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567 question test of true/false - used trials and data to create from large pools of questions (empirically derived)

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The Big Five Factors (Canoe)

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Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, Extraversion

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Social Cognitive

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how do our traits and our environment interact

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Reciprocal Determinism

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-> Past behavior <—> internal behavior <—> environmental factors <-

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Spotlight Effect

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overestimating others’ noticing/evaluation us

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Self - Esteem

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one’s feelings of self worth

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Self - Efficacy

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one’s sense of competence

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Self - Serving Bias

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readiness to perceive oneself favorably - confirmation bias

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Individualism

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giving priority to one’s goals over group goals

Question 30

Collectivist

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giving priority to one’s groups goals