Personality Theories Part 2 (Non- Freudian) Flashcards
A Neo- Freudian who’s theory is “as a child we have inferiority since there are somethings we can’t do”
Alfred Adler
A Neo- Freudian who battled sexism of Psychodynamic theory. And explain the person’s reasonings
Karen Horney. She believed that Childhood anxiety triggers our desire for love and security
The “X-ray of Psychology”
and what are the 2 types used and who made it?
Projective Test
TAT by Henry Murray
Inkblot by Herman Rorschach
Explain the TAT projective test
The CLient is given a picture and they need to
tell a story about the picture
Explain the Rorschach projective test
The CLient is given a picture and they need to
identify what they see on the inkblot
A sudden clear picture when reminded of catastrophic events (PTSD)
Flashbulb Memory
the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs
False Consensus Effect
A theory where we repress our anxiety from the fact that we’re dying someday by focusing on something else (life goals)
Terror management theory
Define Humanism/theory.
Focusing on self-actualization/ transcendence. focusing on bettering our selves by reaching one’s potential
Who is the Two most important Humanism psychologist? And what did they come up with?
Abraham Maslow= Hierchary of Needs
Carls Rogers: Personality centered theory
What’s in the Heirchary of Needs? (important to less)
Self Actualization, Esteem, Love/Belonging, Safety, Physiological
Define the Person-Centered Theory
contains self-concept and actual self
What’s Roger’s Therapy?
Acceptance: therapist accept you
Genuineness: therapist true w/ you
Emphaty therapist shows that it’s like to be you
Something you give to someone for them to feel whole.
Unconditional positive regard
Unconditional vs. Conditional love
UCL= creates congruence of self-concept and actual self
CL=creates incongruence of self-concept and actual self
incongruence vs. congruence
IC= self-concept and actual self are different C= self-concept and actual self are the same
Define Evolutionary Psychology
FOcused on adaptive behaviors that help us survive and reproduce
(Evolutionary Psych) Whats the slightly different variations on species
Mutations
:How to Behave according to one’s environment “(Evolutionary Psych)
Social Scripts
(Evolutionary Psych) theory in which parent that contributes more to raising offspring is going to be more choosy
Parent Investment Theory
