Personaliy Development 1 and 2 Flashcards
What is the term given to A person’s internally based characteristic ways of acting thinking and feeling.
Personality
What are the different theories of Personality
Psychoanalytic approach Trait approach Biological Humanistic/phenomenological Behaviorist/learning Cognitive approach Interactionist perspective
What are the two theories for the Psychoanalytic Approach
Freudian Classical Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality
Neo-Freudian Theories of Personality
True or False, Freud’s Theory included that Unconscious motivations influence personality
True
True or False, Sigmund Freud Believed sex was a primary cause of emotional problems and was a critical component of his personality theory
True
Psychoanalytic Structure of the Mind is divided into what 3 parts
Conscoius
Preconscious
Unconscious
True or False, The unconscious mind stored in your memory that you are not presently aware of but can gain access to
False it is preconscious mind
What mind contains the primary motivations for all of our actions and feelings
unconscious mind
What is Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
Id, Ego, Superego
What part of the personality Operates on a pleasure principle according to Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
Id
What part of the personality Is the original personality, the only part present at birth and the part out of which the other two parts of our personality emerge, according to Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
Id
What part of the personality Operates on the reality principle, according to Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
Ego
What part of the personality Starts developing during the first year or so of life, according to Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
Ego
True or False, Part of the ego is unconscious (tied to the id) and part of the ego is conscious and preconscious (tied to the external world)
True
What part of the personality, Operates on a morality principle, according to Freud’s Three-Part Personality Structure
The Superego
What kind of processes are used to distort reality and protect us from anxiety
Defense Mechanisms
What are the names of Freud’s Defense Mechanisms
Repression, Regression, Displacement, Sublimation, Reaction Formation, Projection, Rationalization
What defense mechanism is associated with the example of Not remembering a traumatic incident in which you witnessed a crime
Repression
What defense mechanism is associated with Unknowingly placing an unpleasant memory or thought in the unconscious
Repression
What defense mechanism is associated with Throwing temper tantrums as an adult when you don’t get your way
Regression
What defense mechanism is associated with Reverting back to immature behavior from an earlier stage of development
Regression
What defense mechanism is associated with Redirecting unacceptable feelings from the original source to a safer substitute target
Displacement
What defense mechanism is associated with Taking your anger toward your boss out on your spouse or children by yelling at them and not your boss
Displacement
Incomplete repression when urges seep out in
dream symbols and “Freudian slips”
Wha is another name for Freudian Slip
Parapraxis
What is the term given to is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought. Integral to classical psychoanalysis.
Freudian Slip
What defense mechanism is associated with Channeling aggressive drives into playing football or inappropriate sexual desires into art
Sublimation
What defense mechanism is associated with Acting in exactly the opposite way to one’s unacceptable impulses
Reaction Formation
What defense mechanism is associated with Being overprotective of and lavishing attention on an unwanted child
Reaction Formation
What defense mechanism is associated with Attributing one’s own unacceptable feelings and thoughts to others and not yourself
Projection
What defense mechanism is associated with Accusing your boyfriend of cheating on you because you have felt like cheating on him
Projection
What defense mechanism is associated with Creating false excuses for one’s unacceptable feelings, thoughts, or behavior
Rationalization
What defense mechanism is associated with Justifying cheating on an exam by saying that everyone else cheats
Rationalization
Unhealthy Personalities develop when
the id or superego is unusually strong or the ego unusually weak,
we become too dependent upon defense mechanisms
Term given to the area of the body where the id’s pleasure-seeking psychic energy is focused during a particular stage of psychosexual development
erogenous zone
True or False, A change in erogenous zones designates the beginning of a new stage according to Freuds Pschosexual Stage Theory
True
Term given to a portion of the id’s pleasure-seeking energy remains in a stage because of excessive gratification or frustration of our instinctual needs and continue throughout the person’s life and impact their behavior and personality traits
Fixation
What stage (age range) is associated with Sucking, biting, and chewing
Oral (birth to 1½ years)
What stage (age range) is associated with Bowel retention and elimination
Anal (1½ to 3 years)
What stage (age range) is associated withIdentifying with same-sex parent to learn gender role and sense of morality
Phallic (3 to 6 years)
What stage (age range) is associated with Cognitive and social development
Latency (6 years to puberty)