PSYC228_Chap12 Flashcards
personality
combination of emotional, attitudinal, + behavioural response patterns of an individ
plays role in determining how young person will experience transition to adulthood
big five or five-factor model of personality
theory that there are 5 personality traits that combine to express personality
openness to experience
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism
personality inventory
a questionaire used to rate a person on a set of characteristics that amke up a respondent’s personality
rate descriptions of feelings, thoughts, behaviours on scale
yields personality profile
often completed by emerg + ya to help determine career match for personality, also indicate if personality warrants mental health professional
personality profile
unique combo of personality traits that describes more or less dominant features of an individual’s personality + dominance of the big five traits to one another
overall portrait of person that descibres the way that person is likely to think, act, or feel across variety of situations
yielded from personality inventory
myers-briggs type indicator MBTI 4 dimensions
introversion vs extraversion
sensing vs intuiting
thinking vs feeling
judging vs perceiving
- career interest
personality test that maps people along 4 dimensions + commonly used in career counseling
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory second edition MMPI-2
personality test used by clinicians for purpose of assessing traits associated iwth mental illness
mental illness traits + top security clearance positiosn for US central intelligence agency
psychosocial development assumes
personality is shaped throughout lifespan
thru challenges we face in each life stage, personalities become more adaptive + sophisticated + improving our ability to control impulses + respond to demands of our social worlds
psychosocial development
set of theories that assume personality is shaped thru experience + interactions with environment thruout lifespan
erikson’s central task of adolescence?
establishing personal identity
who am I , what can I become
starts in teens, not resolved until 20s
role confusion
lack of secure sense of self + identity according to erikson
those who fail to resolve questions about their identity
appear adrift, aimless, + without direction
young adulthood erikson stage
intimacy vs isolation stage
try to find our place in world thru love + work
can I love?
erikson - achieving intimacy less to do with marriage or romantic partner but an outcome of knowing oneself + having ability to share oneself with another
achieving solid sense of self/identity = essential step in achieving true intimacy with another
intimacy vs isolation stage
erikson’s 6th stage of psychosocial development, leading to capacity to share oneslef with another or not
what was associated iwth well-being + relationship satisfaction in the 50s?
identity + intimacy in early 20s
personality continues to change thru transition to adulthood + it changes
more in 20s than later stages of adulthood
conscientiousness + agreeableness tend to inc
extraversion + openness to experience tend to dec
neuroticism dec after adolescence + thruout adulthood
erikson’s 3 forms of intimacy
physical intimacy - most notable during early stages, physical acts like sex, idea that true intimacy doesn’t appear till later
intellectual intimacy - as relationship grows stronger. based on having shared attitudes, opinions, preference. forms basis of social relationships + driven by need for humans to connect with others
emotional intimacy - final + most substantive type of intimacy. forms as people share info about themselves like goals + dreams with each other. erikson believed that emotional intimacy rarely appears during emerging adult yrs
family life cycle
stages of development a family goes thru as a function of the aging + maturation of individ family members
useful for understanding how first-order change or development of the individ is related to second-order change or changes in the family
understanding how changes in individ are related to changes in family
first order changes
development of the individ in a family life-cycle
second order change
in family life-cycle, changes in the family
differentiation
ability to maintain sense of self while in a relationship with others
takes center stage in families as adult children face transition to adulthood
healthy differentiation more likely in families with high cohesion + low conflict
affective support
emotionally based expressions of interest, care + concern
parents may be important source of affective support during transition
instrumental support
provision of tangible assistance
money, goods