Psychological Perspective Flashcards
Study of human behavior, brain functions
Psychology
Concerned with individual development, consciousness, reasoning, and memory
Psychology
general state of well-being and state of mind
Mental Health
disrupts your mental state
Mental Illness
The representation of an individual base on his or her experiences from house, school, peers, and groups.
Psychology of Self
Wrote the principles of psychology and one of the great pragmatist
William James
The self that knows who he or she is
Is the thinking self
I self
A separate object or individual that the person is referring when discussing or describing experiences.
Things outside that you own
Me self
Soul or mind
I self
Empirical “Me”
Me self
The totality of the person’s identity
I self
Person’s soul or mind
Pure Ego
things that belong to the person or entities that the person belong to
Material Self
person in a particular social situation
Changes in behavior usually result from different social situation the person finds himself in
Social Self
The self that is more concrete or permanent than the other selves
Most subjective and intimate part of the self
Spiritual Self
Self-observation
Introspection
Proposed a personality theory known as Person-centered theory
Carl Rogers
The self, or Blank , is an organized, consistent set of perceptions and beliefs about oneself
self-concept (Carl Rogers)
perceptions and beliefs that comprises our self-concept
Self-schemas
behavior, personalities, generalization, experiences that we have in our selves in specific domain.
Self-schemas
Self-schemas is what specific?
Culturally and historically specific
A type of Self-schema that is gained skills and knowledge in a particular job or activity
Past experience
A type of Self-schema which is described as Habitual patterns / our distinguishing characteristics
Personality Traits
A type of Self-schema that includes talents, skills that you are capable
Abilities
A type of Self-schema that is described as visual appearance
Physical Features
A type of Self-schema that includes individual beliefs that guide human behavior
Values
A type of Self-schema that is described as ambition or effort, an aim or desired result
Goals
A type of Self-schema that is connected to behaviors, rights, obligations, beliefs, norms
Social Roles
A type of Self-schema that is learned by watching something
Own observation
A type of Self-schema that - enriches our self-knowledge
Feedback from others
Schematic cognitive representations of what people believe they may become are hopeful of becoming or are fearful of becoming
Possible Selves
A type of Self Concept that is described as all information and perception the person has about himself
Real self-concepts
A type of Self Concept that refers to what the person aims for to be
Ideal self-concepts
A component of Self Concept that is described as the view you have for yourself
Self-image
A component of Self Concept that answers how much value you place on yourself
Self-esteem or Self-worth
A component of Self Concept that answers what you wish you were like
Ideal Self
A component of Self Concept that fruits from what you have learned, demands of society, what you admire
Ideal Self
Mismatch or inconsistent experience that happens to a person & life, his ideal and actual self have big difference
Incongruence
If actual and ideal self-concept are close, a person is
more fulfilled and happy
If actual and ideal self-concept are far, a person is
unhappy or dissatisfied
To be aware of oneself
How someone think, evaluate or perceive themselves
Self-Concept (Lewis)
An aspect of development of self-concept that is described as most basic part of self-scheme or concept
Existential Self
An aspect of development of self-concept that is described as sense of being separate and distinct from others and awareness of the constancy of the self
Existential Self
Existential self begins as young as blank due to the relation the child has with the world.
two to three months old
An aspect of development of self-concept that is described as realization that you exist as a separate experiencing being like people have properties that can be experienced, categories like age, gender, size, skill, etc.
Categorical Self
Who introduced the true and false self?
Donald Winnicott
The self that has sense of integrity connected to wholeness that started from early age
True Self
The self that is used when a person has to comply with external rules, such as being polite or otherwise following social codes.
False Self
Sense of self based on spontaneous authentic experience and a feeling of being alive, having a real self.
True Self
A False Self that is described as functional, can be complaint but without the feeling hat it has betrayed the true self.
Healthy False Self
A False Self that is described as feeling of forced compliance rather than loving adaptation
Unhealthy False Self
should be functional for the advantage of both the person himself and his society.
True and False selves
Who introduced Multiple Selves?
Kenneth Gregen
The capacities we carry within us from multiple relations
Multiple Selves
Multiple Selves are not blank but blank in our relationship with other people.
Discovered
Created
The self is sometimes understood as a unified being essentially connected to consciousness and awareness.
Unified Selves
Refers to individual awareness of unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environment.
Conciousness
Ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with your internal standards.
Self-awareness
Type of self-awareness that is described as standards private thoughts and feelings
Private Self
Type of self-awareness that is described as our public images commonly geared toward having a good representation of yourself to others
Public Self
Social relationship affect self-esteem through Social Comparison
Impact of Self-awareness to self-esteem
affect self-esteem through Social Comparison
Social Relationship
Comparing self to others
Act of violence towards ourselves
Social Comparison
Failures of other people cause positive feeling towards self
Downward Social Comparison Contrastive Effect
Success of other people that causes negative feelings
Upward Social Comparison Contrastive Effect
Failure of others causes negative disposition such as dejection and threat to share same outcomes
Downward Social Comparison Assimalitive Effect
Success of other people causes positive disposition such as being happy and inspired.
Upward Social Comparison Assimalitive Effect
Who introduced that self is an archetype that represents the unified unconsciousness and consciousness of an individual?
Carl Jung
in Jungian Psychology is a dynamic concept which has undergone numerous modifications since it was first conceptualize as one of the Jungian Archetypes.
Self
Typical sample of something, they are unconscious and cannot be known directly but experience through symbols.
Archetypes
An Archetype that is described as the dark side of ego, the devil one is capable of
Shadow
An Archetype that is described as one’s public image from the Latin word “mask”, a person puts this on before showing oneself to the world.
Persona
An Archetype that is described as contra-sexual side
Anima/Animus
Feminine side of male
Anima
Masculine Side of Female
Animus
An Archetype that is described as qualities we do not want to acknowledge but attempt to hide in ourselves
Shadow
An Archetype that is described as a character of courageous figures, one that always runs and saves the day
Hero
