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Psychology- Chapter 11 Flashcards

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personality

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patterns of behaviour, thoughts, feelings that characterize a person’s adaptation to life

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psychodynamic theory

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founded by Sigmund Freud, in childhood conflicts viewing the unconscious motives determines behaviour & personality

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conscious

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thoughts in our awareness

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preconscious

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thoughts out of awareness but can easily be made conscious

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unconscious

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storehouse of primitive instincts urges & desires, difficult to access

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ego

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develops in the first year of life, resides at conscious/preconscious/ & unconscious, from self-awareness/ ability to delay gratification

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superego

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develops in the toddler, all 3 levels, functions as a moral guardian sets forth standards of behaviour

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defence mechanisms: denial

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conscious disorting of the perception of reality

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defence mechanisms: projections

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perceiving unwelcome emotions as originating from someone else

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defence mechanisms: rationalization

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making excuses for our behaviour

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defence mechanisms: reaction formation

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taking emotion & unconsciously replacing it with the opposite

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defence mechanisms: regression

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behaving in a childlike way

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defence mechanisms: repression

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unconsciously pushing unwanted desires or memories from our conscious mind

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defence mechanisms: sublimation

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transferring desires into other acceptable activities

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psychosexual development: oral

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ages 0-1, mouth is erogenous zone, conflict around nature & oral gratification

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psychosexual development: anal

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ages 2-3, anus is erogenous zone, conflict centers on issues of self-control

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psychosexual development: phallic

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ages 3-6, genitals are erogenous zone, child’s libidinal attachment to opposite sex-parent, the resolution is identifying the same-sex parent

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psychosexual development: latency

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ages 6- puberty, no erogenous zone, repression of sexual impulses

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psychosexual development: genital

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puberty and up, genitals are the erogenous zone, libidinal changes displaced onto an opposite-sex partner

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Carl- Jung analytical psychology

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downplays the importance of sexual instinct, proposed existence of the collective unconscious

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Alfred Adler individual psychology

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motivation from an inferiority complex generated in childhood, self-aware aspect to overcome obstacles

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Karen Horney: neo-Freudian

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social relationships are more important to the development than unconscious impulses

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Erik Erikson: psychosocial development

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stages from development crisis, successful resolution leads to the development of positive- age-appropriate traits

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trait

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an aspect of personality inferred from behaviour

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Gordon Allport

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set stage for later research by cataloguing 18000 human traits

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Hans Eysenck’s theory

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introversion & extroversion, stability & instability

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extrovert stable

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sociable, outgoing, talkative, easygoing, lively, carefree, leadership

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extrovert unstable

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touchy, restless, aggressive, excitable, impulsive, optimistic, active

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introvert stable

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passive, careful, thoughtful, peaceful, controlled, reliable, even-tempered, calm

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introvert unstable

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moody, anxious, rigid, reserved, unsociable, quiet

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Caltelis theory

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cluster like traits narrowed traits into 16 factors

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personality factors: openess

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curiosity, imagination contrasted with shallowness

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personality factor: conscientiousness

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reliability, thoughtful contrasted with negligence

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personality factor: extraversion

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contrast talkativeness, silence

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personality factor: agreeable

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kindness, trust, warmth contrasts passivity

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personality factor: neuroticism

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nervous, moody contrasted with hostility & agreeable

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traits for wisdom & knowledge

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creativity, curiosity, open-minded, learning love, perspective

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traits for courage

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authenticity, bravery, persistence, zest

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traits for humanity

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kindness, love, social intelligence

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traits for justice

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fairness, leadership, teamwork

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traits for temperance

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forgiveness, modesty, prudence

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traits for transcendence

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appreciation of beauty, excellence, gratitude, hope, humour, religion

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Personality genetics

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building blocks of personality written into DNA, optimism & self-esteem predicted by the portion of the third chromosome, extroverted personalities are hereditary at 40-60 %, higher dopamine levels in the brain for extroverts

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