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Psychology - Chapter 9 - Personality Flashcards

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What is personality?

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The ABC’s that characterize an individual in a number of situations over time.

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Personality - something ___ you bring with you in your ___ with the environment.

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Internal/interactions.

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Lief Instincts - Eros

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impulses for survival, like for sex or hunger.

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Lief Instincts - Libido

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psychic energy through which sexual instincts operate.

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Death Instincts - Thanatos

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impulses of destruction.

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Conscious - def

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mental event of which we are actively aware of.

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Preconscious - def

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aspects of mental life that we aren’t aware of at the moment but can be easily brought up.

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Psychoanalytic Approach - Freud - __ interacting structures.

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3 interacting structures.

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Freud - ID - def

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inborn, unconscious, basic instincts. It wants what it wants, like a small child!

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Pleasure Principle - def

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find pleasure.

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Libido - def

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life energy of the ID.

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ID - concerned with reality. T/F?

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False - it is not concerned with reality!

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Superego - def

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Morality, conscious.

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Idealistic Principle - def

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one must do what is right and proper, always!

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Superego - society’s rules ___.

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Internalized.

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Ego - def

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rational reasoning.

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Reality Principle -

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goes between ID and Superego - it kind of finds the best of both worlds. It also satisfies the ID in a reasonable way.

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Defense Mechanism - Repression

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motivated forgetting (because there could be damaged caused to the ego.)

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Defense Mechanism - Sublimation

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Channeling unacceptable impulses into something more acceptable.
Like, say you have a crush on your best friend’s boyfriend, and instead of acting on that, you work on your job or something.

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Defense Mechanism - Denial

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Refusing to acknowledge reality.

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Defense Mechanism - Rationalization

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Making excuses.

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Defense Mechanism - Fantasy

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imagination/daydreaming - it protects the ego from distress.

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Defense Mechanism - Projection

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seeing one’s own unacceptable traits in other’s. Like, being a know-it-all and hating other know-it-all’s.

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Defense Mechanism - Regression

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return to an earlier level of behavior.

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Defense Mechanism - Displacement

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redirecting aggression at a substitute person.

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Hostile Attribution Bias - def

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when people do things towards you, even if it’s just looking at you, they MUST be hostile - like, if someone runs into you in the hallway, even if by accident, they MUST hate you.

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Psychosexual Development - Oral Stage - what ages? Info?

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Birth to age 1. Satisfaction from oral activities.

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Oral Fixation - might happen if…

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something bad happened during the Oral Stage.

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To move on from the Oral Stage, one must….

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be weaned off!

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Psychosexual Development - Anal Stage - what age, info?

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Ages 1-3.

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What moves you from the Anal Stage to the Phallic Stage?

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Potty Training.

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Anal Retentive - def

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someone who is uptight, over controlled.

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Anal Expulsive - def

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Someone who is under controlled, messy, etc.

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Phallic Stage - age/info.

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Satisfaction from the genitals.

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Penis Envy - def

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little girls realize they don’t have a penis and then they become sad and want one!

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Womb Enzy - Karen Horney - def

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little boys realize they can’t ever have babies and become sad.

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Oedipus Complex - def

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when little boys think they want to marry their moms and want to date them. They even “try” and push Dad aside.

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Electra Complex - def

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The “girl” version of this, when they want their Dads.

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Psychosexual Development - Latency - age/info.

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Age 6-puberty. A time out for sexual development. This is when rapid ego development happens.

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Psychosexual Development - Genital Stage - age/info.

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Starting at puberty.
Re-awakening of sexual impulses. Satisfaction from the genitals, like sexually stimulating and establishing adult relationships.

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Inferiority Complex - def

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the feeling that we are less able than others to solve life’s problems and get along in the world.

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The Behavioral Learning Approach - the way we behave is a function of our ____ and ___ experiences, NOT a reflection of some ___ drive or ___ personality. (Watson & Skinner.)

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Environment.
Learning Experiences.
innate drive
in-born personality.

43
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Dollard & Miller - tried to combine unconscious drives with…

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learning theory.

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Bandura - aspects of personality can be learned by…

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observing others.

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The Cognitive Approach - our personality is a reflection of our…

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habitual thinking patterns.

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Cognitive Approach - what happens to you and….

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then how you interpret it.

47
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The way we think about ourselves, others, and the world determines how we feel (affect) and how we act (behaviors.) T/F?

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True!

48
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Humanistic-Phenomenological Approach - dissatisfied with the deterministic nature of…

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Psychoanalytic & Behaviorist theories.

49
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People can __ their own destinies.

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Shape.

50
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Carl Rogers - main human drive is…?

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Become fully functioning.

51
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Humanistic Therapy - what is it?

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Like listening, replying, giving support, etc.

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Carl Rogers - we need….

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Unconditional, positive regard.

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Abraham Maslow - main human drive is…

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Get our needs met!

54
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Abraham Maslow - we need….

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Self-actualization.

55
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - the first one is…

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Physiological Needs, like the need for food, water, shelter, oxygen, and sleep.

56
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What is the second step up on the Hierarchy of needs?

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Safety needs.

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What is the 3rd step up on the Hierarchy of needs?

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Belonging and love needs.

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What is the 4th step up on the Hierarchy of needs?

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Esteem needs - like need for achievement, education, competence, and respect.

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What is at the top of the Hierarchy of needs?

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Need for self-actualization - our need to realize our fullest potential!

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We can meet any of our needs, even if the basic ones aren’t met. T/F?

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False - we have to meet the basic needs before we can move higher up!

61
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Traits - def

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a stable characteristic on which people differ.

62
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Traits are dimensions. T/F?

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True!

63
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Your personality is the result of a particular combination of…

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personality traits.

64
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According to the Trait Approach, our personality is…

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where we fall on a variety of traits.

65
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Trait approach = ___.

The earlier approaches = ___.

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Description/Explanatory.

66
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Gordon Allport - Cardinal, central, and secondary. What are they?

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Cardinal - reflects the person so much, like Mother Teresa being selfless. Not many people have these.

Central - describes who we are most of the time.

Secondary - describes us in a few circumstances.

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Raymond Cattell - identified ___“source traits.”

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16.

68
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Hans Eysenck - Identified ___ supertraits.

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3.

69
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What are the 3 supertraits?

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Introversion/Extroversion, Neuroticism/Emotional Stability, Psychoticism (if you’re high, you’re irritable. If you’re low, you’re warm, empathetic. Etc.)

70
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The Big Five - what are they?

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Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness (like being organized, etc.), Extroversion/Introversion, Agreeableness (friendliness), Neuroticism (emotionality.)

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Transaction Approach - the way we behave is the result of…

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Stress.

72
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Personality Assessment - Measurement of personality includes 3 things…

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Diagnosis, Theory-building, behavior prediction.

73
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Personality Assessment Techniques - Behavioral Observation - def

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conclusions based on observation.

74
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Personality Assessment Techniques - Interviews.

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Conclusions based on what people say about themselves.

75
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Personality Assessment Techniques - Paper and pencil tests.

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Most common - conclusions based on answers to questionnaire items.

76
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MMPI - what is it? How common is it?

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Minnesota Multi-phasic Inventory - It is the most common!

77
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MMPI - Validity Scale - does it…

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Measure what it’s supposed to do?

78
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Fake good - def

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lying to look better.

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Fake-bad - def

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Trying to say you’re nuts, like if you committed a crime and all that.

80
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Projective Techniques - they are…

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ambiguous. These PROJECT part of your personality. Conclusions based on response to ambiguous stimuli.

81
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What is the most common Projective test?

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Rorschach Inkblok.

82
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The inkblot test is not controversial. T/F?

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False - it is very controversial.

83
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Biological - def

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focuses on biological, physiological and genetic mechanism to describe and explain personality.

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