Quiz 1: Finals Flashcards
The inner psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment.
Personality
Nature of Personality
■ Personality reflects individual
differences
■ Personality is consistent and
enduring
■ Personality can change
Theories of Personality
■ Freudian Theory
■ Neo-Freudian Personality Theory
■ Horney’s CAD Theory
■ Cognitive Theories of Personality
■ Trait Theory
Unconscious needs or drives are at the heart of human motivation
Freudian Theory
Three interacting systems
• Id
• Ego
• Superego
primitive and impulsive drives
Id
Individual’s conscious control.
Ego
Individual’s internal expression of
society’s moral and ethical codes of conduct
Superego
Social relationships are fundamental to the formation and development of personality.
Neo-Freudian Personality Theory
Using the context of child-parent relationships
Horney’s CAD Theory
individuals can be classified into:
⁕Compliant individuals
⁕Aggressive individuals
⁕Detached individuals
One who desires to be loved, wanted, and
appreciated by others.
Compliant Personality
One who moves against others (e.g., competes with others, desires to excel and win admiration).
Aggressive Personality
One who moves away from others (e.g., who desires independence, self-sufficiency, and freedom from
obligations).
Detached Personality
Personality as differences in cognitive processes (how consumers process and react to information)
Cognitive Theories of Personality