Seminar 2 Flashcards
Johari Window
4 pane table that describes if you are known to oneself and others. E.g. I do not know myself but others do: blind
I know myself but others do not: hidden
Definition of personality
Personality is the entire mental organisation of a human being at any stage of his/her development
Melancholic trait
depressive (black bile dominant)
Cholic trait
Irritable (yellow bile dominant)
Sanguine trait
optimistic (blood dominant)
Phlegmatic trait
Calm, uninterested (mucus dominant)
What is trait?
Quality of a personality
Common trait
basic characteristic feature
Personal disposition
How common traits manifest ate themselves
Hans Eysenck Dimensions
Introversion/Extroversion
Unstable/stable
Neuroticism scale
High on the scale were susceptible to neurotic problems.
Low scale would be fairly calm
The big 5 model
Openness to experience: appreciation to art/emotion
Conscientiousness: tendency to show self discipline
Extraversion: Surgency/positive emotions
Agreeableness: Tendency to be compassionate
Neuroticism: Tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily
Id, Ego, Superego
Pleasure principle
Reality principle
Conscience and moral
Erik Erikson behaviourism
Classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Carl Rogers: Humanistic theory
Personal development as positive change to become mature
