Temperament, Personality, and Identity Flashcards
____ refers to a person’s basic disposition, which influences how he or she responds to ____. It has a ____ component and, to some is apparent at ____ and predictive of later ____, especially when it’s measured after ____ ____ of age.
Temperament; Situations; Genetic Component; Birth; Personality; Three Years
Evidence for a genetic contribution is provided by studies showing that identical twins are more similar than fraternal twins in terms of temperament and indicating that some temperament qualities correlate with certain ____ ____.
Physiological Reactions
Kagan’s research (1989) confirmed that ____ ____ has a biological contribution and is a relatively ____ characteristic. He found that children identified as either ____ or ____ at 21 months of age were ____ ____ at 5-1/2 and 7-1/2 years and that level of inhibition was related to ____ ____: When faced with unfamiliar situations, ____ ____ had a higher heart rate, pupillary dilation, and larger changes in blood pressure than did ____ children.
Behavioral Inhibition; Stable; Inhibited or Uninhibited; Similarly Categorized; Physiological Reactivity; Inhibited Children; Uninhibited
Additional confirmation of the stability of behavioral inhibition is provided by research showing that inhibition in early childhood is associated with an increased risk for ____ ____ in ____ and with a ___________ in early adulthood.
Social Anxiety in Adolescence; Less Positive and Less Active Social Life
Note, that there’s also evidence that level of behavioral inhibition can be modified by ____ ____ -____ ____, with warm, supportive parenting reducing the intense physiological reactions of inhibited children and cold, intrusive parenting and overprotective parenting increasing their intensity.
Parental Childe-Rearing Practices
Thomas and Chess distinguish between nine basic temperament qualities — ___________________.
activity level, rhythmicity, approach/withdrawal, adaptability, threshold of responsiveness, intensity of reaction, quality of mood, distractibility, and persistence.
According to these investigators, most babies can be categorized based on these qualities as easy, difficult, or slow-to-warm-up: _______, ______, _______.
Easy Children; Difficult Children; Slow-to-Warm-Up Children
____ ____ are even-tempered, have regular sleeping and eating patterns, adapt easily to new situations and people, and have a preponderance of positive moods.
Easy Children
____ ____ are irritable, withdraw from new situations and people, and have unpredictable habits and a preponderance of negative moods.
Difficult Children
____ -to-____ -____ ____ are inactive and somewhat negative in mood and take time to adjust to new stimuli.
Slow-to-Warm-Up Children
Thomas and Chess found that many children categorized as ____ or ____ at age three were rated, respectively, as ____ or ____ -____ as young adults. However, the relationship between early temperament and later adjustment was not perfect; and, based on their findings, these investigators developed a ____-of-____ ____ that predicts that it is the degree of match between parents’ behaviors and their child’s temperament that contributes to die child’s outcomes.
Difficult or Easy; Poorly or Well-Adjusted; Goodness-of-Fit Model
Thomas and Chess also developed a ____ ____ ____ that is designed to help parents interact with their child in ways that are consistent with the child’s temperament.
Parent Guidance Intervention
____ ____ of ____ ____ proposes that the id’s libido (sexual energy) centers on a different part of the body during each stage of development and that personality results from the ways in which conflicts at each stage are resolved.
Freud’s Theory of Psychosexual Development
Failure to ____ a ____ at any stage often stems from v or ____ ____ of the id’s needs and can result in ____ at that stage.
Resolve a Conflict; Excessive or Insufficient Gratification; Fixation
Freud’s ____ of ____ ____ and the personality outcomes associated with them are summarized in 5 stages.
Stages of Psychosexual Development
____: The mouth is the focus of sensation and stimulation, and weaning is the primary source of conflict. Fixation results in dependence, passivity, gullibility, sarcasm, and orally-focused habits (smoking, nail-biting, overeating, etc.).
Oral Stage (birth-I year)
____: The main issue during this stage is control of bodily wastes, and conflicts stem from issues related to toilet training. Fixation produces anal retentiveness (stinginess, selfishness, obsessive-compulsive behavior) or anal expulsiveness (cruelty, destructiveness, messiness).
Anal Stage (1-3 years)
____: Sexual energy is centered in the genitals; and the primary task is the resolution of the Oedipal conflict, which is marked by a desire for the opposite-sex parent and a view of the same-sex parent as a rival. A successful outcome results from identification with the same-sex parent and development of the superego. Fixation can produce a phallic character, which involves sexual exploitation of others.
Phallic Stage (3-6 years)
____: Libidinal energy is diffuse rather than focused on any one area of the body, and the emphasis is on developing social skills rather than achieving sexual gratification.
Latency Stage (6-12 years)
____: Libido is again centered in the genitals, and a successful outcome in this stage occurs when sexual desire is blended with affection to produce mature sexual relationships.
Genital Stage (12+ years)
____ of ____ ____: Erikson’s personality theory differs from Freud’s in several important ways. First, Erikson stresses the role of ____ (versus sexual) ____, and his stages of development each involve a different ____ ____. Second, Erikson places greater emphasis on the ____ than on the ____, and he assumes that people are ____ ____ and that behavior is due largely to ____ functioning. Finally, Erikson views personality development as a process that continues throughout the ____.
Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development; Social; Factors; Psychosocial Crisis; Ego; Id; Basically Rational; Ego; Lifespan
The crises and positive outcomes are associated with his eight ____ of ____ ____.
Stages of Psychosocial Development
____: A positive relationship with one’s primary caregiver during infancy results in a sense of trust and optimism.
Basic Trust vs. Basic Mistrust (infancy)
____: A sense of self (autonomy) develops out of positive interactions with one’s parents or other caregivers.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (toddlerhood)
____: Favorable relationships with family members result in an ability to set goals and devise and carry out plans without infringing on the rights of others.
Initiative vs. Guilt (early childhood)
____: The most important influences at this stage are people in the neighborhood and the school. To avoid feelings of inferiority, the school-age child must master certain social and academic skills.
Industry vs. Inferiority (school age)
____: Peers are the dominant social influence in adolescence. A positive outcome is reflected in a sense of personal identity and a direction for the future.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (adolescence)
____: The main task during early adulthood is the establishment of intimate bonds of love and friendship. If such bonds are not achieved, self-absorption and isolation result.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (young adulthood)
____: The people one lives and works with are most important during this stage. A generative person exhibits commitment to the well-being of future generations.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (middle adulthood)
____: In this final stage, social influence broadens to include all “humankind.” The development of wisdom (an informed, detached concern with life in the face of death) and a sense of integrity require coming to terms with one’s limitations and mortality.
Ego Integrity vs. Despair (maturation/old age)
___________: ____ (1986) divides the lifespan into four periods: ______________________. According to Levinson, the transitions from one period to the next are particularly ____, and it is during these times that ____ ____ in a person’s ____ ____ usually occur.
Levinson’s “Seasons of a Man’s Life”; Levinson; Infancy through Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, and Late Adulthood; Stressful; Major Changes; Life Structure
_________ entails leaving the world of childhood and forming the initial foundation for life in the adult world. Tasks include becoming independent from one’s parents and getting involved in college, the military, an entry-level job, etc. This transition leads to the formation of ____ ____, which is an image of an ideal life that guides one’s decisions and choices.
The Early Adult Transition (ages 17 to 22); The Dream
_________ is brought on by the realization that the life Structure built during one’s 20s is not adequate. A sense of urgency develops as the result of ____ to fully enter the ____ ____, and the life structure is ____. This is followed by a period of “____ ____. “
The Age 30 Transition (28 to 33); Pressure; Adult World; Revised; Settling Down
_________ is a time of significant stress and reorganization. An important change is a ____ of ____ ____ as one realizes that one’s goals are not really satisfying and/or will not be fully ____. This period is marked by a shift in perspective from “____ -____ -____ “ to “____ -____ -to-____ “ because of an increasing awareness of one’s ____.
The Mid-Life Transition (40 to 45); Deflation of The Dream; Accomplished; Time-Since-Birth; Time-Left-to-Live; Mortality
Studies not been ____ ____ of Levinson’s theory. For example, Levinson found that the mid-life transition evoked “tumultuous struggles within the self and with the external world” for 80% of the men in his sample, but other studies indicate that only a minority of men and women experience a “____ ____. “
Totally Supportive; Midlife Crisis
Parenting Style: Baumrind and her colleagues (1991) presented one of the most widely cited frameworks for understanding the impact of parenting on developments. Their approach combines two dimensions of parenting – ____ (acceptance and warmth) and ____ (control) – to derive four ____ ____, which are predictive of specific ____ and ____ ____ for children and adolescence.
Responsivity; Demandingness; Parenting Styles; Personality and Behavioral Outcomes
____ ____ exhibit a high degree of demandingness and low responsivity. They impose ____ ____ of conduct, stress obedience, and use physical punishment, threats, deprivation, and other ____ ____ ____ to gain ____. Their offspring are often irritable, aggressive, mistrusting, and dependent and have a ____ ____ of ____ and ____ ____ of ____ -____ and ____ ____.
Authoritarian Parents; Absolute Standards; Power Assertive Techniques; Compliance; Limited Sense of Responsibility; Low Levels of Self-Esteem; Academic Achievement
____ ____ combine rational control with responsivity. Although they set ____ ____ and ____ ____ for their children, they rely on reasoning, praise, explanations, and other ____ ____ to ____ ____, and they ____ ____. The offspring of authoritative parents tend to be assertive, socially responsible, and achievement-oriented, ____ ____ ____ -____, are ____ -____, and usually obtain ____ ____ in school.
Authoritative Parents; Clear Rules and High Standards; Inductive techniques to Gain Compliance; Encourage Independence; Have High Self-Esteem; Self-Confident; High Grades
____ (____) ____ are warm and caring but make few demands and are nonpunitive. They allow their children to make their ____ ____ about what chores to complete. when to go to bed, etc. The children of these parents tend to be ____, impulsive, self-centered, easily frustrated, and ____ in ____ and ____.
Permissive (Indulgent) Parents; Own Decisions; Immature; Low in Achievement and Independence
____ -____ (____) ____ exhibit low levels of responsivity and demandingness, and they may be ____ ____ toward their children. Offspring of these parents have ____ ____ -____ and ____ ____ -____ and are often impulsive, moody, and aggressive. The characteristics of rejecting-neglecting parents resemble those predictive of ____ ____ — i.e., the research has found that adolescent delinquency is associated with a lack of parental warmth, a lack of supervision, and inconsistent or harsh punishment.
Rejecting-Neglecting (uninvolved) Parents; Overtly Hostile; Low Self-Esteem and Poor Self-Control; Juvenile Delinquency