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___________________ Is a state of being of a person; characteristics and qualities that form a persons distinctive character.

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Dictionary

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What are the truths about personality?

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  1. Everybody has one
  2. The word ( I) is what defines you.
  3. Personality characteristics are relatively stable and predictable.
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Origin of the word personality

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the latin word persona refers to the mask used by actors.

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What are the factors that influence the development of personality?

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Race
Gender
Culture
Perception of individualism
Child rearing practices
Self enhancement
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The person on social media___________

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Online personality

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On average people have the tendency to present themselves online being much more ____________ ____________ than they really are.

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Emotionally stable

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Do men or women take more selfies?

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women

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Repetitive use of a selfie can _________ closeness of a friendship.

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reduce

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Excessive time spent using the internet can result in ________ and __________.

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anxiety depression

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______________ is known to change portions of the brain which are linked to depression and increased irritability.

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Correlation

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Why is it important to access personality?

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Because relationships, compatibility, career, education tools are going to be successful, diagnosis research for helping others in the future.

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What are the principles of measurement?

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Validity

Reliability

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__________ looks at the accuracy (assessment measuring what its supposed to)

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Validity

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___________ is the consistency of results.

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Reliability

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_____________ is a method of answering questions about yourself asking participants to report on themselves about behavior, feelings, experiences and cognitions.

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Self report

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What does ( MMPI-2) stand for?

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

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____________ is translated into 140 different languages and its the worlds widely used psychological test with 567 true/false questions.

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MMPI-2

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_______________ measures personality characteristics like depression, paranoia, hypochondriasis, schizophrenia, hysteria, and defensiveness.

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MMPI-2 test

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Advantages of taking the MMPI-2 test.

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Its online and convenient, acceptable for younger population

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Dissadvantages of MMPI2 test.

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reading level is different, the test being online then on paper may be harder for some people.

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____________ are subjects that presume to project personal needs, fears, and values. The participant is shown ambiguous stimuli and asked open ended questions.

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Projective Techniques

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__________________ have 10 inkblots, some are black and white and some are water colored. This evaluates patterns or themes. ( red flag words)

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Rorschach Inkblot Technique

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_____________ has 19 ambiguous black and white pictures, including one blank card. ( 20 cards)

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Thematic Apperception Test

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What does (TAT) stands for?

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Thematic Apperception Test

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______________ are revalent questions about past and present life experiences.
Clinical Interviews
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_______________ is observation of behaviors in different situations.
Behavioral assessment
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_______________ is when somebody records thoughts at intervals over time, modern technology with timers and reminders help this type of testing,
Thought and experience sampling
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____________ is detail history of an individual and contains data from a variety of sources. ( can take a long time to collect information)
Case history
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____________ determines the affect of one variable or events on behavior.
Experimental Method
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____________ looks at the relationships between variables.
Correlational Method
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___________ is the correlations coefficient - is a number between -1 and +1.
Correlation statistic
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_____________ tells us both variables are moving in the same direction.
Positive correlation
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_____________is when the variables are moving in opposite directions.
Negative correlation
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____________ is a online test administration, a test , surveys, or stimuli.
Virtual Research
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___________ had several siblings, was his moms favorite, and had 8 kids.
Sigmund Freud
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____________ had a personal sexual conflict and a negative attitude and blamed wife because she got pregnant to easy.
Sigmund Freud
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_______________ is the theory of personality and system of therapy for treating mental disorders.
Psychoanalysis
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____________ is the propelling forces of personality.
Instincts
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__________ is orientated toward survival.
Life instincts
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Frued said that the _________ was the life energy for life instincts.
libido
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_____________ is when Frued said that death instincts was an unconscious way to die.
Death instincts
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What are the levels of personality?
Conscious Unconscious Preconscious
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____________ personality deals with what you are aware of.
conscious
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___________ personality is the home of the instincts.
Unconscious
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____________ store house of memories, perceptions, and thoughts. ( Things you can call in our conscious level of personality)
Preconscious
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___________ resides in the unconscious and works on the pleasure principle.
I.D
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_________ is the reservoir of insticts and libido.
I.D.
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__________ resides in the conscious, preconscious, and the unconscious and satisfies needs through the secondary process of thoughts.
Ego
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_______________ is largely in the unconscious moral side and it develops in the ages of 5 and 6 years old.
Superego
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___________ is the feeling of fear or dread without obvious causes.
anxiety
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____________ anxiety is the fear of dangers.
Reality
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_____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and ego. (Ex. Eating desert before your meal)
Neurotic
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____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and superego. ( Ex. feelings guilty for doing something wrong.)
Moral
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________ is unconsciously forgetting about something that causes anxiety.
Repression
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____________ is refusing existence of something causing anxiety.
Denial
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___________ Is the Expression of the opposite ID impulse
Reaction Formation
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____________ is attributing the disturbing impulse to someone else.
Projection
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_____________ is retreating to an earlier period of life.
Regression
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_____________ is reinterpreting the behavior.
Rationalization
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________________ is shifting the ID impose to a suitable object.
Displacement.
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_____________ is Displacing ID impulses into socially acceptable behaviors.
Sublimation
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Freud felt that personality was developed by the ___________year.
5th
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_____________ stage was birth to 1 year.
Oral
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________________ someone who is overly concerned with the activities of the mouth.
Oral incorporative
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_____________ someone who is obsessively hostile or negative with the mouth.
Oral aggressive
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____________ stage is one to 3 years of age. Main focus is toilet training
Anal
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They reduce their frustration through ___________.
defecation
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____________ is when the baby holds from going to the bathroom.
Anal retentive personality
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_____________ stage is 4-5 years old
Phallic
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The Phallic stage focuses on the __________.
genitals
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_______________ is the unconscious desire for the parent of the opposite sex and to replace or destroy the same sex parent.
Oedipus complex
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____________ had penis any and wanted to replace their mothers for not giving them a penis
Females
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_____________ stage is period of rest 5-6 years
Latency
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______________ stage is the final stage of adolescence to adulthood.
Genital
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___________ is letting the clients speak.
Free of association
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___________ is the expression of emotion.
Catharsis
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_______________ blockage or refusal to disclose painful memories.
Resistance
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___________ is the actual dream event.
Manifest content
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___________ is the symbolic meaning.
Latent content
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__________ was born in 1875 and had a emotionally unstable mother.
Carl Jung
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Who was the more power parent in Carl Jung childhood.
Mom
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Carl described his father as ____________ and _____________.
powerfulness weak
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How many sisters did carl have?
1
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How many years younger was carl sister than him?
9
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How did carl characterize his childhood?
lonely
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What would happen to carl in school?
have fainting spells
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What did carl study?
Psychiatry
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Who did carl study with?
Eugene bleuler
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___________ was at a mental hospital in Zurich and coined the term schizophrenia.
Bleuler
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_________ had a neurotic stage at 38
bleuler
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How did bleuler work through his episode?
self analysis

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