Test one Flashcards
___________________ Is a state of being of a person; characteristics and qualities that form a persons distinctive character.
Dictionary
What are the truths about personality?
- Everybody has one
- The word ( I) is what defines you.
- Personality characteristics are relatively stable and predictable.
Origin of the word personality
the latin word persona refers to the mask used by actors.
What are the factors that influence the development of personality?
Race Gender Culture Perception of individualism Child rearing practices Self enhancement
The person on social media___________
Online personality
On average people have the tendency to present themselves online being much more ____________ ____________ than they really are.
Emotionally stable
Do men or women take more selfies?
women
Repetitive use of a selfie can _________ closeness of a friendship.
reduce
Excessive time spent using the internet can result in ________ and __________.
anxiety depression
______________ is known to change portions of the brain which are linked to depression and increased irritability.
Correlation
Why is it important to access personality?
Because relationships, compatibility, career, education tools are going to be successful, diagnosis research for helping others in the future.
What are the principles of measurement?
Validity
Reliability
__________ looks at the accuracy (assessment measuring what its supposed to)
Validity
___________ is the consistency of results.
Reliability
_____________ is a method of answering questions about yourself asking participants to report on themselves about behavior, feelings, experiences and cognitions.
Self report
What does ( MMPI-2) stand for?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
____________ is translated into 140 different languages and its the worlds widely used psychological test with 567 true/false questions.
MMPI-2
_______________ measures personality characteristics like depression, paranoia, hypochondriasis, schizophrenia, hysteria, and defensiveness.
MMPI-2 test
Advantages of taking the MMPI-2 test.
Its online and convenient, acceptable for younger population
Dissadvantages of MMPI2 test.
reading level is different, the test being online then on paper may be harder for some people.
____________ are subjects that presume to project personal needs, fears, and values. The participant is shown ambiguous stimuli and asked open ended questions.
Projective Techniques
__________________ have 10 inkblots, some are black and white and some are water colored. This evaluates patterns or themes. ( red flag words)
Rorschach Inkblot Technique
_____________ has 19 ambiguous black and white pictures, including one blank card. ( 20 cards)
Thematic Apperception Test
What does (TAT) stands for?
Thematic Apperception Test
______________ are revalent questions about past and present life experiences.
Clinical Interviews
_______________ is observation of behaviors in different situations.
Behavioral assessment
_______________ is when somebody records thoughts at intervals over time, modern technology with timers and reminders help this type of testing,
Thought and experience sampling
____________ is detail history of an individual and contains data from a variety of sources. ( can take a long time to collect information)
Case history
____________ determines the affect of one variable or events on behavior.
Experimental Method
____________ looks at the relationships between variables.
Correlational Method
___________ is the correlations coefficient - is a number between -1 and +1.
Correlation statistic
_____________ tells us both variables are moving in the same direction.
Positive correlation
_____________is when the variables are moving in opposite directions.
Negative correlation
____________ is a online test administration, a test , surveys, or stimuli.
Virtual Research
___________ had several siblings, was his moms favorite, and had 8 kids.
Sigmund Freud
____________ had a personal sexual conflict and a negative attitude and blamed wife because she got pregnant to easy.
Sigmund Freud
_______________ is the theory of personality and system of therapy for treating mental disorders.
Psychoanalysis
____________ is the propelling forces of personality.
Instincts
__________ is orientated toward survival.
Life instincts
Frued said that the _________ was the life energy for life instincts.
libido
_____________ is when Frued said that death instincts was an unconscious way to die.
Death instincts
What are the levels of personality?
Conscious
Unconscious
Preconscious
____________ personality deals with what you are aware of.
conscious
___________ personality is the home of the instincts.
Unconscious
____________ store house of memories, perceptions, and thoughts. ( Things you can call in our conscious level of personality)
Preconscious
___________ resides in the unconscious and works on the pleasure principle.
I.D
_________ is the reservoir of insticts and libido.
I.D.
__________ resides in the conscious, preconscious, and the unconscious and satisfies needs through the secondary process of thoughts.
Ego
_______________ is largely in the unconscious moral side and it develops in the ages of 5 and 6 years old.
Superego
___________ is the feeling of fear or dread without obvious causes.
anxiety
____________ anxiety is the fear of dangers.
Reality
_____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and ego. (Ex. Eating desert before your meal)
Neurotic
____________ anxiety involves a conflict between ID and superego. ( Ex. feelings guilty for doing something wrong.)
Moral
________ is unconsciously forgetting about something that causes anxiety.
Repression
____________ is refusing existence of something causing anxiety.
Denial
___________ Is the Expression of the opposite ID impulse
Reaction Formation
____________ is attributing the disturbing impulse to someone else.
Projection
_____________ is retreating to an earlier period of life.
Regression
_____________ is reinterpreting the behavior.
Rationalization
________________ is shifting the ID impose to a suitable object.
Displacement.
_____________ is Displacing ID impulses into socially acceptable behaviors.
Sublimation
Freud felt that personality was developed by the ___________year.
5th
_____________ stage was birth to 1 year.
Oral
________________ someone who is overly concerned with the activities of the mouth.
Oral incorporative
_____________ someone who is obsessively hostile or negative with the mouth.
Oral aggressive
____________ stage is one to 3 years of age. Main focus is toilet training
Anal
They reduce their frustration through ___________.
defecation
____________ is when the baby holds from going to the bathroom.
Anal retentive personality
_____________ stage is 4-5 years old
Phallic
The Phallic stage focuses on the __________.
genitals
_______________ is the unconscious desire for the parent of the opposite sex and to replace or destroy the same sex parent.
Oedipus complex
____________ had penis any and wanted to replace their mothers for not giving them a penis
Females
_____________ stage is period of rest 5-6 years
Latency
______________ stage is the final stage of adolescence to adulthood.
Genital
___________ is letting the clients speak.
Free of association
___________ is the expression of emotion.
Catharsis
_______________ blockage or refusal to disclose painful memories.
Resistance
___________ is the actual dream event.
Manifest content
___________ is the symbolic meaning.
Latent content
__________ was born in 1875 and had a emotionally unstable mother.
Carl Jung
Who was the more power parent in Carl Jung childhood.
Mom
Carl described his father as ____________ and _____________.
powerfulness weak
How many sisters did carl have?
1
How many years younger was carl sister than him?
9
How did carl characterize his childhood?
lonely
What would happen to carl in school?
have fainting spells
What did carl study?
Psychiatry
Who did carl study with?
Eugene bleuler
___________ was at a mental hospital in Zurich and coined the term schizophrenia.
Bleuler
_________ had a neurotic stage at 38
bleuler
How did bleuler work through his episode?
self analysis
