Theories Of Personality Flashcards

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Freud: psychoanalytic theory

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Iceberg.
Libido: natural energy source that get fixated

Id: immediate gratification
Ego: perceptions, thoughts, mediator
Superego: morality

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Humanistic theory

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Free will
Self actualization
Conscious
People are inherently good

(Maslow and rogers)

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Rogers (humanistic)

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People need Growth promoting climate to obtain self actualization (personality)

Must have 1. acceptance
You must be 2. genuine

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Biological theory

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Components of personality are inherited

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5
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Social potency

Traditionalism

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Trait to be a leader

Trait to be submissive

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Behavioral theory

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Observable:
skinner– operant conditioning
Pavlov–classical conditioning

Psychoanalytic thy

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Trait thy

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Patterns of behavior

Cardinal traits: most prevalent. Not all individuals have same traits. Influence the other two.

Central traits: less dominant

Secondary traits: preferences

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Big 5 traits (OCEAN)

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Bobo doll

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Children show aggression to doll after seeing adults do it

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Learning performance behavior

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Learning behavior is different from performing behavior

Video games: i don’t perform the behavior but that doesn’t mean I don’t learn it

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Banduras social cognitive theory

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Observational learning, you need these things:

Attention
Memory
Imitation
Motivation

AMIM (am I motivated )

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12
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Denial

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Pathological defense mechanism

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Projection

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Someone projects their own feeling on someone else.

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Projective identification

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When the person being projected upon starts acting according to the projections

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15
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Intellectualization

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Neurotic defense mechanism

Separating emotion from ideas

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16
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Rationalization

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Neurotic defense mechanism

“Not my fault” rationalizing

17
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Regression

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Neurotic defense mechanism

Acting like a baby

18
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Mature defense mechanisms

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Humor

Sublimation (channel negative energy to something positive)

Suppression (consciously push negative thoughts into subconscious)

19
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Sublimation

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(channel negative energy to something positive)

Mature defense mechanisms

20
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Supression

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(consciously push negative thoughts into subconscious)

Mature defense mechanisms

21
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Pleasure principle

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Immmature, want pleasure immediately (childhood)

Freud

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Reality principle

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Mature, delaying pleasure in pursuit of a long term gratification

Older people

Freud

23
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Eros

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Drive for life: healthy, sex, safety

Freud

24
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Thanatos

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Death drive: Self destructive, harmful to others, hate