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Which is more stable: Personality or Behavior?
Personality
According to Allport, what is personal disposition/trait?
a general neuropsychic structure UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL with the capacity to:
- Render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and
- Instigate and guide consistent (equivalent) forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior
What are the core principles of Sigmund Freud?
Id, Ego and Superego
Id is guided by which principle and thought?
Pleasure principle
Primary process thought
When is egodeveloped?
6 mos
Ego is guided by which principle and thought?
Reality principle and secondary process thought
With superego, rewards and punishments produces?
Rewards = Ego ideal Punishment = Conscience
Which of the cores produces anxiety?
The SUPEREGO produces anxiety by remembering previously punished actions. Anxiety is a tension that we always want to reduce.
What is cathexis?
The EGO forms a this for objects that reliably produce tension reduction of libidinal energy.
What is counter-cathexis?
SUPEREGO forms a this to block energy discharge until a realistic and morally acceptable object of gratification is found.
What is fixation?
Fixation occurs when the Id is over gratified or under gratified. Fixation is incomplete personality development.
Psychosexual Stages by Sigmund Freud
Oral Stage Anal Stage Phallic Stage Latency Period Genital Stage
Which stage in Psychosexual stages when the oedipus/electra complex exists?
Phallic stage
Psychosexual stages: Oral Stage
0 mo. - 6 mo. Oral incorporative (erotic, dependent)]
6 mo. - 1 yr. Oral aggressive (sadistic)
Psychosexual stages: Anal Stage
1 YR. TO 2-3 YR.
Anal retentive (under gratify)
Anal Expulsive-aggressive (over gratify)
Psychosexual stages: Phallic Stage
3-4
Phallic Character #1-no labels (over gratification)–a dramatic, histrionic person
Phallic Character #2-no label (under gratification)–a withdrawn, schizoid person
Psychosexual stages: Latency Period
5-6 yrs. until puberty.
Psychosexual stages: Genital Stage
Puberty till death
Unconscious or Conscious: Defense Mechanism
Unconscious
Unconscious or Conscious: Id
Unconscious
Unconscious or Conscious: Ego
conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.
Unconscious or Conscious: Superego
conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.
Difference of conscious, preconscious, and unconscious
Conscious: What we are aware of in the present time
Preconscious: Memories that can be recalled with sufficient cues.
Unconscious: Memories forced into the unconscious (and very difficult to retrieve) because they are very anxiety provoking. Also, certain psychological processes (e.g., ID functions and defense mechanisms) are unconscious.
Major defense mechanism during oral stage
IDENTIFICATION, INTROJECTION,
PROJECTION, DENIAL