TPQUALIFYING Flashcards
-refers to a theatrical mask worn by Roman actors in Greek dramas
Persona
- pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior
Personality
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
- posture, built, size, complexion, facial expression
Physical/external domain
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
- how the person talks, range of ideas, thins people talk about, mental alertness
mental/cognitive domain
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
likes and dislikes, aggressive (tendency to inflict harm) or docile (submissive), how people respond when things become difficult, how easily people give up to anger, how people handle stress, sense of humor.
emotional domain -
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
- social contact
Social domain
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
- right and wrong, do’s and don’ts
moral domain
DOMAINS OF PERSONALITY
- higher value in life, religion, philosophy in life
spiritual domain
- set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypothesis.
Theory
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- how wide range and diverse
Comprehensiveness
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- constructs that are clearly and explicitly defined, stated in clear language
Precision and testability
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- contain only those constructs, relational statements and assumptions necessary for the explanation of the phenomena within its domain.
Parsimony
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- must have data to support it
empirical validity
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- stimulates and provokes further theorizing and research
heuristic value
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
- leads to new approaches to the solution of people’s problem
applied value
A USEFUL THEORY:
1) Generates research
2) is falsifiable
3) Organizes data
4) Guides action
5) is internally consistent
6) is parsimonious
A USEFUL THEORY:
1) Generates research
2) is falsifiable
3) Organizes data
4) Guides action
5) is internally consistent
6) is parsimonious
What theory?
- focuses on the unconscious motivations of behavior
- involves looking at childhood experiences to discover how these events might have shaped the individual and how they contribute to current actions
Psychoanalytic Theory (Sigmund freud/Psychodynamic theories)
DEFENSE MECHANISMS (Psychoanalytic theory/Sigmund freud)
unknowingly placing an unpleasant memory or thought in the unconscious (selective forgetting)
Repression -
DEFENSE MECHANISMS (Psychoanalytic theory/Sigmund freud)
- reverting back to immature behavior fron an earlier stage of development
Regression
DEFENSE MECHANISMS (Psychoanalytic theory/Sigmund freud)
- redirecting unacceptable feelings from the original source to a safer, substitute target.
Displacement
DEFENSE MECHANISMS (Psychoanalytic theory/Sigmund freud)
- replacing socially unacceptable impulses with socially acceptable behavior
Sublimation
DEFENSE MECHANISMS (Psychoanalytic theory/Sigmund freud)
- creating false excuses for one’s unacceptable feelings, thoughts or behavior
Rationalization
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES
- pleasure centers on the mouth. Sucking, biting chewing.
1) Oral receptive - very trusting and dependent
2) Oral aggressive - aggressive and dominating
Oral (0-2)
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES
- pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination
Anal (2-3)
1) Anal expulsive - emotional, rebellious, messy
2) Anal retentive - mean, stubborn, obsessively tidy