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Unit 5 (Personality) Flashcards

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Behavior, Unique, Consistent

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Personality

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stable, compels consistent action (Characteristics)

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Traits

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Primitive Instincts, Instant Gratification, No self-control or morals (The little devil on your shoulder that makes you do all those things that feel good, even if it’s wrong)

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ID

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Engine of the ID, Pursue pleasure, avoid pain (The principal on which ID operates

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Pleasure Principle

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Libido (Yuk City)

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Instinct, Biological urges, affects behaviors, sexual desires

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Superego

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Conscience, Moral center, Self-control, Ego Ideal (Strive for perfection) (Makes us feel guilty when we do bad and good when we do good)

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Ego

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Mediator, Pleasures ID and superego, Reality Principle, Defer gratification because of reality (Prevents us from acting on every urge)

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Conscious

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Immediate Awareness

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Preconscious

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Memories you can retrieve

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Unconscious

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Not retrievable, Impacts behavior

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Defense Mechanisms

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Unconscious, protects you from bad feelings

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Rationalization

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Excuses (False, but plausible)

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Repression

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Bad thoughts, buried in unconscious

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Displacement

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Avoid source of bad feelings, less threatening substitute

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Regression

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Immature response

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Identification

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Find others in your situation

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Reaction Formation

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Act against your true feelings

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Projection

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Masking true feelings, attribute your feelings to someone else

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Sublimation

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Making that anger or urge energy into something else

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Denial

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“I don’t think so!”

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Psycho sexual Development

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Development of personality through the libido (Stages during childhood and first five years are critical)

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Erogenous Zones

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Physical source of libido gratification and frustration, conflict at each stage must be resolved

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Fixation

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stuck on one phase, creeps into adulthood

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Freud’s Drives

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Bad instincts, motivates behaviors

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Eros

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Life Instinct, Creativity and Productivity

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Thanatos

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Death instinct, self-destruction

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Carl Jung

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Swiss Psychologist, student of freud

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Personal unconscious

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all information that is present within an individual’s mind, but not readily available to conscious recall

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Collective Unconscious

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Cultural, Inherited Memories, Shared experiences, Psychological predispositions

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Archetypes

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In the collective unconscious, universal ideal, universal recognition (Mother, Hero, Deity)

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Alfred Adler

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Individual Psychology, Striving for Superiority (Theory), Theory of Compensation, Resignation and Overcompensation

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Individual Psychology

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Human Differences

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Striving For Superiority

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Common human motivator, challenges

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Theory of Compensation, Resignation and OVercompensation

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Facing Disadvantages, compensation=overcoming, resignation = acceptance, Overcompensation = Too much time spent

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Karen Horney

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Culture and Society create personality, The basic anxiety, Anxiety and Neurosis and Womb Envy

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Culture and Society create personality

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women who feel inferior

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The Basic Anxiety

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Loneliness and isolation, bad parents vs dependence on your parents, conflicts creates anxiety

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Anxiety and Neurosis

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Neurosis comes from anxiety over unrealistic expectations of universal needs

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Womb Envy

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Response to penis envy, Men are jealous of a woman’s ability to nurture

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Trait

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Unique characteristics, continuous, describe reactions

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Type

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Collection of traits

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Gordon Allport

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Cardinal, Central and Secondary Traits

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Cardinal Traits

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Dominant trait, you are synonymous with that traits

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Central Traits

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Prominent Traits, Consistent and Common

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Secondary Traits

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Rarely Seen, Situation specific

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Raymond Cattell

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Factor Analysis, Cluster of Personality Traits, 16 Personality Factors

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Factor Analysis

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Factor analysis is a type of statistical procedure that is conducted to identify clusters or groups of related items (called factors) on a test

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Clusters of personality traits

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18,000 adjectives, 4,500 traits, 181 clusters

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16 Personality Factors

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Describes any personality

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50
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Hans Eysenck

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Three Main Personality Factors, Personality and Genetics

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Three Main Personality Factors

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Extroversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism

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Personality and Genetics

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Some traits are inherited

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Walter Mischel

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Environment and Experience, Importance of situational cues

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Environment and Experience

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Shapes behavior

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Importance of situation cues

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Consistency comes from situations

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Modern Theories- They Big FIve (Dimensions of Personality)

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Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

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To stay postive, Avoid negative image or low self-esteem, Neurosis is internal

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The Humanist Approach Definition

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He developed Self-Concept and Incongruity

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Carl Rogers

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Self concept said..

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How you view yourself, Actions to reflect self concept

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This is reality vs self-concept

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Incongruity

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He developed Self-Actualization

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Abraham Maslow

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“reached their full potential and have become all that they can be”

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Self-Actualization

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Opposite of Humanist, Environment is the key, Neurosis is external

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Behaviorist Approach Defintion

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Developed Operand conditioning, said personality is shaped by learning and “reinforcements of consequences

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B.F. Skinner

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Personality comes from observation

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Albert Bondura

66
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Confidence in executing tasks resulting in the ability to try new things

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Self-Efficacy

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What does Self-Efficacy influence?

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your past, similar models, social persuasion and overcoming stress

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Class or population, General principles of behavior

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Monotheistic Studies

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Individuals, unique traits and differences

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Idiographic Studies

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Standardized test with few response choices

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Objective Tests

71
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An MMPI is an example of..

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An Objective Test

72
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Vague and ambiguous, Open Ended, Subjective and prone to bias type of test

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Projective Test

73
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Rorschach Ink Blot or Thematic Apperception Test are examples of..

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Projective Tests

74
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Instinct, Biological urges, affects behaviors, sexual desires

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Libido (Yuk City)

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Conscience, Moral center, Self-control, Ego Ideal (Strive for perfection) (Makes us feel guilty when we do bad and good when we do good)

76
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Mediator, Pleasures ID and superego, Reality Principle, Defer gratification because of reality (Prevents us from acting on every urge)

77
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Immediate Awareness

78
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Memories you can retrieve

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Preconscious

79
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Not retrievable, Impacts behavior

A

Unconscious

80
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Unconscious, protects you from bad feelings

A

Defense Mechanisms

81
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Excuses (False, but plausible)

A

Rationalization

82
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Bad thoughts, buried in unconscious

A

Repression

83
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Avoid source of bad feelings, less threatening substitute

A

Displacement

84
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Immature response

A

Regression

85
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Find others in your situation

A

Identification

86
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Act against your true feelings

A

Reaction Formation

87
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Masking true feelings, attribute your feelings to someone else

A

Projection

88
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Making that anger or urge energy into something else

A

Sublimation

89
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“I don’t think so!”

90
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Development of personality through the libido (Stages during childhood and first five years are critical)

A

Psycho sexual Development

91
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Physical source of libido gratification and frustration, conflict at each stage must be resolved

A

Erogenous Zones

92
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stuck on one phase, creeps into adulthood

93
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Life Instinct, Creativity and Productivity

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Death instinct, self-destruction

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Swiss Psychologist, student of freud

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Same as Freud’s unconscious

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Personal unconscious

97
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Cultural, Inherited Memories, Shared experiences, Psychological predispositions

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Collective Unconscious

98
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In the collective unconscious, universal ideal, universal recognition (Mother, Hero, Deity)

A

Archetypes

99
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Individual Psychology, Striving for Superiority (Theory), Theory of Compensation, Resignation and Overcompensation

A

Alfred Adler

100
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Human Differences

A

Individual Psychology

101
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Common human motivator, challenges

A

Striving For Superiority

102
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Facing Disadvantages, compensation=overcoming, resignation = acceptance, Overcompensation = Too much time spent

A

Theory of Compensation, Resignation and OVercompensation

103
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Culture and Society create personality, The basic anxiety, Anxiety and Neurosis and Womb Envy

A

Karen Horney

104
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women who feel inferior

A

Culture and Society create personality

105
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Loneliness and isolation, bad parents vs dependence on your parents, conflicts creates anxiety

A

The Basic Anxiety

106
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Neurosis comes from anxiety over unrealistic expectations of universal needs

A

Anxiety and Neurosis

107
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Response to penis envy, Men are jealous of a woman’s ability to nurture

108
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Unique characteristics, continuous, describe reactions

109
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Collection of traits

110
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Cardinal, Central and Secondary Traits

A

Gordon Allport

111
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Dominant trait, you are synonymous with that traits

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Cardinal Traits

112
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Prominent Traits, Consistent and Common

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Central Traits

113
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Rarely Seen, Situation specific

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Secondary Traits

114
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Factor Analysis, Cluster of Personality Traits, 16 Personality Factors

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Raymond Cattell

115
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Method of Organization, Reduces variables

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Factor Analysis

116
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18,000 adjectives, 4,500 traits, 181 clusters

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Clusters of personality traits

117
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Describes any personality

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16 Personality Factors

118
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Three Main Personality Factors, Personality and Genetics

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Hans Eysenck

119
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Extroversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism

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Three Main Personality Factors

120
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Some traits are inherited

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Personality and Genetics

121
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Environment and Experience, Importance of situational cues

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Walter Mischel

122
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Shapes behavior

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Environment and Experience

123
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Consistency comes from situations

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Importance of situation cues

124
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Psychoanalysis

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Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and conflicts; the tchniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions

125
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Carl Rogers

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humans have a “Self-Actualizing” tendency - an innate drive that pushes the person to fulfill his potentials. A “Fully-Functioning Person” is an individual who is continually moving toward self-actualization

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