Unit 5 - Personality And Selfhood Flashcards
Personality and selfhood. Which bigger?
Personality is a small part of selfhood
Personality is…
The socially acceptable mask we wear daily to others.
Johari Windows
Social/Open self (CS) - aware
Hidden Self (CS) - aware but hide
Blind Self (PCS) - unaware but others see
Unconscious Self (UCS) - unaware to everyone
Johari Windows: Social/Open Self
Things we are aware of and let others see
Johari Windows: Hidden Self
Things were aware of but hide because they’re embarrassing or threatening
Or, our intimate self we only share with trusted people
Johari Windows: Blind Self
Things we are not aware of but may be visible to others.
Tends to be a little threatening, but not always.
Can be told through our non-verbal behaviors and mannerisms.
Johari Windows: Unconscious Self
Parts of us that are rejected and repressed.
Deemed ugly, threatening, shameful, unacceptable.
Kept from our awareness to save of from anxiety and being overwhelmed.
Ex. I’m not a sadist, I’m just disciplining my child
Johari Windows: What separates consciousness from unconsciousness?
Barrier of repression
Who founded idea that there was CS, PCS, and UCS
Freud
Presentism Bias
Not taking the work as part of its time. Words might have meant different things.
Small horizon bias
Thinking that someone’s expertise in one thing translates to another thing.
Big Five Personality Factors
O - Openess to situations (flexibility/nonconformity)
C - Conscientiousness (Self discipline/delayed gratification)
E - Extraversion
A - Agreeableness (helpful, trusting)
N - Neuroticism (insecurity)
Problems with big five personality
Relies on self report
Only conscious self
Doesn’t account how situation changes behaviors
Feud’s two models
Topographical Model (Theatre of the mind)
Structural Model (Id, Ego, Super-ego)
Freud Topographical model
Theater of the mind
CS, PCS, UCS
Dynamic unconscious
The Id
“It”
Forms first
Fully unconscious
Our “appetites” (sexual and aggressive drives)
The Ego
“I”
Forms second.
Conscious and unconscious.
“Who am I?” Develops sense of identity.
Forms within first 3 years of life.
Wants to protect image and deals with defensive mechanisms.
Responsible for self control and decision making.
Signal Anxiety
A small amount of anxiety that is what triggers the Ego into wanting to defend itself.
Prevents Ego from being overwhelmed by other types of anxiety
Super-Ego
“Above-I”
Forms third
Conscious and unconscious
Internalized rules (Laws, expectations, social rules) “Moral compass”
Helps tell us what’s wrong, can give good shame to not do bad things.
Also includes self critic, bad shame (Mostly unconscious).
Freud’s Psychosexual Stages
- Oral Stage
- Anal stage
- Latency Stage
- Oedipal Stage
Psychosexual Stages: Oral Stage
Focused on the mouth
Sucking, eating, drinking.
Related to trust and security.
Positive environment = “I am worthy” - “I can trust others”
Negative environment = “I cannot trust others, I must take”
Fixation = excessive talking, eating smoking, drinking.
Psychosexual Stages: Anal Stage
Focused on anus and urethra.
Potty training.
About autonomy (control or be controlled)
Positive = “I am securely in charge, but can let others be in charge without being threatened”
Negative = “I must control everyone” or “I cannot set boundaries” also maybe “others should clean up my mess”
Psychosexual Stages: Oedipal Stage
Focuses on Genitals
Deals with Jealousy and Competition.
Kids realize they are not centre of the world.
Positive = “I am an individual. Don’t need to be jealous or need validation.”
Negative = “I depend on a other for everything.” or “I must be in spotlight.” Also needing validation or “partner poaching”
Examples of Defence Mechanisms
Regression (Kids taking steps back in potty training when stressed)
Reaction formation (Emotional 180)
Projection (The thief thinks everyone else is a thief)
Rationalization (I’m just drinking to be social, it’s not a problem)
Displacement (scapegoats)
Denial (Partner denies evidence of affair)
Example of healthy choping mechanisms
Sublimation
A type of displacement
Turns negative into good. (Vent art and music)
