Unit 5 Test Terms (Nuggets) Flashcards
Psychoanalysis is driven by
The unconscious
ID
The personality component made up of unconscious psychic energy that works to satisfy basic urges, needs, and desires
Superego
Part of the personality that represents internalized ideals an provides standards for judgement (the conscience) and for future aspirations
Ego
Mediates among the demands of the ID, Superego and reality principle satisfying the ID’s desire in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain
Defense Mechanism
The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
Alfred Alder
Individual Psychology
Striving for Superiority
Theory of Compensation, Resignation and Overcompensation
Carl Jung
Collective unconscious
Archetypes
Personal unconscious
B.F. Skinner
Personality is shaped by learning
Carl Rogers
Self Concept
Incongruity
Hierarchy of Needs
Levels of needs (Abraham Maslow)
Hans Eysenck
Three Main Personality Factors
Personality and Genetics
Walter Mischel
Environment and Experience
Importances of Situational Cues
Karen Horney
Culture and Society create Personality
The Basic Anxiety
Anxiety and Neurosis
Womb Envy
Gordon Allport
Cardinal Traits
Secondary Traits
Central Traits
Raymond Cattell
Factor Analysis
Cluster of Personality traits
16 Personality factors
Idiographic vs Nomothetic
Idiographic: Individuals (unique traits and differences)
Nomothetic: Class or Population (Principle of Behavior)
MMPI
most used personality test
CPI
used on kids
Rohrschach
Ink Blots
TAT
Pictures
Eysenck’s Three Personality Factors
Extroversion, Neurotic-ism, Psychotic-ism
Analytical Psychology
Carl Jung’s version of psychoanalysis
Person-Centered Therapy
Carl Rogers. Anyone can help themselves without the aid of a therapist once the client accepts and respects themselves. You are the source of your problems, and, therefore, you are the solution.
Phenomenological approach
An approach to psychology and personality that deals with perception and experience of events as opposed to the physical events themselves.
Surface and source traits
Cattell’s factors. The 16 are the surface traits and the ones that flow beneath them, that are contained within the 16, are source traits.
Internal locus of control
You take responsibility for your own actions and feel like you are in control of your own destiny
Humanist Approach
Stay Positive, Avoid negative image or low self-esteem
Self-Concept (Rogers)
How you view yourself
Incongruity
Reality vs. Self concept
