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Unit 7 - Personality Flashcards

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personality

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unique way in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels throughout life

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character

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value judgements made about a person’s morals or ethical behavior

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temperament

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enduring characteristics with which each person is born, such as irritability or adaptability

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psychodynamic perspective

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Freud; focuses on role of unconscious mind in the development of personality; heavily focuses on biological causes of personality differences

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behaviorist perspective

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based on theories of learning; focuses on effect of environment on behavior and includes aspects of social cognitive theory in that interactions with others and personal thought processes also influence learning and personality

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humanistic perspective

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reaction against psychoanalytic and behaviorist perspectives; focuses on the role of each person’s conscious life experiences and choices in personality development

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trait perspective

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concerned with the end result (opposite of other perspectives)

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Freud’s 3 parts of the mind

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preconscious
conscious
unconscious (most important)

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Freud’s 3 parts of personality

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id
ego
superego

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id

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nature, biological drives/desires; completely unconscious; pleasure principle

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ego

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peacemaker between id and superego; reality principle; conscious and unconscious

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superego

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nurture, rules, society; morality principle; both conscious and unconscious

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pleasure principle

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desire for immediate gratification of needs with no regard for the consequences

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reality principle

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need to satisfy the demands of the id only in ways that won’t lead to negative consequences

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conscience

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part of personality that makes people feel guilt/moral anxiety when they do the wrong thing

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psychosexual stages

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at each stage a different erogenous zone becomes important and can become the source of conflicts

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fixation

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getting stuck to some degree in a stage of development

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oral stage

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birth to 18 months
mouth
weaning
fixation –> dependent, optimistic, gullible, passive
–> aggressive, pessimistic, sarcastic, hostile

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oral stage

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birth to 18 months
mouth
weaning
fixation –> overindulged: dependent, optimistic, gullible, passive
–> underindulged: aggressive, pessimistic, sarcastic, hostile

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phallic stage

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3 to 6 years
genitals
oedipus/electra complexes: gender roles due to copying same-sex parent
fixation –> boys: reckless, overly self-assured, vain, proud, guilty, relationship problems, homosexual
–> girls: feel inferior to men

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phallic stage

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3 to 6 years
genitals
oedipus/electra complexes: gender roles due to copying same-sex parent
castration anxiety
penis envy
fixation –> boys: reckless, overly self-assured, vain, proud, guilty, relationship problems, homosexual
–> girls: feel inferior to men

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genital stage

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puberty on
genital
goal is to find a significant other –> if can’t find one then have fixation somewhere

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castration anxiety

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boys develop fear of losing penis

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penis envy

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girls want penis

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Carl Jung
neo-Freudian | believed collective unconscious contained memories of ancient fears
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Alfred Alder
neo-Freudian | believed that driving force of humans was seeking superiority
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Karen Horney
neo-Freudian womb envy (men feel need to compensate for lack of child-bearing ability by striving for success in other areas) basic anxiety
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Erik Erikson
emphasized social relationships that are important at every stage of life (8 psychological stages)
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pros and cons of Freud's ideas
``` pros: - focuses on childhood experience impact cons: - confirmation bias - no experiments - limited group of clients (sample bias) - overly sexual ```
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behaviorists
researchers who use principles of conditioning to explain actions and reactions of animals and humans
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social cognitive theorists
researchers who emphasize influence of social and cognitive factors on learning
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habits
set of learned experiences
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social cognitive view
behavior's governed not only by influence of external stimuli/response patterns but also by cognitive processes such as anticipating, judging, memory, and learning through imitation of models
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Bandura's 3 factors affecting personality
environment behavior personal/cognitive factors
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reciprocal determination
3 factors of environment, behavior, and personal/cognitive factors affect the other 2 in a reciprocal relationship
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self-efficacy
a person's expectancy of how effective his/her efforts to accomplish a goal will be in any particular circumstance
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self-esteem
the positive values a person places on his/her sense of worth
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Julian Rotter
viewed personality as relatively stable set of potential responses to various situations locus of control believed expectancy and reinforcement value influenced a person's decision to act in a certain way given a particular situation
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locus of control
tendency for people to assume that they either have control or don't have control over events and consequences in their lives internal - you have control external - you don't have control
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expectancy
refers to person's subjective feeling that a particular behavior will lead to a reinforcing consequence
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reinforcement value
refers to individual's preference for a particular reinforcer over all other possible reinforcing consequences
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self-actualizing tendency
human beings are always striving to fulfill their innate capacities and capabilities to become everything that their genetic potential will allow them to become
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self-concept
development of an image of oneself made up of: - real self --> one's actual perception of characteristics and traits and abilities that form the basis of the striving for self-actualization - ideal self --> the perception of what one should be or would like to be
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Carl Rogers
believed in self-actualizing tendency
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self-concept congruence
ideal self and real self match = harmony
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self-concept incongruence
ideal self and real self don't match = anxiety
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positive regard
warmth, affection, love, and respect that come from the significant others in people's experiences
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unconditional positive regard
love, affection, and respect with no strings attached
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conditional positive regard
love, affection, respect, and warmth that depend (or seem to) on doing what those people want
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fully functioning person
a person who's in the process of self-actualizing,
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fully functioning person
a person who's in the process of self-actualizing, actively exploring potentials, abilities, and experiencing a match between the real and ideal selves
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trait theories
concerned with describing personality and predicting behavior based on description of explanation for personality development and changing personality
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trait
consistent, enduring way of thinking, feeling, or behaving
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Gordon Allport
believed in 200 traits | trait hierarchy
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Raymond Cattell
2 types of traits: - surface traits --> represent personality characteristics seen by other people - source traits --> basic traits that underlie surface traits 16 source traits (16PF) used factor analysis
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Robert McCrae + Paul Costa
created 5 factor model/big 5
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big five/five factor model
``` Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neurocitism ```
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Openness
how you respond to new experiences
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Conscientiousness
how you focus on work/goals
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Extraversion
how you tolerate sensory stimuli
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Agreeableness
how you defer to others
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Neuroticism
how you respond to stress
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Walter Mischel
created trait-situation interaction
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trait-situation interaction
particular circumstances of any given situation are assumed to influence the way in which a trait is expressed
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heritability
how much some trait within a population can be attributed to genetic influences and the extent individual genetic variation impacts differences in observed behavior
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Geert Hofstede's 4 dimensions of cultural personality
individualism/collectivism power distance masculinity/femininity uncertainty avoidance
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Hans Eysenk
extroversion, emotionally
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interview
therapists ask questions and note down answers in survey process; unstructured and flows naturally from beginning dialogue between client and psychologist
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halo effect
tendency to remember favorable/unfavorable impression of someone at first meeting so all person's comments and behavior after are interpreted to agree with the impression
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projective tests
show client ambiguous visual stimuli and ask clients to tell them what they see; hope is that client projects unconscious concerns onto visual stimulus e.g. rorschach inkblot, TAT, etc.
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behavioral assessments
direct observation, rating scale, frequency count
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direct observation
psychologist observes client engaging in ordinary/everyday behavior in natural settings
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rating scale
numerical rating is assigned for specific behaviors
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frequency count
assessor counts frequency of behaviors within time limit
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personality inventory/objective test
questionnaire that has standard list of questions and only requires certain specific answers e.g. 16PF, MMPI, Myers-Briggs, etc.
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validity scales
intended to indicate whether or not a person taking the inventory is responding honestly
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compensation
emphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area
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denial
refusing to accept an obvious situation because of the emotional pain it causes
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displacement
taking out one's anger or frustration on a person or object that is not the cause of the offense
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identification
associating with people or groups that are of higher status in order to increase your own status
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intellectualization
describing painful or emotional personal events in abstract academic or philosophical terms
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Projection
casting the feelings you have onto another person; blaming another person for the feelings you have
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Rationalization
making logical excuses for illogical or unacceptable behavior
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Reaction Formation
replacing feelings that are socially or personally unacceptable with opposing emotions that are acceptable
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Regression
reverting to childlike behavior to get the attention you got when you were younger or to get your way
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Repression
unconsciously forgetting information that is too painful to recall
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Sublimation
using acceptable activities such as exercise as a substitute for sexual energies
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Passive Aggressiveness
"unassertive" expression of negative sentiments
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barnum effect
if you give someone a description that is a little positive and you tell them it was made specifically for them, they will believe it

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