WK4 L1 Personality Flashcards
personality
refers to enduring patterns of thought, feeling, behaviour and motivation that are expressed in different circumstances
Freuds drive model
suggests that human behaviour os motivated by 2 drives- sex and aggression
Freuds developmental model- psychosexual stages
libido follows a developmental course during childhood- oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital
Defence mechanisms
unconscious mental processes that protect a conscious person from unpleasant emotions
Different defence mechanisms
Repression, denial, projection, reaction formation, sublimation, rationalisation, displacement and regression and passive aggression
Displacement
persons direct their emotions away from the real target to a substitute
Regression
person reverts back to an earlier stage of psychosexual development
passive aggression
an indirect expression of anger towards others
Sublimation
persons convert an unacceptable impulse into a socially acceptable activity
Rationalisation
person explains away actions to reduce anxiety
Repression
anxiety evoking thoughts are kept unconscious
Denial
person refuses to recognise reality
projection
attribution of own unacceptable impulses to others
Reaction formation
person converts an unacceptable impulse into the opposite impulse
Freuds structural model of personality
conflict seen as being between 3 forces
ID
driven by what it wants-Reservoir of sexual aggression energy, unconscious driven by impulses
Superego
trying to parent ID- Counterbalance to ID, source of conscience and ideals