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WK4 L1 Personality Flashcards

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personality

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refers to enduring patterns of thought, feeling, behaviour and motivation that are expressed in different circumstances

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Freuds drive model

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suggests that human behaviour os motivated by 2 drives- sex and aggression

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Freuds developmental model- psychosexual stages

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libido follows a developmental course during childhood- oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital

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Defence mechanisms

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unconscious mental processes that protect a conscious person from unpleasant emotions

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Different defence mechanisms

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Repression, denial, projection, reaction formation, sublimation, rationalisation, displacement and regression and passive aggression

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Displacement

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persons direct their emotions away from the real target to a substitute

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Regression

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person reverts back to an earlier stage of psychosexual development

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passive aggression

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an indirect expression of anger towards others

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Sublimation

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persons convert an unacceptable impulse into a socially acceptable activity

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Rationalisation

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person explains away actions to reduce anxiety

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Repression

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anxiety evoking thoughts are kept unconscious

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Denial

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person refuses to recognise reality

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projection

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attribution of own unacceptable impulses to others

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Reaction formation

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person converts an unacceptable impulse into the opposite impulse

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Freuds structural model of personality

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conflict seen as being between 3 forces

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ID

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driven by what it wants-Reservoir of sexual aggression energy, unconscious driven by impulses

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Superego

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trying to parent ID- Counterbalance to ID, source of conscience and ideals

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Ego

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Must balance ID and superego, obeys reality principle

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Analytical psych- carl jung

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focus on relationship between the unconscious and the conscious, incorporating what is happening in everyday life

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Personality types

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introverted and extroverted

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Life history methods

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understand the person in context of their life experiences

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Projective tests

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inkblot and TAT

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Contributions of psychodynamic theory

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emphasis on unconscious processes, importance of childhood experiences in shaping adult personality

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Limitations of psychodynamic theory

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not based on scientific observation, emphasis on drives, gender bias, believe impossible to change persona

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Cognitive social theories

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whether people carry out an action depends on expectancies and competencies

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Behaviour-outcome expectancies

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belief that behaviour will lead to an outcome

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self-efficacy expectancies

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belief that the person can perform the behaviour

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Competencies

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skills used for problem solving

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self-regulation

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setting goals, evaluating performance and responding to feedback

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contributions of cognitive social theory

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provided emphasis on the role of thought and memory in personality

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Limitations of cognitive social theory

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overemphasis on rational side of personality, avoidance of explanations of unconscious processes in personality

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Trait

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refers to emotional, cognitive and behavioural tendencies that constitute underlying personality dimensions on which individuals can vary

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Trait theories of personality

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eysencks theory and the big 5

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Big 5

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openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion and neuroticism

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Contributions to trait theories

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can be empirically measured, assume individual differences

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Limitations to trait theories

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depend on self-report, do not explain why traits emerge, may have different cultural meanings

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Person-centred approach

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carl rogers- true self, false self and ideal self- people are good by nature but personality becomes distorted by interpersonal experiences

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Existentialism

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people have no fixed nature and must create themselves

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Existential dread

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ultimately we all face death of ourselves and our loved ones

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Contributions of humanistic theory

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focus on how humans strive to determine the meaning of life

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Limitations of humanistic theory

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not a complete theoretical account of personality, not generated a body of testable research

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Heritability

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refers to the proportion of variance in a particular trait that is due to genetic influences

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Culture pattern approach

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see’s culture as an organised set of beliefs, rituals and institutions that shape individuals to fit it’s patterns

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Interactionist approaches

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suggest that personality, economics and culture mutually influence one another- mallows hierarchy of needs

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