Personality test Flashcards
Free association
method of exploring unconscious in which the patients relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matte dhow embarrassing or trivial
Psychoanalysis
Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. ex. if you accidentally say something inappropriate he would say you deep down are thinking about it and its in your brain without you knowing.
unconscious
reservoir of mostly unacceptable, thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. information processing in which we are unaware
ID
unconscious psychic energy that constantly strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress
what basic principle does the ID operate on?
pleasure principle. wants to please us
EGO
mediates between ID, superego, and reality.
what basic principle does the EGO operate on and what is that principles purpose?
reality principle. serves to satisfy the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain
Superego
the voice of moral compass (conscience) that forces the ego to consider not only the real but the ideal
what does the superego do?
provide standards for judgments
what are the five psychosexual stages?
oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
What is the oral stage
pleasure centers on the mouth - ex. sucking, biting, and chewing
what is the anal stage
pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control
what is the phallic stage?
pleasure zone to genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings
What is the lately stage?
phase of dormant sexual feelings
what is the genital stage?
maturation of sexual interests
what is the Oedipus complex?
a boy’s sexual desires towards is mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father
identification?
the process by which, according to freud, children in cooperate their parent’s values into their developing superegos
fixation?
any point in the five stages, that strong conflict could lock the person’s pleasure-seeking energies in that stage
what happens when you are fixated
freud said for example if you got stuck in the oral stage you will smoke or eat excessively.
Defense Mechanisms?
tactics that reduce or redirect anxiety by distorting reality
Repression?
banishes anxiety-arousing wishes and feelings and thoughts from consciousness
Collective Unconscious?
a common reservoir of images, or archetypes, derived from our species’ universal experiences
Psychodynamic theories?
modern-day approaches that view personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences
Collective unconscious
a common reservoir of images, or archetypes, derived from our species’ universal experiences
Projective Test?
personality test that provides an ambiguous signal and then has the patient describe it or tell a story about it
what is an example of the projective test
Rorschach
what is a projective test supposed to see?
the inner dynamics of a patient
Thematic Apperception Test?
a test where a person sees an ambiguous picture and then makes up a story about it
Rorschach inkblot Test
set of 10 inkblots that seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots
what is the most widely used projective test?
Rorschach inkblot Test
who invented the Rorschach inkblot Test?
Hermann Rorschach
False consensus effect?
the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and our behaviors
what is an example of the false consensus effect?
people who cheat on their taxes down play the seriousness of it because they think everyone else does
what does the Terror-Management Theory do?
explores people’s emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
what is the Terror-Management Theory?
a theory of death-related anxiety
Humanistic theories?
focused on the ways people strive for weld-determination, self realization, and potential for healthy personal growth
Self actualization?
the process of fulfilling our potential
Unconditional positive regard?
an attitude of grace that values us even knowing our failings
Finish this sentence. Slim think with your…..?
cute A$$
Self-concept?
all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves
what question does self-concept answer?
who am I?
trait?
people’s characteristic behaviors and conscious motives
Personality inventory?
longer questionnaires covering a wide range of feelings and behaviors
what does Personality inventory asses?
several (selected) personality at once
what was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) originally developed for?
to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use)
what is the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?
Empirically derived test?
test developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups
what is an example of a Empirically derived test?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Reciprocal Determinism?
the interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment
Positive psychology?
the scientific study of optimal human functioning
what does positive psychology aim to do?
discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive
self?
assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions
where are of psychology is self found?
contemporary psychology
Spotlight effect?
over estimating other’s noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders
what is an example of the spotlight effect?
walking into a room with an ugly sweater and think everyone notices
sel esteem?
one’s feelings of high or low self worth
self-efficacy?
one’s sense of competence and effectiveness
