Personality

Question 1

Personality?

Answer 1

the characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling & acting

Question 2

Psychodynamic theory?

Answer 2

Freud. Inner workings. Internal conflicts. id, superego, ego

Question 3

trait theory? (McCrae & Costa)

Answer 3

Ocean.

Question 4

Humanistic Theory

Answer 4

Maslow & Rogers. hierarchy of needs

Question 5

id?

Answer 5

The primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle

Question 6

ego?

Answer 6

The decision making component that operates according o the reality principle

Question 7

superego?

Answer 7

moral component that incorporates social standards about what represents right & wrong.

Question 8

Interaction between id, superego & ego

Answer 8

need to balance. bring satisfaction to impulses without guilt to satisfy ego

Question 9

Freud’s beliefs on personality development

Answer 9

Traced to fixations; unresolved conflict, frustration etc. in 1+ stages. Erotic childhood urges have lasting effects on development

Question 10

trait?

Answer 10

A lasting disposition to act in a certain way in a variety of situations

Question 11

OCEAN? Big 5 model?

Answer 11

Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. (TRAIT THEORY)

Question 12

Maslow- deficiency needs ?

Answer 12

4 levels. must be met 1st

Question 13

Maslow- growth needs?

Answer 13

highest motive. after deficiency.

Question 14

Maslow- hierarchy?

Answer 14

physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self actualisation.

Question 15

Maslow- 2 contributions

Answer 15

• unique focus on how humans strive to fund meaning in life

- emphasis on how our own subjective view of reality & strive to be the best

Question 16

Maslow- 2 limitations

Answer 16

• not a sustainable body of testable hypothesis (vague)

- contributions of genetic factors & childhood experience ignored