Personality Flashcards
what did Erik Erickson think about development
series of stages which is met by a conflict
what are eriksons stages from birth until 12 years old
0-1 : mistrust vs trust
1-3: autonomy vs shame (think of toilet training)
3-6: initiative vs guilt
6-12: industry vs inferiority (think of a kid going to school)
what are eriksons stages in adulthood
12-20: identity vs role confusion (think of a teen who has no idea who they are yet)
20-40: intimacy vs isolation (this is when ppl often get married)
40-65: generaticvity vs stagnation ( think of bored or happy ppl at work)
65 to death: integrity vs despair (think of someone looking back on their life after they retire)
what was kohl bergs theory of development about
how moral reasoning develops
what are the 2 stages of preconventional morality
1 - obedience which is focused on the negative consequences of not obeying a rule
2 - self interest which is focused on the rewards
what are the two stages of conventional morality
1 - conformity concerned about social approval of others
2 - based on law and order have to follow social rules like don’t steal
what are the 2 stages of post conventional morality
1 - social contract, we pay taxes for the greater good
2 - universal ethics, rally to end slavery
what are some critiques of kohl bergs stages
specific to a certain culture and time
how can you illustrate Freuds psychoanalytic perspective by an iceberg
underneath the water is unconscious - all of the id, superego and ego are all here
at the top of the water is the preconscious - superego is also present here as well as the ego
in the conscious part above water - mostly just ego with a little of the super ego
what are Freuds 5 stages of psychosexual development
0-1: oral 1-3: anal 3-5: phallic 5-puberty: latency puberty-adulthood: genital
what was skinners perspective on personality
behaviourism
knowledge came from observed and learning behaviour (conditioning)
rejected thinks like emotion or structures in the human mind
what was carl rogers perspective of personality
humanistic
focused on empathy and the ability to reach self actualization, accepted people the way they were
what would carl rogers think of the freud perspective
wouldn’t agree
freud thought of every stage as something you had to pass to move on
carl thought people could make their own path
what would skinner think of freuds theories
wrong
personality is not of the mind but what we see and learn
how does the trait theory define personality
big five traits that combine in different ways in people
