Ch #14 - Personality Theories

Question 1

Psychoanalytic Theory

Answer 1

Conscious vs. unconscious mind

Question 2

Unconscious Mind

Answer 2

Contains thoughts & desires that our conscious mind wants to deny to keep material unavailable to conscious mind

Question 3

Id

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Sigmund Freud, Personality Structure; the only part of the personality that is present at birth; pleasure principle

Question 4

Ego

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Around age 2-3, it is the only conscious part of personality; does it job with defense mechanisms

Question 5

Superego

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Around age 5, Sense of morality (right and wrong) and is also unconscious

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Defense Mechanisms

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Where the egos does its job of navigating through the conscious and unconscious

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Repression

Answer 7

We keep a thought deep into the unconscious mind and you don’t let it happen

Question 8

Denial

Answer 8

The thought leaks into your behavior but you insist that it is not there

Question 9

Displacement

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You put the thought and emotion onto a safe person

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Projection

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You see a feeling into someone else and seeing it as if the feeling is on them and not on you

Question 11

Sublimation

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You turn your emotion into a safe form

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Regression

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We cope by engaging in younger behaviors; things we did that helped us when we were younger

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Humanistic Theory

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Human growth is a process of moving towards self-actualization where our perceive and ideal selves come very close to one another

Question 14

Cognitive Factors

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Knowledge, expectations, and attitudes

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Environmental Factors

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Social norms, access in community, and influence on others

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Behavioral Factors

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Skills, practice, and self-efficiency

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Traits

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Traits are stable personality characteristics

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Trait Theory

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Traits can be measured and used to diagnose disorders, predict therapeutic outcomes, or aid in counseling

Question 18

MMPI

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inventory used to diagnose disorders

Question 19

Myers-Briggs

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inventory used for counseling and retreats

Question 20

Conscious Mind

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involves all the things you are currently aware of and are thinking about

Question 21

Conditional Positive Regard

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creates a large gap between our perceived and ideal selves

Question 22

Perceived Self

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the view we have about ourselves, our characteristics, and the judgments we make about the traits we have

Question 23

Ideal Self

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the person you want to be

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Introvert

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Being alone to process your thoughts

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Extravert

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Being with other people to talk out your thoughts

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iNtuitive

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The level of data you are comfortable with

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Sensing

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You want to look at the fine details and walk it through

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Feeling

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The impact on people

Question 29

Thinking

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Look at an objective method

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Judging

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A decision is final

Question 31

Perceiving

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They like things to be open ended

Question 32

Social-Cognitive Theory

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describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors