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Chapter 10 - Personality Flashcards

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character

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characteristics that are judged/evaluated

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personality

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a person’s UNIQUE and stable patterns of behaviour

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personality trait

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stable quality

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personality type

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made up of personality traits

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intovert

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person whose attention is directed inward (shy)

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extrovert

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person whose attention is directed outward (outgoing)

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self-concept

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person’s perception of his own traits

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self-esteem

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regarding oneself as a good person

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personality theory

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any system of ideas used to explain personality

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trait theorists

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classify traits in order to understand personality

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biological predisposition

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hereditary readiness of humans to behave in particular ways

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common traits

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shared by members of a culture (competitiveness)

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individual traits

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individual qualities

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cardinal traits

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basic trait of a person (compassion for Mother Teresa)

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central trait

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building block of personality (honest, cheerful)

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secondary traits

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inconsistent, superficial

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Surface Traits

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Visible traits of one’s personality

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Source traits

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Basic underlying traits of personality

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Five-factor model

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Proposes that there are five universal dimensions of personality

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Big five personality traits

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Extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience

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Conscientiousness

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Self discipline, responsibility, etc

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Extroversion

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How introverted and extroverted someone is

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Agreeableness

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Friendly, caring, nurturing

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Neuroticism

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Negative emotions

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Openness to experience
Intelligence, open to new ideas
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Anal stage
Psychosexual stage corresponding roughly to the period of toilet training
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Anal-expulsive personality
A disorderly, destructive, cruel, or messy person
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Anal retentive personality
A person who is obstinate stingy, or compulsive and generally has difficulty letting go
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Conscience
The part of the superego that causes guilt when its standards are not met
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Conscious
Region of the mind that includes all mental contents a person is aware of at any given moment
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Ego
Executive part of personality that directs rational behavior
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Ego ideal
The part of the superego representing ideal behavior; a source of pride when its standards are met
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Electra concflict
A girl's sexual attraction to her father and feelings of rivalry with her mother
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Erogenous zone
Any body area that produces pleasurable sensations
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Eros
Freud's name for the life instincts
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Fixation
A lasting conflict developed as a result of frustration or overindulgence
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Genital stage
Period of full psychosexual development, marked by attainment for mature adult sexuality
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Id
Primitive part of personality that remains unconscious, supplies energy, and demands pleasure
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Latency
According to Freud, a period in childhood when psychosexual development is more or less interrupted
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Libido
In Freudian theory, the force, primarily pleasure oriented, that energizes whe personality
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Moral anxiety
Apprehension felt when thoughts, impulses, or actions, conflict with the superego's standards
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Neurotic anxiety
Apprehension felt when the ego struggles to control id impulses
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Oedipus conflict
A body's sexual attraction to his mother, and feelings of rivalry with his father
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Oral stage
The period when infants are preoccupied with the mouth as a source of pleasure and means of expression
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Oral-aggressive personality
A person who uses the mouth to express hostility by shouting, cursing, biting, etc. Also, one who actively exploits other
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Oral-dependent personality
A person who wants to passively receive attention, gifts, love, etc
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Phallic personality
A person who is vain, sensitive, and narcissistic
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Phallic stage
Psychosexual stage when a child or preoccupied with the genitals
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Pleasure principle
Desire for immediate satisfaction of wishes, desires, and needs
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Preconscious
An area of the mind containing information that can be voluntarily brought to awareness
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Psyche
Mind, mental life, and personality as a whole
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Psychosexual stages
The oral, anal, phallic, and genital staes, during which various personality traits are formed
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Reality principle
Delaying action until it is appropriate
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Superego
A judge or censor for thoughts and actions
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Thanatos
The death instinct
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Unconscious
Region of the mind that is beyond awareness, especially impulses and desires not directly known to a person

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