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Chapter 11 Flashcards

1
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what views personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences

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psychodynamic theories

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who did those theories come from

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Sigmund Freud

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what is psychoanalysis

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freuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts: the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions

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4
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what is an individual’s characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting

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personality

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5
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know what the unconscious is

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Ok

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Freud believed the unconscious seeped into peoples daily things like what?

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wok, beliefs, daily habits

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what is it when in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how unimportant or embarrassing

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free association

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Freud believed that personality developed from three conflicting systems.. what were they?

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id, ego, superego

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what is the ID

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unconscious energy that reacts on the pleasure principle

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what is the ego

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conscious executive of personality that reacts on the reality principle… balances the superego and Id

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what is the superego

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part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgement and for future goals

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12
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what is the childhood stages of development during with the id’s pleasure seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones?

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psychosexual stages

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13
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what are distinct pleasure sensitive areas of the body

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erogenous zones

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14
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list the psychosexual stages in order

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oral( sucking, biting, chewing)0-18 months, anal stage (bowel or bladder elimination) 18-36 months, phallic (pleasure zone in the genitals) 3-6 years, Latency (dormant sexual feelings) 6-puberty, genital (maturation of sexual interests)puberty on ward

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15
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what is the Oedipus complex

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boy has sexual feelings for mom and develops jealousy to the rival father (Electra complex for girls)

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what is the process by which acc to Freud children incorporate their parents values into their developing superegos

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identification

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17
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our sense of being male or female is known as what

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gender identity

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18
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what is acc to Freud a lingering focus of pleasures seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual, in which conflicts were unresolved

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fixation

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in psychoanalysis, what is the egos protective methods of reducing anxiety

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defense mechanisms

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20
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what is the main form of defense mechanisms?

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repression

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21
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what is repression?

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Banishes from consciousness the thoughts, feelings, and memories that arouse anxiety

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know and rehearse the other six defense mechanisms

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ok

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23
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who are several hound ambitious followers of Sigmund Freud who formed an inner circle around him

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neo-Freudians

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list three Neo- Freudians

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Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Carl Jung

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25
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in what points did Neo- Freudians differ with Freud

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more emphasis on conscious plus and they didn’t believe all of the sex and aggression as ALL consuming motivations

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26
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personality tests such as the ink blot,that provides an unclear image designed to trigger projection of the tests unconscious thoughts or feelings

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projective tests

27
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the Rorschach ink blot test has low what

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validity and reliability

28
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where does psychology’s strength come from

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using same scientific methods as biologists chemists and physicians

29
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modern researches now challenge the idea of repression why?

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it’s near impossible to repress bad memories

30
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the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors

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false consensus effect

31
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humanistic psychology aims to do what

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focus on the way healthy people strive for self determination and self actualization

32
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who proposed a hierarchy of needs

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Abe Maslow

33
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I know hierarchy of needs, self actualization and self transcendence

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ok

34
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Carl Rogers said we nurture growth in what three ways

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being genuine
being accepting
being empathetic

35
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being accepting has unconditional positive regard…what is that

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acc to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person

36
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all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves in answer to the question… (who am I)

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self concept

37
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what do critics say about humanistic psychology

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it’s based in personal opinion rather than scientific evidence…… and are vague plus humanistic psych fails to appreciate our human capacity for evil

38
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what is a characteristic pattern of behavior or a tendency to feel and act in a certain way as assessed by self reports on personality test

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trait

39
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Gordon Allport has been less concerned with_____ traits rather than with _____them

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explaining

describing

40
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what is a cluster of behavior tendencies that occur together

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factor

41
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what two variations in personality did the Eyesynk brothers believe in

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emotional stability-instability and extroversion- introversion

42
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know what the MMPI

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I’m not writing that whole definition

43
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personality inventories do what?

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used to assess selected personality traits

44
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what is CONOE

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Conscientiousness 
Agreeableness 
Neuroticism 
Openness 
Extraversion
45
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how stable are those traits

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it changes

46
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have these traits changed over time

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yes Thru culture

47
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do we inherit these traits

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50% though genes

48
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do these traits reflect differing Brain structure or function

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doesn’t correlate

49
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how well do these traits apply to various cultures

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pretty good

50
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do the Big Five traits predict our actual behavior

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yes

51
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traits have to ____over time and ____ situations to be useful indicators of personality

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persist across

52
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as we grow older, our personality ______

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stabilize

53
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where are the places that personality can lurk

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music preferences
bedrooms and offices
electronic communications
social networking sites

54
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what is the interacting influences of behavior, internal personal factors and environment

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reciprocal determination

55
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views behavior as influenced by the interaction between persons (and their thinking) and their social context

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social cognitive preferences

56
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our sense of competence and effectiveness

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self efficacy

57
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our genetically influences traits evoke certain responses from others which may nudge us in one direction

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heredity environment interaction

58
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a person’s _____behavior predicts the _____ of ____situations

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past

outcome

similar

59
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what do social cognitive theories build from

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psychological research on learning and cognition

60
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what is self

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our image and understanding of who we are…center of personality that organizes thoughts feelings and actions

61
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the overestimating of others noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance and blunders is what?

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spotlight effect

62
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our feelings of High or low self worth

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self esteem

63
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MOST people see themselves with ______ self esteem

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high

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