Chapter 14: Personality Flashcards
(30 cards)
Nomotheic
Understanding personality by identifying general laws that govern behaviour
Idiographic
Understand personality by identifying unique configuration of characteristics and experiences
What is the conscious
Experiences we are aware of at any given moment
What is the preconscious?
Contains experiences that are not, but can become, conscious
What is the unconscious?
Experiences that are beyond the realm of awareness
What does the Id control?
Basic impulses and the pleasure principle
What does the Ego do?
Mediated the id and the ego, seeking to satisfy needs in a realistic way
What does the Superego control?
Ideals and morals
What level is the Id in?
Unconscious
What level is the Ego in?
Conscious
What level is the Superego in?
Preconscious
What is Stage 1 of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages?
Oral
What is Stage 2 of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages?
Anal
What is Stage 3 of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages?
Phallic
What is Stage 4 of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages?
Latency
What is Stage 5 of Freud’s Psychosexual Stages?
Genital
Who governs Individual Psychology?
Alfred Adler
Adler stated that…
people are motivated by feelings of inferiority
Who governs Analytical Psychology?
Carl Jung
Jung believed that…
People are motivated to attain self-realization or perfection
Collective Unconscious
A shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images
Who governs Behavioural Analysis?
B.F. Skinner
Skinner argued that personalit is acquired through…
experiences with reinforcement, natural selection, and cultural evolution
Who are the two major people in the Humanistic Approach?
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow