Feb 4 Personality Part 1

Question 1

What is Personality?

Answer 1

Unique, consistent traits

Question 2

Psychodynamic Perspective (Freud): (5 things)

Answer 2

Psychodynamic Perspective (Freud)

• Freud = First big personality theory
• Unconscious mind drives behavior
• Early life matters
• Hidden conflicts (sex & aggression)
• Defense mechanisms = mind’s way of hiding stress

Question 3

Psychoanalytic vs Psychodynamic Theory

Classical psychoanalysis (_____)

Psychodynamic Approaches:

Answer 3

Psychoanalytic vs Psychodynamic Theory

Classical psychoanalysis (Freud)

Psychodynamic Approaches: Pluralistic, unconscious& intrapsychic conflict

Question 4

Psychoanalytic Perspective – The Big 3

Answer 4

ID = pleasure principle
SUPEREGO = morality principle
EGO = reality principle

Question 5

Personality =

Answer 5

“Personality = Parts (ID, EGO, SUPEREGO) + Past (developmental stage)”

Question 6

Psychosexual stages: (5 stages)

Answer 6

Oral Stage (0–2 yrs)
* dependent

Anal Stage (2–4 yrs)
* Over/Under-controlled

Phallic Stage (4–6 yrs)
* Oedipus/Electra complex (desire for opposite-sex parent)

Latency Stage (6–puberty)
* Sexual energy is dormant

Genital Stage (puberty–adulthood)
* Mature sexuality
Healthy adult = can love and work

Question 7

Actualizing Tendency =

Answer 7

built-in guide toward self-fulfillment

Question 8

Rogers: ‘False self’ results:

Answer 8

Rogers: ‘False self’ results:

Incongruence between
“ideal self” and actual self.