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Identity and Personality Flashcards

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Preconventional morality

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Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning

age: pre-adolescence
1. obedience - concerned with getting in trouble
2. self interest - wanting to gain rewards and avoid punishment

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Conventional morality

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Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning

age: adolescence
3. Conformity - want to fit in with society
4. Law - want to maintain social order, don’t break laws

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Postconventional morality

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Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning

age: adulthood (if at all)
5. social contract - want to ensure the greater social good
6. universal human ethics - taking the whole picture and considering the ethics behind each decision

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Id

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Freud
instincts
sex, hunger, pleasures

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ego

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Freud

balance between id and superego - reality

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superego

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Freud
morality
want to ensure we are doing what is right

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Erickson’s stage theory: infancy

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age: 0-1
trust vs mistrust
ability to have faith in others

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Erickson’s stage theory: early childhood

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age: 1-3
autonomy vs shame/doubt
sense of self control and independence

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Erickson’s stage theory: play age

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age: 3-6
initiative vs guilt
finding their place/purpose

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Erickson’s stage theory: school age

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age: 6-12
industry vs inferiority
finding confidence and competence

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Erickson’s stage theory: adolescence

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age: 12-19
identity vs confusion
figuring out who you are

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Erickson’s stage theory: early adulthood

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age: 20-25
intimacy vs isolation
figuring out how to love and accept love

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Erickson’s stage theory: middle adulthood

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age: 26-64
generosity vs self absorbance
finding out whether their life has real meaning
concern for others and society

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Erickson’s stage theory: old age

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age: 65-death
integrity vs despair
upon reflection, may feel despair or success for their life

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social identity

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how one’s self concept is shaped by group membership

define individuals in comparison/relation to others

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personal identity

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how one’s self concept is shaped by more private or individual characteristics

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illness experience

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symbolic interactionist perspective that examines how individuals understand and cope with serious or chronic illnesses that impact daily life and self identity
can either:
illness work: make it a job to learn about the illness and get help
everyday work: other things not directly involved with managing illness but still impact one’s illness
biographical work: make sense of the illness for oneself and for others

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Sigmund Freud

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psycho-sexual

unresolved childhood conflict impairs adult personality

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Erik Erickson

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psycho-social
created the 8 stages of psycho-social development
unresolved crisis at any age impacts adult personalities

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Lev Vygotsky

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sociocultural cognitive

child’s cognitive development is based on social interactions

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Jean Piaget

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cognitive
created the 4 universal stages of childhood cognitive development
based on age

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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moral
developed the six stages of lifespan moral development
most individuals don’t get page stages 3 or 4

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psychosexual/psychanalytic theory

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developed by sigmus freud

go through 5 stages of sexual development. If conflict arises in one, this may result in psychological issues in the future

believes our personality is comprised on unconscious memories, emotions, and thoughts

also dreams reveal elements of our unconscious

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oral stage

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part of Freud’s psychosexual theory
0-1 years
children put everything in their mouth

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anal stage
part of Freud's psychosexual theory 2-3 years potty training
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phallic stage
part of Freud's psychosexual theory 3-6 years Oedipus complex: boys attracted to mothers, daughters attracted to fathers
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latency stage
part of Freud's psychosexual theory 6 years -> puberty children mostly play with people of the same sex
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genital stage
part of Freud's psychosexual theory beyond puberty attraction to opposite sex
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identity development theory
created by James Marcia | evaluated psychological progress of individuals based on level of commitment and degree of exploration
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identity diffusion
low commitment, low exploration | lacks direction, not explored options, no commitment
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identity foreclosure
high commitment, low exploration | accepted assigned identity (usually by authorities or parents) without contemplation or exploration
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identity moratorium
low commitment, high exploration | still trying to find career, no decision made
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identity achievement
high commitment, high exploration | have explored options and feel confident in who they are and what they want do
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learned helplessness
when you have learned that an unpleasant task or event is something that you cannot escape and so you give up on overcoming it ex: constantly trying to lose weight but consistently failing and so you just give up and accept that you won't lose the weight
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self-perception
looking at your behaviors and the reasons behind those behaviors and translating that to your attitude ex: acting rude and degrading to a colleague you might realize that you don't like that person
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Humanistic perspective
developed by Carl Rodgers | human nature is inherently good and that we have free will (behavior not determined by our past)
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Trait perspective
our personality is determined by the presence and absence of characteristics/traits ex: I have the trait of being stubborn and that causes me to come off as a stubborn person. I also lack the trait of patience which is a double wammy
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Social cognitive perspective
our personality is formed through various environmental and cognitive experiences through observational learning, we are likely to mimic positive behaviors we observe in others ex: seeing Taylor work out every day and look good, I want to mimic that so that I also look that good
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Biological perspective
part of our personality is predetermined by our genetic make-up ex: Karina got her father's temper and her mother's stubbornness
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Behaviorist perspective
our personality comes from patterns of behavior that we learn according to our environment ex: my family was always very supportive, and therefore I have learned to be a supportive person
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Trait vs state controversy
aka person-situation controversy severity of someone's reaction in any given situation is dictated by their traits (personality) or by the situation itself (state) ex: when Quinn came out as Trans - I was okay with that because I have a supportive personality. Also the situation was very tame. However, as supportive of I am with things, I was upset with the whole band thing which dictated state
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Trait
personality characteristics that are long lasting and within oneself present consistently and do not depend on the situation
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state
personality characteristics that are unstable, short-term and subject to change according to the environment
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self concept
who am I? I am a cis hetero white female. I am smart and talented. I love hiking and reading and dogs.
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self esteem
How you feel about yourself
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self efficacy
your confidence in succeeding

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