Personality Theories (Freud)

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defined as our “characteristic patterns”

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Personality (construct)

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defined as our “enduring characteristic”

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Personality trait

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A theory that states “trait personalities stay consistent at any situation”

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Trait Theory

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Individualistic vs. Collectiveness

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I= Being on your own
C= Being with family

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defined as “you show different trait in different situations”

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Great “trait-state” debate

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What’s “Personality Inventory” & “Factor Analysis”?

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PI= personality test
FA= taking similar traits and combining them into categories.

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What is the “FIVE FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY”? & define them.

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Openness to experience (curious)
Conscientiousness (hardworking)
Extraversion (outgoing)
Agreeableness (nice/kind)
Neuroticism (insecure/anxious)

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Freudian “Personality theory”

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Psychodynamic theory by Sigmund Freud

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Define Psychodynamic Theory

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A personality theory that focuses on the unconscious and importance of childhood experiences contribution.

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What TOPICS do Sigmund Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory come up with?

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Personality, Sex, Aggression, Psychosexual stages, a defense mechanism, personality structure

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What treatment did Sigmund Freud come up with? and Explain.

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Psychoanalysis

Free Association: exploring the unconscious of patients and they can say whatever they want.

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What is the 3 Personality Structure? define them

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ID: strive to satisfy sex & aggression drive
Ego: satisfying ID to bring pleasure but not pain
Super Ego: moral, focuses on perfection

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What do we use when we have a weak Superego in order to protect ourselves? (mention what it contains)

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Defense Mechanism= Regression, Reaction Formation,, Projection, Rationalization, Displacement, Denial, Sublimation. Identification, Repression

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(defense mechanism) reverting back to a lower level

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Regression,

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(defense mechanism) you act the opposite way you feel in the inside

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Reaction Formation

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(defense mechanism) you place (generalize) your feelings onto someone else

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Projection

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(defense mechanism) Blaming, False Accusation

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Rationalization

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(defense mechanism) shift impulses onto someone else

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Displacement

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(defense mechanism) refusal in accepting the reality

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Denial

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(defense mechanism)taking tension/anxiety in an appropriate way

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Sublimation

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(defense mechanism) Simply latching on a role model and act like that person

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Identification

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(defense mechanism) Forgetting

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Repression

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What are the 5 Psychosexual stages? (inorder)

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Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

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(Psychosexual stage) constantly putting things in the mouth.

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Oral Stage

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(Psychosexual stage) fixated due to potty training.

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Anal Stage

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(Psychosexual stage) learn either girl/boy. (boy superiority have penis/ female inferiority no)

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Phallic Stage

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(Psychosexual stage) innocent, thoughts of sex go away/hidden

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Latency Stage

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(Psychosexual stage) starts to act out sexually.

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Genital Stage

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Define Anal Retentive vs. Anal Expulsive

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AR= OCD

AE=messy

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Define Oedipus complex vs. Electra Complex

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OC= jealous of the dad 
EC= jealous of the mom

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Who created the “archetypes”?

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Carl Jung

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A universal recognized characters and symbols from (literature, religion, etc.)

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Archetypes

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What is the criticism of Psychodynamic theory?

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Sexist, too much sex, cannot be tested, little empirical support, & personality development doesn’t end in childhood.