Personality Theorists Flashcards
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Develop the technique, free association, which help pave the way for a psychoanalytic theory, his work and dreams, and his ideas on the subconscious and psychosexual stages.
Who was Sigmund Freud
Who created the theory of psychosocial development, which identifies eight stages a healthy individual passes through from birth to death.
Erickson
What is the first stage of Ericksons psychosocial theory?
Trust vs mistrust. it occurs during the first one to two years of life. If we experience fear, we develop doubt and miss trust.
Autonomy vs shame and doubt
Stage two autonomy versus shame and doubt, early childhood. We experience ourselves and discover a body we ask is it OK to be me.
What stage of lif does identity bs role confusion occur according to Ericsson’s theory?
Adolescence 13-19 years old
Who developed the theory of collective, unconscious, archetypes, and the psychological complex
Carl Jung
Who created the 16 personality factors model
Ray Cattell
Who developed the trait theory of psychology? It is the study of human personality and how it relates to a persons traits. He put them into three groups: cardinal traits, central traits, and secondary traits.
Gordon Allport
Who created the theory of operant conditioning based on the assumption that human behaviour is environmental and that repeated behaviour depended on set actions or consequences.
After experimenting with different kinds of stimuli and reinforcements, he discovered three types of responses: neutral responses, reinforcers and punishers.
B.F Skinner
Who believed that self was divided into two categories, and came up with a new therapy calledClient centred therapy.
Carl Rogers
Who created the hierarchy of needs theory? The higher key represented the main things people needed for a happy, fulfilling life. It started on the bottom with physiological needs and safety, and ends with  a self actualization and transcendence.
Abraham Maslow
