Psychology

Question 1

What are the acedemic requirments to become a psychologist?

Answer 1

• 4 Years of university study
• 2 Years of approved training or work

Question 2

How do you get registered to be a psychologist?

Answer 2

You need to register with the Psychologist Resgistration Board of Victoria or the Australian Psychological Society. This allows you to be insured and for paitients to claim Medicare rebates

Question 3

What are the acedemic requirments of to become a psychiatrist?

Answer 3

You need to be qualified as medical doctors first (6 years), then do another 2 years of hospital residency

Question 4

What is Ethical Conduct?

Answer 4

Psychologists must protect patients and participants from physical and mental harm.

Question 5

Define Personality?

Answer 5

Personality is an individuals unique and relatively unchanging psychological characteristics and behavioural patterns.

Question 6

Distinquish between personality types and traits.

Answer 6

• Personality Types; a style of personality defined by common traits
• Personality Traits; behavioural characteristics displayed in most situations.

Question 7

What are the characteristics assesed by the Myers-Briggs personality test.

Answer 7

• Extroversion/ Introversion
• Sensing/ Intuition
• Thinking/ Feeling
• Judging/ Perciving

Question 8

Define Extravert

Answer 8

Inspired and focus attention on others and the social world

Question 9

Define Introvert

Answer 9

Inspired and focus attention on myself and the inner world

Question 10

Eysenck’s Theory

Answer 10

Hans Eysenck’s theory focused on three major dimensions of personality:

Extraversion-Introversion: How outgoing or reserved a person is.
Neuroticism-Emotional Stability: How emotionally stable or unstable a person is.
Psychoticism: A person’s level of aggressiveness and non-conformity.
Eysenck believed these traits had a biological basis and were influenced by genetics.

Question 11

O.C.E.A.N

Answer 11

Paul Costa and Robert McCrea’s Five Factor Model describes these factors; Openess to Experience, Contientiousness, Extroversion, Accommodation and Neuroticism.

Question 12

Define Projective Tests

Answer 12

Subjective tests where the experimentor is asking the participant questions. More personal.

Question 13

What are the two main drawbacks of projective tests?

Answer 13

Takes longer, More expensive.

Question 14

What are the two main types of projective tests?

Answer 14

Rorchach Inkblot (10 stimulus cards and each is different)
Thematic Apperception (situational images)

Question 15

Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory

Answer 15

Freud became famous for theorising that sex was the main driver of human behaviour / personality.
Oedipus Complex: boys are attracted to their mother and jealous of their father
Electra Complex: girls are attracted to their father and jealous of their mother
We have a Conscious, Pre-Conscious and Unconscious mind.
The unconscious mind is the storage space for all the information that is considered not acceptable.

Question 16

Freud suggested personality consists of 3 components. What are they?

Answer 16

• The ID; innate, biological needs, impulsive, disregard for others
• The Ego; operates on the reality principle, develops later on, logical, orderly, realistic
• The Superego; operates on the moral principle, feelings of guilt, whats right and wrong, blocks the urges of the id.

Question 17

Define the Oral Stage

Answer 17

If overfed or frustrated, child may develop oral needs: Biting nails, smoking, overeating, kissing, alcoholism.
Oral fixation: gullible, sarcastic, argumentative

Question 18

Define the Anal Stage

Answer 18

Toilet training can lead to approval or frustration (holding in / letting go)
Anal-retentive: obstinate, stingy, compulsively orderly, neat and clean

Question 19

Define the Phallic Stage

Answer 19

Pleasure comes from the penis
Boys fear being castrated
Girls already have been
This leads to the Oedipus/Electra complex as mentioned previously
Adults stuck in the phallic stage usually exhibit narcissism, vanity, exhibitionism etc

Question 20

Define the Latency Period

Answer 20

Between childhood and puberty, people experience a period of psychosexual dormancy

Question 21

Define the Genital Stage

Answer 21

During puberty, the body undergoes emotional and physical transformation and turmoil… this readies the adolescent for mature adult sexuality

Question 22

What makes someone intelligent?

Answer 22

Intelligence is a complex and multifaceted trait, and there is no single, universally accepted definition. Different theories and perspectives in psychology offer various explanations of what makes someone intelligent

Question 23

What is the widely accepted definition of intelligence