Psychology Flashcards
(33 cards)
what are the two key areas of psychology
personality and cognitive process
what are some questions of psychology
how do we see colours?
what is intelligence?
can aging be delayed?
what does psychology do
attempts to describe, understand, predict, and modify human behaviour
what do psychologists do?
observe, analyze, and evaluate behaviour, develop theories, find ways to solve problems
when was myer’s briggs developed
developed by a mother daughter team in the 40s based of Carl Jung’s work
what did the myers-briggs test do
brought everyday application of Jung’s work to the public to provide personality matches for social work and environment
what categories is the myers-briggs test broken into
-4 categories
1) favourite world (extroversion or introversion)
2) information (sensing or intuition)
3) decisions (thinking or feeling)
4) structure (judging or perceiving)
what is extroversion
having lots of relationships, social, talkative,
what is introversion
needs time alone to recharge, self motivated
what is sensing
uses common sense to come up with practical solutions, prefers clear information
what is inuition
uses imagination, can decipher fuzzy data, focuses on the future, memory recalls connections
what is thinking
makes decisions based on facts and logic
what is feeling
makes decisions based on feelings, empathetic
what is judging
plans in advance, task oriented
what is perceiving
moves into action without plan, works well under pressure, procrastination
what is personality
-behaviours and characteristics that make each person unique
-combination of nuture (environment) and nature (genetics)
what are traits
behaving in a certain way in various situations
when was the big 5 introduced
1933
what are the categories of the big 5
-5 categories
1) neuroticism- tendency to experience negative feelings, worrying, self-pitying, impatient
2) extroversion- engagement with the outside world, socialable, talkative, impulse
3) agreeableness- reflects individual differences in concern with social harmony, courteous, trusting, compassionate
4) openness- distinguishes between imaginative, creative people and down to earth conventional people
5) consciousness- focuses on way we control our impulses, organized focuses
what theories did sigmund freud introduce
theory of personality development and psychoanalytic theory of personality
what is the theory of personality development
-personality develops through childhood stages
-incomplete stages results in unhealthy personality
what is the psychoanalytic theory of personality
-3 elements that work to create behavioural
ID- from birth, unconscious, self serving, pleasure principle (wants everything now
EGO- reality principle (satisfy desires in an acceptable way
SUPEREGO- last to develop, moral standards
what are the levels of awareness
conscious- things we are aware of at the present
pre conscious- things that can be easily made aware of
subconscious- holds repressed memories, actions, and the id’s instincts
