Theory Of Personality 1

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The latin mask worn by roman actors to project a specific role or appearance

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Persona

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What is a personality?

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A pattern of traits and unique characteristics that give consistency and individuality to a person

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The difference between traits and characteristics

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Traits are distinguished qualities of a person shared by a group, characteristic is a distinguished feature unique to an individual

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What is a theory

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A set of related assumptions that allow scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses

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Why does the ability to generate research make a theory useful

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It creates research (common sense ra ni hellaur)

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What aspect of usefulness of a theory determine the ability of a research to be true or false

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Falsifiable

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What aspect of theory usefulness determine the capability of integrating what is currently known to gain and arrange information

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Organizes Data

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Why does the ability to guide action make a theory useful

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It should able to guide the actions of an individual towards better results/ fix day-to-day problem

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In theory usefulness what is internal consistency or being internally consistent

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Components are logically compatible, it has a scope, limitations, (it makes sense and is consistent)

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What is parsimoniousness

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Simplicity and straightforwardness

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Focuses on the importance of early childhood experience in shaping personality and sees the unconscious mind and motives more powerful than the conscious and aware

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Psychodynamic

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The search for meaning through experiences. Experiences are part of the human condition and can foster psychological growth

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Humanistic/Existential

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Unique and long term tendencies to behave in specific ways are essence of our personality

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Dispositional

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Behaviour, feelings, personality are influenced by genetic, epigenetic, and neurological systems

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Biological/Evolutionary (stem stuff basically)

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Behaviours are learned through association and/or reinforcement or punishment

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Learning/Social Cognitive

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Well known psychologist known for his iceberg model of the mind

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Sigmund Freud

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What did the iceberg model of the mind propose

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That the tip of the iceberg is the conscious level of the mind but there are move levels and provinces below the iceberg

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What is considered the surface level of the mind or the tip of the iceberg (Sigmund Freud’s iceberg model) also characterized by awareness

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The conscious

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What is the preconscious

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Unconscious thoughts that can enter the consciousness usually after being disguised/distorted

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What is the unconscious

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The level of the mind which contains the drives, urges, and instincts that are beyond our awareness but still hold enough gravity to motivate words, feelings, and actions

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What are the three provinces of the mind

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Id, ego, superego

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The province of the mind that acts on pleasure and impulse that responds to basic urges, needs, and desires

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Id

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Eros

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Pleasure gained through erogenous zones (sexual shet)

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Thanatos

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Destructive instinct, aggression

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cluster of defense mechanism which entails humor, sublimation, and suppression

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Mature

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cluster of defense mechanism which entails projecting, denial, and splitting

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Narcissistic

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cluster of defense mechanism which entails regressing, somatization, blocking, and introjection

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Immature

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cluster of defense mechanism which entails passive-aggressiveness, dissociation, rationalizing, acting out, and repression

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Anxiety

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A child’s unconscious attraction towards the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry towards the same sex parent

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Oedipus complex

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A woman’s unconscious penis envy with a rivalry with the mother an attraction to the father

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Electra complex

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Adler’s theory which posits that human behaviour is motivated by social connectedness and a strive for superiority or success

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Individual Psychology

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The ability of a person to freely shape behaviour and create own personality

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Creative power

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Memories and impulses inherited from our ancestors which humans are unaware of

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Collective unconscious

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The theory of human personality which believes that human are motivated by the collective unconscious and occult phenomena (spirits, demons, religion)

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Analytical Psychology

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The level of the psyche characterized by awareness

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Conscious

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The level of psyche characterized by repressed memories, desires, trauma which influence behaviour and personality

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Personal unconscious

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Contents of the collective unconscious which originate through repeated experiences of our ancestors expressed in dreams, fantasies, delusions, and hallucinations

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Archetypes

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The archetype which is the role a person plays in society to adapt into society

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Persona

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The archetype which is the opposite of the persona which include negative tendencies, or qualities that we don’t want to acknowledge

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Shadow

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The archetype which represents the feminine aspects of a male psyche

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Anima

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The archetype which represents the masculine aspect of the female psyche

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Animus

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The archetype which is the unification of the conscious and unconscious mind symbolized by a mandala. Characterized by self-realization

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Self

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The archetype of nurturing love and fertility

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Great mother

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The archetype of wisdom, experience, and guidance

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Wise old man

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The archetype representing the ideal personality. Values such as bravery, selflessness. And a pursuit of the greater good.

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Hero

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A predisposition to act or react in a characterized direction

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Attitude

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Two types of attitudes

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Introversion, and extroversion

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Combined with the two attitudes are 4 psychological functions

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Thinking, sensing, feeling, and intuition

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Why did Jung emphasize the second half of life (after middle age) as a time of self-realization

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Individuals various parts of the psyche through age and wisdom rebirth and unify to a whole attaining self-realization

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The Psychosocial theory of the stages of development

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People advance through different stages of development with differing social crises with each stage

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The crisis experienced during infancy

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Trust vs. mistrust, is my world safe

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The strength and pathology experienced during the infancy level crisis

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strength: hope Pathology: withdrawal

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The crisis experienced during early childhood (2 - 3 years of age)

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Autonomy vs shame (independence vs self consciousness when doing something wrong)

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The strength and pathology gained from the early childhood crisis

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strength: will Pathology: compulsion (a lack of independance and confidence)

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The crisis experienced during the play age (3 - 5 yrs old)

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Initiative vs guilt (goodness and badness)

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The strength and pathology gained from the play age crisis

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strength: purpose (taking initiative and confidence) Pathology: inhibition (hesitation to try new things and over cautiousness)

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The crisis experienced during the school age (6 - 11 yrs of age)

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Industry vs inferiority (accomplishment n shet)

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The strength and pathology gained from the school age crisis

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strength: competence (pride in abilities and willingness to take on new challenges) Pathology: inertia (inferiority complex and inadequacy)

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The crisis experienced during adolescence (12 - 18 yrs)

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Identity vs role identity

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The strength and pathology gained from the crisis in adolescence

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strength: fidelity (a stable sense of self) Pathology: role repudiation (role confusion, lack of direction, negative self esteem, excessive conformity)

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The crisis experienced during the young adult (19-40) stage of life

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Intimacy vs isolation

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The strength and pathology gained from the young adult crisis

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strength: love Pathology: exclusivity (reclusiveness, loneliness, disconnection)

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The crisis experienced during adulthood (40-65 yrs)

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Generativity vs stagnation

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The strength and pathology gained from the young adult crisis

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strength: care (contributing to society) Pathology: rejectivity (lack of positive impact and emptiness)

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The crisis experienced during old age (65 and beyond)

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Integrity vs despair (have I lived a full life)

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The strength and pathology gained from the old age crisis

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strength: wisdom (fulfillment) Pathology: disdain (regret)

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The theory which suggests that humans are motivated by self actualization and moving towards it by satisfying needs

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Holistic-dynamic theory

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The five stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in order lowest to highest

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Physiological Safety Social Esteem Self Actualization

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In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs lower needs must be fulfilled before moving towards higher needs

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Pre-potency