Unit 3

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

way in which an individual thinks, acts, and feels throughout life

Question 2

character

Answer 2

value judgments made about a persons morals or ethical behavior

Question 3

temperament

Answer 3

characteristics that a person is born with. (irritability or adaptability)

Question 4

pleasure principle

Answer 4

the desire to get immediate gratification of needs with no regard for the consequences

Question 5

id

Answer 5

pleasure principle.

Question 6

ego

Answer 6

reality principle

Question 7

reality principle

Answer 7

satisfy the demands of the id only in ways that will not lead to negative consequences

Question 8

superego

Answer 8

provides the conscience

Question 9

psychosexual stages

Answer 9

at each stage during childhood development, a different area of the body produces pleasurable feelings. (5 stages) (according to Freud)

Question 10

first stage (first 18 months)

Answer 10

oral stage. This includes weaning (taking the breast from the mother away.) If a child is neglected from this then they are more likely to have an oral fixation later in life. (chain smoking, drinking to much, overeating)

Question 11

2nd stage (18-36 months)

Answer 11

Anal stage. Often leads to adults who are stingy, stubborn, and too neat. (Otherwise known as anal retentive personality)

Question 12

3rd stage (3-6 years)

Answer 12

this is the “genital stage” or the phallic stage.

Question 13

Oedipus complex

Answer 13

meaning boys become sexually attracted to their mothers during this stage.

Question 14

Electra complex

Answer 14

Girls become sexually attracted to their dad during this stage

Question 15

4th stage (6 years to puberty)

Answer 15

Latency stage. This is when the sexual feelings are hidden and girls and boys do not develop sexually

Question 16

5th stage (puberty on)

Answer 16

Genital stage. this is when people start to realize the opposite sex and want to do the rumpy pumpy

Question 17

Neo-freduians

Answer 17

the “new” versions of freud were weren’t as weird.

Jung, Adler, Horney, Erikson

Question 18

primary appraisal

Answer 18

this has to do with classifying the severity of a stressor. It is usually viewed either as a threat or a challenge.

Question 19

secondary appraisal

Answer 19

This has to do with the resources that a person has to overcome the stressor (If someone has a lot of time to study for a test, they will feel much better about it all)

Question 20

Type A people

Answer 20

These people are workaholics. They are very competitive, ambitous, hate to waste time, and are easily annoyed

Question 21

Type B people

Answer 21

these people tend to be easygoing, not as driven, and slow to anger, and seem relaxed and at peace

Question 22

Type C people

Answer 22

These people tend to be very pleasant and try to keep the peace but find it hard to express their emotions. These people are often very lonely or have lost a loved one

Question 23

hardy personality

Answer 23

these people feel that they are in control of their life and what happens to them

Question 24

direct observation

Answer 24

psychologist observes the client engaging in ordinary everyday behavior

Question 25

rating scale (for behavoralists)

Answer 25

numerical rating is assigned for specific behaviors

Question 26

frequency count

Answer 26

the assessor count the number of times a certain behavior happens in a given time period

Question 27

personality inventories

Answer 27

Trait theorists are most interested in this. It is more like a questionere and is compiled of yes or no questions

Question 28

halo effect

Answer 28

tendency to form favorable or unfavorable impressions of someone at the first meeting

Question 29

Rorschach inkblot test

Answer 29

developed by Hermann Rorschach. There are 10 inkblots, 5 in black ink on a white background and 5 in colored inks on a white background. These are used to help measure mental disorders today

Question 30

Thematic apperception Test

Answer 30

consists of 20 pictures, all black and white that are shown to a client and the client is asked to discuss each of them. The story told is then interpreted by the psychoanalyst who looks for revealing statements and projection of the clients own problems onto the people in the pictures