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Unit 8 : Personality Modules 55 - 59 Flashcards

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Freud

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  • psychoanalytic
  • focus on unconscious mind
  • iceberg of conscious and unconscious mind
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Free association

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patient speaks freely about whatever comes to mind while the therapist interprets. Reveals what’s in our unconscious

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personality

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relatively enduring behavior patterns (can changes)

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Psychoanalytic

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based on Freud, develops the understanding of the unconscious conflict

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Psychodynamic

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Carl Yung, personality with a focus on the unconscious and childhood experiences
➨ different from psychoanalytic : does not focus on sexual tensions, and focuses on childhood social experiences

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humanistic

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Carl Rogers and Maslow, focus on how to help people meet full growth potential

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Trait theory

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describing individual traits (MBTI and Big 5)

➨Allport

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Social cognitive Theory

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behavior is influenced by the interaction between peoples traits (thinking/cognitive) and social context (Albert Bandura)

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iceberg model

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most of the mind is unseen, unconscious

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unconscious

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according to Freud, mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feeling, and memories. Info processing of which we are unaware.

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repress

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forcible block of unacceptable passions and thought from conscious because they would be too unsettling to acknowledge.
- these reflect on choosing your work, beliefs, and habits

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Freuds personality structures

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ID : the unconscious energy that wants to satisfy sexual and aggressive drives. Operates on pleasure principles demanding immediate gratification
SUPEREGO: 50/50 conscious/unconscious represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgement (conscious)
EGO : the mediator among the demands of the ID, SUPEREGO, and reality. the reality principle. In constant conflict
➟ego is fragile and has a hard time accepting the truth about itself (the ID) so it develops defense mechanisms

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defense mechanisms

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➟repression
➟ regression
➟ rational formation
➟projection
➟rationalization
➟displacement
➟sublimation
➟denial
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repression

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banishing anxiety-arousing thoughts and feelings from the consciousness

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regression

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retreating to infantile psychosexual stages

➟thumb sucking when boy in on the way to school

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Reaction formation

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switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites.

➟ anger into exaggerated friendliness

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Projection

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Putting ones impulses on others

➟thief thinks everyone is the thief

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Rationalization

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self justifying explanations in place of the real threatening unconscious reasons
➟ I do not drink all the time, only with friends

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Displacement

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shifting sexual or aggressive impulses towards more acceptable objects or people
➟ punching a wall because you are upset

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Sublimation

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transferring unacceptable impulses towards socially valued motives
➟ man with aggressive urges becomes a surgeon

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Denial

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refusing to believe or perceive painful realities

➟denial of partner cheating on you

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psychosexual stages

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childhood stages of development where ids pleasure seeking energies focus on various sensitive areas.

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oral

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0-18 months

pleasure center on mouth, sucking, biting, and chewing

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Anal

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18-36 months

pleasure focus on bladder elimination

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Phallic
3-6 years old | pleasure zone in gentiles
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latency
6-puberty | phase of dormant sexual feelings
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Genital
puberty + | maturation of sexual interests
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Oedipus complex
boys sexual desire towards mother and jealous and hatred towards father. (Electra complex for girls)
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identification
children incorporate parents values into developing superegos and gender identity
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fixation
focus of pleasure seeking energies at earlier psychosexual stage in which conflicts were unresolved
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defense mechanisms
psychoanalyticl protective measures of ego to reduce anxiety by distorting reality
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evaluation of freuds pers.
➨psych is not fixed only on childhood, but lifelong ➨he overestimated parent and underestimated peer influence ➨low evidence that defense mechs disguise sexual + aggressive impulses ➨stress and hormones create flashbulb (vivid) memories
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inferiority complex
strive for power because of prior inferiority
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collective unconsciousness
Carl Jung; shared and inherited memory, traces from our species history ➨symbols, culture, religion, myths
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projective tests
personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli that project and reveal the unconscious
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thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
expression of inner feelings and interests through made up stories from ambiguous scenes
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Rorschach Inkblot test
most used test, identify peoples feelings by analyzing interpretations (10 inkblots) ➨not backed by evidence (unreliable and has validity) ➨created by Hermann Rorschach
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validity
predicting what is supposed to predict
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Reliability
showing consistent results
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unconsciousness provides....
➨schemas; control for perception and interpretation ➨implicit memories (they operate w/o conscious recall even with amnesia) ➨instant activation of emotions ➨self concepts and stereotypes are automatic
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false consensus effect
Roy Baumeister; tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors
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terror- management theory
death related anxiety. exploration of emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of death
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self actualization
motivation to fulfill ones potential | psych need that arises after other hierarchy needs are met and self esteem is achieved.
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self transcendence
meaning, purpose, and communion beyond the self
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Unconditional positive regard
Carl Rogers; attitude of total acceptance towards another person ➨ genuine, accept, empathy
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Self concept
all thought and feelings about oneself, answer who am I?
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Factor analysis
statistical procedure used to identify clusters of test items that tap basic components of intelligence
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personality inventory
questionnaire (true false/ agree-disagree) where people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to asses selected personality traits
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
widely research and clinically used personality test. Original development to identify emotional disorders, now used for other purposes
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Empirically derived test
ex (MMPI) developed by testing a pool of items and selecting those that discriminate between groups
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Big Five (Canoe)
➨Conscientiousness (competence and self-discipline) ➨Agreeableness ➨Neuroticism (emotional stability vs instability) ➨Openness ➨Extraversion are quite stable, but can change as you mature heritable and predict human behaviors for people
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Person-Situation Controversy
Are people traits consistent, or ever changing? ➨traits do not change over the years ➨genetically influenced traits like music taste, working space, and electronic communication
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behavioral approach
focus on effects of learning on our personality development
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reciprocal determinism
interaction influence of behavior, internal cognition and environment
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positive psychology
optimal human functions; aims to discover and promote strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive
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Adler
role of childhood and inferiority complex (seek to overcome it as an adult)
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Horney
child anxiety that leads to seek love and security
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Carl Jung
collective unconsciousness
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self
assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of thoughts, feelings, and actions
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spotlight effect
overestimating others noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and mistakes
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self-esteem
feeling of self worth
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self efficancy
sense of competence and effectiveness
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self serving bias
readiness to perceive oneself favorable | ➨good things are due to me, bad due to outside factors
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nacrcissism
excessive self love and self absorption
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individualism
priority to own goal > group goals. define achievements due to personal attributes and not group
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collectivism
priority to goals of a group (family or work) define identity with group

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