Chapter 13: Personality

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Personality

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One's characteristic patterns of thinking feeling and acting

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Psychodynamic Theories

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View personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experience

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Freud's Personality Development

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Personality comes from conflict between interacting systems
Id- pleasure principle
Ego- Reality principle
Super ego- considered real and ideal

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Freud's Psychosexual perspective

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0-18 months Oral
18-36 months Anal
3-6 years Phallic
6- Puberty Latency
Puberty- Maturation of sexual interests

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Fixation

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Lingering focus of pleasure seeking energies in earlier psychosexual stage in which conflicts are unresolved

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Defense Mechanisms

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The ego's way to reduce anxiety by distorting reality
Regression
Reaction Formation
Projection
Rationalization
Displacement
Denial

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Freud's Problems

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Development doesn't stop in childhood
Underestimated peer influence
Gender identity develops before age 5-6
Sex and aggression are not everything
Importance of consciousness

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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Physiological - Safety - Love/Belonging - Esteem - Self Actualization

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Roger's Person Centered Perspective

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Genuineness- transparency with feeling
Acceptance- Offer unconditional positive regard, accept the whole person.
Empathy- Share and mirror others feelings

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Trait

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Characteristic behavior pattern or disposition to feel an act

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Trait Theories: Form Factors

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Statistical Analyse used to identify clusters of traits

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Trait Theories: Esyenck's Major Personality Factors

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Extraversion
Neuroticism
Psychotism

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Trait Theories: Big Five Factors

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Consciousness (Impulsive-Discipline)
Agreeableness
Neuroticism (emotional stability)
Openness
Extraversion

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Trait Theories: Social Cognitive Perspective

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Behavior is influenced by traits and social context