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4 General Theories of Personality




Psychodynamic




Humanistic




Cognitive/Learning




Trait/Bio





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Psychodynamic


Freud theory that unconscious forces determines behavior.

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id


the component of personality that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according to the pleasure principle.



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Superego


the component of personality that reflects the internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct.

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Ego


the component of personality that tries to satisfy the wishes of the id while being responsive to the superego.

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Defense Mechanisms


unconscious mental strategies that the mind uses to protect itself from distress.

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Humanistic


ways of studying personality that emphasize self-actualization where people seek to fulfill their potential through greater self-understanding.

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Abarham Maslow: Theory of Motivation




Is an ex. of self-actualization

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Carl Roger's: Person Centered Approach




!. Our Sense of Self




2. How other's see us and evaluate us.

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Cognitive/Learning


ways of studying personality that recognize the influence of how people think.

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Rooter's: Expectancy Theory of Personality





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Albert Bandura: Reciprocal Determinism


explains personality


1. A persons environment


2. Multiple person factors: characteristics, self-confidence & expectactions.


3. Behavior itself.



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Trait/Bio


ways of studying personality that are based on peoples characteristics their tendencies to act in a certian way over time and across circumstances.


40%-50% of behavior seems to be genetic.

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Five factor Theory of Personality: OCEAN



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Hans Eysenck: Bio Trait Theory


is composed of traits that occur in three dimensions extraversion/introversion, unstable/stable, & high constraint/ low constraint.

Learning Theory


Personality your reaction to the environment


Reactions are reincforced or discouraged.


Empirical Studies (experiments)


Ignore your mind you can't measure it.


Ignored unconcious process and emotion.

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Humanistic Theory cont. Hierarchy of Needs




Abraham Maslow




Order of Motivation



Existential Theory


based on freewill, choices and decisions.




Victor Frankl: even in extreme conditions, people have freedom to interpret situations diffrently.

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Personality Assessment




1. Objective Assessment




2. Projective tests



why test personality?

1. Objective Assessment
MMPI
Myers Briggs Type Indicator 
PAI (Personality Assessment Inventory)

1. Objective Assessment


MMPI


Myers Briggs Type Indicator


PAI (Personality Assessment Inventory)





2. Projective Tests
Thematic Apperception test (TAT)
Roschach Inkblot test
House tree Person (HTP)
Sentence Completion Test (SCT)

2. Projective Tests


Thematic Apperception test (TAT)


Roschach Inkblot test


House tree Person (HTP)


Sentence Completion Test (SCT)





Carl Jung
Freud student & he disagreed with his
Over emphasis of sexuality
Structure of the unconscious 

Pioneered personality types (E/I)

Developed idea of inner child.

Carl Jung


Freud student & he disagreed with his


Over emphasis of sexuality


Structure of the unconscious




Pioneered personality types (E/I)




Developed idea of inner child.