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26 Cards in this Set
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Personality |
Unique pattern of enduring thoughts, feelings and behaviours that characterise a person |
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Topographic model |
Different levels of consciousness Conscious - aware of Preconscious - not currently aware of Unconscious |
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Instinct model |
Sex and aggression as the basic human motives |
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Psychosexual stages |
Personality develops as we move through a series of psychosexual stages Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital |
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Structural model |
ID - reservoir of sexual/aggressive energy - desires need to be met straight away EGO - the executive - rational part of the mind that must valence desire, reality and morality SUPEREGO - conscious, rules of society, guilt |
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Defence mechanisms |
Unconscious strategies aimed at minimised unpleasant emotions/maximising pleasant emotions |
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Repressions |
Preventing painful thoughts/memories from entering consciousness |
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Projection |
Transferring unacceptable thoughts/impulses onto others |
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Sublimation |
Channeling unacceptable impulses into constructive/socially acceptable thoughts |
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How to measure psychoanalytic approach? |
Free association Hypnosis Dream analysis Projective testing |
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Cognitive social approach |
Importance of external social events and how we interpret them in personality Builds in behavioural/learning approaches How we shape/are shaped by our environment |
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Cognitive social approach |
Importance of external social events and how we interpret them in personality Builds in behavioural/learning approaches How we shape/are shaped by our environment |
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Rosters expectancy theory |
Behaviour is guided by learned expectancies |
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Cognitive social approach |
Importance of external social events and how we interpret them in personality Builds in behavioural/learning approaches How we shape/are shaped by our environment |
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Rosters expectancy theory |
Behaviour is guided by learned expectancies |
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Locus of control |
Internal - one controls ones fate External - chance or outside forces beyond ones control determines ones fate |
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Cognitive social approach |
Importance of external social events and how we interpret them in personality Builds in behavioural/learning approaches How we shape/are shaped by our environment |
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Rosters expectancy theory |
Behaviour is guided by learned expectancies |
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Locus of control |
Internal - one controls ones fate External - chance or outside forces beyond ones control determines ones fate |
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Type A/Type B |
A - desire to achieve, competitive and urgency B - easy going and relaxed |
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Trait approach |
Identifying the combination of characteristics that accounts for the consistencies within us and the differences between us |
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Trait approach |
Identifying the combination of characteristics that accounts for the consistencies within us and the differences between us |
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Eysenck - trait approach |
Extroversion Neuroticism Psychoticism Identifying and describing traits common to everyone |
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Five Factor Model 'BIG FIVE' |
Openness to experience Conscientiousness Extroversion Agreeableness Neuroticism |
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Allport |
3 trait levels Cardinal - dominate whole life, know for these traits Central - general characteristics, formations of personality, major role Secondary - sometimes related to attitude/preferences, certain situations |
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Humanistic approach |
Distinctly human Innate tendency to fulfil unique potential People are responsible for their own lives/have freedom to change their behaviour |
