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Personality

Unique & stable ways people think, feel, & act


Identity

Temperament + Experience

Personality

Psychodynamic Perspective

Freud

Ego

concious interaction of the world

Superego

do's & dont's from parents

ID

Biological needs

Psychological Defense Mechanism

unconscious distort reality


-take in approved desires and making them more acceptable unconsciously

Fixation

unresolved psychosexual stage conflict


-stuck

Oral Stage

1st stage


1st year


mouth= erogenous zone


weaning primary conflict


love things in mouth

Anal Stage

1 to 3 years


Ego develops


toilet training conflict


Expulsive vs. retentive personality


cants go when ya want

Phallic Stage

3 to 6 years


super ego develops


sexual feelings


oedipus complex


father gets jealous



Latency Stage

age 6 to puberty


sexual feelings repressed


same sex play, social skills

Genital Stage

Puberty


sexual feelings


consciously expressed

Reciprocal Determinism

(Bandura) Environment, characteristics of person, and behavior itself all interact

Self Efficiency

Perception of one's competence in a certain circumstance

Humanistic View

(3rd Force) Focuses on traits that make people uniquely good center

Self-Actualizing Tendency

(Rogers) striving to fulfill innate capabilities

Real Self

(Roger) One's perception of actual characteristics, traits, and abilities

Ideal Self

What on should or would like to be

Character

•valuejudgments made about a person’s moral and ethical behavior

Temperament

•theenduring characteristics with which each person is born

Preconsciousmind

•levelof the mind in which information is available but not currently conscious

Consciousmind

•levelof the mind that is aware of immediate surroundings and perceptions

libido

–the instinctual energy that maycome into conflict with the demands of a society’s standards for behavior

pleasureprinciple

–principle by which the idfunctions; the immediate satisfaction of needs without regard for theconsequences



realityprinciple

–principle by which the egofunctions; the satisfaction of the demands of the id only when negativeconsequences will not result

egoideal

–part of the superego that containsthe standards for moral behavior

Psychologicaldefense mechanisms

unconscious distortions of a person’sperception of reality that reduce stress and anxiety

Repression

•theperson refuses to consciously remember a threatening or unacceptable event,instead pushing those events into the unconscious mind

Rationalization

•theperson invents acceptable excuses for unacceptable behavior

Psychological defense mechanisms list

Denial


Rationalization


Repression


Projection


Reactionformation


Displacement


Regression


Identification


Compensation(substitution):


Sublimation

Projection

•unacceptableor threatening impulses or feelings are seen as originating with someone else,usually the target of the impulses or feelings

Reactionformation

•theperson forms an emotional or behavioral reaction opposite to the way he or shereally feels in order to keep those true feelings hidden from self and others

Displacement

•redirectingfeelings from a threatening target to a less threatening one

Regression

•theperson falls back on childlike patterns of responding in reaction to stressfulsituations

Identification

•theperson tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety

Compensation(substitution):

•theperson makes up for deficiencies in one area by becoming superior in anotherarea

Sublimation

channelingsocially unacceptable impulses and urges into socially acceptable behavior



Neo-Freudians

•followersof Freud who developed their own competing theories of psychoanalysis


JUNG


ADLER


HORNEY


ERIKSON

Jung

•developeda theory including both a personal and a collective unconscious


personal unconscious: Jung’s name for the unconscious mind asdescribed by Freud


collective unconscious: the memories shared by all members of thehuman species


archetypes: collective, universalhuman memories

Adler

•Proposedthat feelings of inferiority are the driving force behind personality


•Developedbirth order theory


Oldest, middle, youngest





Horney

•Developed atheory based on basic anxiety;rejected theconcept of penis envy


–basic anxiety: anxiety created whena child is born into the bigger and more powerful world of older children andadults


–neurotic personalities: the result of less-secureupbringings and paired with maladaptive ways of dealing with relationships

Erikson

•Developed atheory based on social rather than sexual relationships, covering the entirelife span

•Socialcognitive learning theorists emphasize the importance of:

–the influences of other people’s behavior


–the influence of a person’s own expectancies on learning

Socialcognitive view

•learningtheory that includes cognitive processes such as anticipating, judging, memory,and imitation of models

Social Learning Theory Expectations

(Rotter) Personality is set of potential responses to various situations

Self- Concept

Image of oneself that develops from interactions with significant people in ones life

Conditional Positive Regard

-Positive Regard that is given only when the person is doing what the providers of positive regard-wishes

Unconditional positive regard

positive regard that is given without conditions or string attached

Humanisticperspective

third force


–focuses on those aspects ofpersonality that make people uniquely human, such as subjective feelings andfreedom of choice


–developed as a reaction against thenegativity of psychoanalysis and the deterministic nature of behaviorism

Positiveregard

•warmth,affection, love, and respect that come from significant others in one’slife

Fullyfunctioning person

•aperson who is in touch with and trusting of the deepest, innermost urges andfeelings

Trait

consistent, enduring way of thinking, feeling, or behaving

Surface Traits

can be seen by other people in the out ward actions of a person


-what ppl see

Source Traits

More basic traits forming core of personality

Allport Theory

listed 200 traits and believed traits were apart of the nervous system

Cattell Theory

Reduced number of traits to between 16 & 23 with computer method called factor analysis


-Surface and Source traits

TheBig Five Theory

oppeness


conscientiousness


extraversion


agreeableness


neurotism

conscientiousness

1.thecare a person gives to organization and thoughtfulness of others; dependability

openness

1.willingnessto try new things and be open to new experiences

extraversion

1.one’s need to be with other people§extraverts: people who are outgoing andsociable


§introverts: people who prefer solitudeand dislike being the center of attention–

agreeableness

4.theemotional style of a person that may range from easygoing, friendly, andlikeable to grumpy, crabby, and unpleasant

neuroticism

4.degreeof emotional instability or stability

Trait-situationinteraction

•theparticular circumstances of any given situation will influence the way in whicha trait is expressed

The“Jim”Twins

•JamesArthur Springer and James Edward Lewis, otherwise known as the “Jim”twins were separated shortly after birth and reunited at age thirty-nine; theyexhibited many similarities in personality and personal habits

Interview

Professional asks questions of clients, structured or unstructured

Halo Effect

Allowing clients positive traits to influence assesment

Direct Observation

Professional observes client: clinical or natural settings


-Rating Scale


-Frequency count

Projective Test

Ambigious visual stimuli presented to client who responds with whatever comes to mind

Projection

"Projecting" ones unacceptable thoughts or impulses onto others

Rorchach inkblot test

10 inblots as ambigious stitmuli

Thematic Apprication Test

make up a story with a picture

Personalityinventory

•paper and pencil or computerized test that consists of statements that requirea specific, standardized response from the person taking the test