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Personality
A person's distinctive patterns of feelings, thoughts, and actions
Trait
A person's general action tendencies
(Cattell)
1) Openness to experience
2) Conscientiousness
3) Extroversion
4) Agreeableness
5) Neuroticism
Theories on Personality: Big Five Traits
(Freud)
Id- strives for biological satisfaction
Ego- tries to reconcile id-derived needs with the actualities of the world
Superego- represents internalized rules from society
Repression- internal conflict of ego
Theories on Personality: Psychodynamic Approach
Displacement: directing conflict towards someone else
Reaction formation: substituting the emotion with its opposites
Rationalization: finding an acceptable framework for emotion/conflict
Projection: attributing one's desires to someone else
Repression Defense Mechanisms
(Rogers and Maslow)
Rogers: inherent good in everyone, self-concept vs congruence (who we think we are, self schema, vs who we actually are)
Maslow: Self actualization, realizing potential and cultural acknowledgement
Theories on Personality: Humanistic Approach
(Skinner, Bandura, Mischel)
Shinner: conditioning leads to personality, governed by reinforcement/environment
Bandura: Observational learning leads to personality, confidence important
Mischel: Personality reflected by how a person behaves in a situation (marshmallow experiment)
Theories on Personality: Behavioral-Social-Cognitive Approach
Tests: Rorschach
Projective test that reflects attitudes
Tests: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Questions used by HR to give a scale of 1 to 5 on traits and personality
Tests: Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Projective test that asks subject to look at pictures and make up a story
Test: Behavioral Assessment
Look at number of social contacts, number of aggressive encounters, temper tantrums, number of minutes of sustained attention
Personality Disorder: OCD
Obsessions or compulsions that are not due to medical illness or drug use, cause major distress or interferes with daily life
Personality Disorder: NPD
Expecting "special treatment" from others. Exaggerated self importance, disregard for others' feelings, lacking empathy
Personality Disorder: APD
No superego, impulsive, easily frustrated, manipulative, paradoxically socially skillful
Personality Disorder: BPD
Lacks a secure sense of self (SOS), relies on others to supply SOS, rejection leads to self destructive behaviors