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What is freud's theory of personality?

3 levels, 3 aspects
What are freud's defense mechanisms?
repression
denial
rationalization
intellectualization
regression
projection
reaction formation
compensation
sublimation
displacement
repression
-banish threating thoughts and feelings

denial
-refusal to admit a reality

rationalization
-substitute a good reason

intellectualization
-detachment

regression
-back to a safer time

projection
attribute one's own negative qualities to others

reaction formation
-act in the opposite way of emotion

compensation
-make up for a deficiency

sublimation
redirect undesirable impulses

displacement
-redirect behavior toward the less threatening target
ie fedish
What is freud's stages of psychosexual development?
What is freud's oedipal period?
boys have a sexual desire for their mother, but they fear their father and develop castration anxiety
What is freud's electra period?
girls have a sexual desire for their father, but their mom is in the way.
penis envy.
What are the major problems with freud?
too general
contrary to recent data
biased against females
relies on hypothetical
What are freud's major contributions?
unconscious process

emphasis on childhood influences on adult behavior
What are the five main traits involved in trait theories?
extraversion
agreeableness
conscientiousness
neuroticism (emotional stability)
openness to experience
What are the types of trait assessments?
observation
interviews
rating scales
inventories
projective tests
MMPI-2 v CPI
Trait inventories
MMPI-2 - inventory for psychological disorders

CPI- inventory for normal individuals
Rorschach Inkblot v TAT
trait assessment tests
rorshach- projective test, unreliable, low validity

TAT- 19 vague drawings, describe what is going on
Describe a type a personality
anger prone, needs control
What is the social cognitive theory?
belief will do will > greater effort/persistence> success >
Having an internal locus v external locus
internal: belief you control your fate > taking action and optimism

external: belief you can't control your fate > do nothing, pessimism