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Exam Two
Chapter Ten
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2007

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Personality
Definition
Refers to reasonably stable patterns of begaviors that characterize a person's adaptation to life
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Traits
Definition
Personality characteristics
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The Father of Personality
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Sigmund Freud
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Private Practice
Definition
Independently dealing with patients on a case-by-case basis
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Hypnotherapy and "Chimney-Sweeping Therapy"
Definition
Used by Freud
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Psychoanalysis
Definition
Discovering things about a person that they do not realize themselves
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What happened to Freud's face and why?
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It became disfigured from jaw cancer as a result of smoking cigars
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Unconcious Part of The Mind
Definition
Greatly influenced our behavior and conscious thought according to Freud
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Why is the mind like an iceberg according to Freud?
Definition
2/3 is below the water limit (unconcious)
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Id
Definition
Completely unconcious, represents our basic impulses and urges, operates on the pleasure principle
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Ego
Definition
Operates on the reality principle, our concious
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Superego
Definition
Develops and matures slowly over the years, internalization of society's moral system, tells us what one should or ought to do
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Defense Mechanisms
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Allows the Ego to save face even with itself
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Displacement
Definition
When we displace unacceptable feelings from a threatening object/person to a less-threatening object/person
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Regression
Definition
Manifestation of behaviors that were prevalent during a previous stage of development
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Projection
Definition
When we "see in others" that which we are unwilling to see in ourselves
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Rationalization
Definition
Use of distorted logic to justify why we have engaged in unacceptable behavior
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Reaction Formation
Definition
Denies the actual feeling and overtly adopts an exaggerated attitude that is just the opposite of the feeling
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Disavowal
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Discount the value of something or someone that we wanted badly, but were unable to attain because of our own inabilities or deficiencies
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Oral Stage (Birth - Age 1)
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Mouth is primary stimulation of sexual pleasure
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Frustrated Personality
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Developed when an infant is weaned too early
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Dependent Personality
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Developed when an infant is given excessive gratification from breast milk and they begin to expect others to always meet their needs
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Anal Stage (1-3)
Definition
When the anus is the primary erogenous zone and toddlers begin being potty trained
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Anal-Retentive
Definition
Develops when parents are overly rigid in a child's progress towards potty-training, makes them be orderly and clean and have a tendency towards perfectionism
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Anal-Expulsive
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Developed when a toddler's potty training is not forced, they become unconcerned and lack organization/planning skills
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Phallic Stage (3-5)
Definition
Boys become aware of their penis and girls become aware of their clitoris
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Castration Anxiety
Definition
When young boys feel losing their penis "just like the girls did"
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Penis Envy
Definition
The jealousy of females towards males during the phallic stage
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Oedipus/Electra Complexes
Definition
When a child of a certain gender attaches itself to the parent of the opposite gender and becomes rivals with the one of the same gender
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Latency Stage (5-Puberty)
Definition
Little happens in the development of children due to their focus on school
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Adult-Genital Stage (Adolescence through Adulthood)
Definition
When the Oedipal/Electra Complex is solved, one can develop a sex-role identity and develop interest in pursuing mature, heterosexual relationships
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Freudian Slip
Definition
When your unconcious accidently enters your concious
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Incest Taboo
Definition
People should engage in relations with siblings and parents
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Neo-Freudians
Definition
Those who follow Freud in the sense that they appreciate many of Freud's ideas, but differ with Freud in various ways
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Anna Freud (1895-1982)
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Became a psychoanalyst and followed her father on many trips, eventually taking over for him. First to attempt to apply psychoanalytic techniques to children
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Karen Horney (1885-1952)
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Disagreed with the elements of the teory that she thought reflected a bias against women, thought that adult conflict originated from the basic anciety that is experienced in early childhood due to children's pervasive dependencies on others
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Alfred Adler (1870-1937)
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Determined that the primary determinant of personality is the drive to overcome feelings of inferiority
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Carl Jung (1875-1961)
Definition
First better in the category of mysticism or spiritualism
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Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949)
Definition
Found that the most powerful human motive is to avoid the anxiety that results from loneliness.
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Egocentric
Definition
Exaggerated self-importance
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Behaviorist's View on Personality
Definition
Humans can be "controlled" and that they simply respond to stimuli and their measurable observable behavior is their personality
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Humanist's View on Personality
Definition
1. Humans are in a class to themselves and comparisons between humans and animals is not useful
2. We can learn more about humans by treating them as individuals
3. We should investigate the warmth, generosity, creativity, and achievement-oriented components of humans
4. Humans are basically good and pro-life
5. Humans have free will
6. Humans need to experience unconditional positive regard to be fully functioning
7. The purpose of life is self-actualization
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