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Personality Psychology
Freud, Bandura, Jung, Mischel, Horney, Rogers, Allport, Skinner, Adler, Kelly
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Psychology
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12/16/2010

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Transference
Definition
feelings from patient transfers to clinitian
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Countertransference
Definition
feelings from clinitian transfers to patient
Term
Personality stems from
Definition
persona or mask
Term
Most common determinant of personality?
Definition
genetics
Term
Realistic Anxiety
Definition
ex. you get in a car accident
Term
neurotic anxiety
Definition
ex. an imaginary punshment from an imaginary figure
Term
moral anxieyt
Definition
ex. self punishment
Term
Dream analysis
Definition
road to unconscious
Term
manifest
Definition
surface level of dreams
Term
latent
Definition
what clinitians uncover(what the dream really symbolizes)
Term
Critique of Freud (classical pyschoanalysis)
Definition
high on generating research
moderate on organizing data, guiding action, and parisomy
very low on falsifiability
Term
Jung's theme on his theory?
Definition
religion
Term
Psyche is derived from the greek word...?
Definition
spirit or soul
Term
what is the driving force behind the psyche?
Definition
the libido
Term
what are the levels of the pysche?
Definition
conscious
preconscious
collective unconscious
Term
archetypes
Definition
inherited predisposition to respond to certain aspects of the world.
Term
what are the four types of archetypes?
Definition
anima
-female component of male pysche
animus
-male component of female pysche
shadow
-darkest, deepest part of the psyche
self
-attepts to harmoize all others
Term
Progression
Definition
(extraversion)
forward flow of psyche energy
Term
regression
Definition
(introversion)
backward frow of pysche energy
Term
Psyche Function Types?
Definition
Thinking (rational)
Feelng(rational)
Sensation(irrational)
Intuition(irrational)
Term
Critique on Jung
Definition
moderate on generating research and organizing known data
low on guiding action, internal consistancy, and parsimony
very low on falsifiabilty
Term
what was Jungs focus on his theory?
Definition
the unconscious
biological
simiarity of the individual
Term
What was the conficlt with Adler and Freud in their theories?
Definition
Freuds theory was about the conflict of self and others while adler was about the meaning of life, and the importance of harmony
Term
organ inferiority
Definition
vulnerability to disease
Term
feelings of inferiority
Definition
feriority complex
Term
masculine protest
Definition
power = masculinity
all are weak, desiring strength
Term
cultural condition
Definition
where one gender is associated with success of power
Term
striving for superiority
Definition
innate fundamental fact of life
not just masculinity is sought, but perfection and superiority as well
can be motivaltional or a barrier(inferiority complex)
Term
feelings of inferiority equation
Definition
feeligns of inferiority + world view > life goals and final goal > life style
Term
fictional finalism
Definition
we live as if somehting is going to happen
Term
According to Adler, what are the three personality types
Definition
(unhealthy)
ruling dominant
getting-learning
avoiding

(healthy)
socially useful
Term
what do mistaken lifestyles orignate from?
Definition
physical inferiority
pampered
neglected
Term
safeguarding tendencies
Definition
Excuses
Distancing
Agression(
depreciation- put others down so you look good
idealization- you put someone so high on a pedalstool
solicitude- you do a deed "out of the kindness of your hear" but you just want to look good and get praised
self accusation- being really hard on yourself (this is the ultimate aggression ex. suicide)

)
Term
critique of adler
Definition
high on generating research, organizing data, guiding action
moderate on simplicity
low on falsifiability, and internal consistency
Term
True of False: Adler's theory was based on humanity
Definition
true
Term
What two needs that children cant live without?
Definition
saftey and satisfaction
Term
choose:
Basic Evil-->Basic Hostility--> Basic Anxiety
or
Basic Evil->Basic Anxiety--->Basic Hostility
Definition
basic Evil-->Basic Hostility-->Basic Anxiety
Term
what are neurotic needs
Definition
attempts to reduce basic anxity
strive for idealized self image (not good)
Term
three neurotic adjustments
Definition
moving toward people
moving away from people(distancing themselves)
moving against people (hostile type)
Term
tyranny of the shoulds
Definition
neurotic search for glory and neurotic claims

neurotic claims= telling people lies about what you've accomplished
Term
externalization
Definition
takes good and bad things and projects it on the other people
Term
what are Horneys theory of psychotherapy goals?
Definition
help patients grow to self realization
give up their idealized self-image
relunquish their neurotic search for glory
change self hatred to self acceptance
Term
Allport's trait theory
Definition
rather than looking at science, focus on the individual
Term
From visiting Frued, Allport concluded what?
Definition
the best way to find out a persons motives is to ask
Term
True or false: allport believes most behavior is conscious
Definition
true
Term
idiographic method?
who practiced this?
Definition
the study of individuals
allport
Term
the dynamic(?) organization (?) within the individual of those psychophysical (?) systems that determie (?) his characteristic behavior and thought (?)
who defines personality this way?
Definition
constantly changing
structure
mind and body as individual unit
causes you to do things
refers to any behavior

allport
Term
According to Allport what is the structure of personality?
Definition
Traits and Disposition
Term
traits = ?
Definition
dispositions
Term
cardinal dispositions
Definition
one characteristic that affects everything you do
ex. Ghandi= peaceful
Term
central dispostions
Definition
things that migth be written about you (letter of rec.)
Term
secondary dispositions
Definition
preferences
ex. food, clothes...
Term
proprium
Definition
the orgainizing agent
Term
what do people do to get over inferiorities
Definition
compensate- concentrate on getting better at other features that can make up for your weakness
ex. blind get good at auditory skills

overcompensate- convertering the weaknes into a strength
Term
true or false: feeligns of inferiority are the primary motivation behind all personel accomplishments?
Definition
true
Term
can FOI create neurosis?
Definition
yes. person can become overwhelmed. and it becomes a barrier instead of a stimulus
Term
who do you become if you have a negative world view?
Definition
ruthless businessman, lawyer, politician, criminal
Term
who do you become if you have a positive world view?
Definition
loving parent, teacher, social worker, artist
Term
what three major problems must humans solve in lofe?
Definition
ocupational tasks
societal tasks
love and marriage tasks
Term
functional autonomy
Definition
past motives arent related to present motives (the reasons why we engage in something are not the same reasons that originally caused us to engage in it
Term
requirements for theory of motivation
Definition
mst recognize the nature or motives
allow existence of several motives
recognize importance of cognitive processes
recognize each person is unique
Term
extrinsic religion
Definition
unhealthy
"my church is better than yours"
Term
intrinsic religion
Definition
healthy
encourages identification with all of humanity
Term
Who was a phenomenoligist and what does it mean?
Definition
George Kelly.
tone who studies intact, conscious experiences
Term
true or false: kelly was interested in how thought processes were used while interacting with the environment
Definition
true
Term
what is Kelly's theory labeled as?
Definition
cognitive because it stresses how people view and think about reality
Term
existential theory
Definition
empahsizing the present and the future than than the past. (humans are free to choose their own destiny)

Kelly's theory
Term
humanistic theory
Definition
stresses the human capacity for improvement

kelly
Term
what 3 theory types can Kelly's theory be defined as?
Definition
Cognitve
Existential
HUmanistic
Term
True or false: Kelly thought that his theory was too fluid to be pinned down by verbal labels?
Definition
true
Term
according to Kelly, all humans are like what?
Definition
scientists
Term
personal construct
Definition
idea/ thought one uses to explain/ predict experiences
Term
According to Kelly, wht does the personality consist of?
Definition
a collection of constructs
Term
constructive alternativism
Definition
one is free to choose from a number of construct systems
Term
you are free to choose your own construct, but they control you once they have been chosen? is this true or false
Definition
true
Term
true or false: Kelly and Vaihinger believed that subjective reality was a more important determinant of behavior than objective reality. Adler didnt believe this.
Definition
false: all three of them believed this!
Term
construct corollary
Definition
says constructs are formed on the basis of recurring themes in ones experience. ex- the tree will be in the same place tomorrow, its always colder in the winter...
Term
which corolary is the essense of kellys theory?
Definition
individuality corollary
Term
individuality corollary
Definition
each person is unique in his manner of construing experiences
Term
organization corollary
Definition
constructs are organized in heirarcy form of superordiante construct( ex survival) to subprdiante constructs (ex. businesslike)
Term
dichotomy corollary
Definition
each construct has a pole.
ex. one pole of a construct describes beautiful things while the other pole may descrie ugly things
Term
choice corollary
Definition
people will choose a construct that will either further define or extend their construct system.
Term
experiment corollary
Definition
experience alone is not the best teacher, but the acive construing of eperience is
Term
modulation corollary
Definition
a construct system is more likely to change if constructs are permeable
Term
permeable constructs
Definition
easily changed
Term
true or false: a person with several permeable constructs will be in a better position to extend ones construct system than a person who has impermeable constructs.
Definition
true
Term
fragmentation corollary
Definition
as a construct system is being tested/revised, inconsistencies in behavior may result
Term
sociality corollary
Definition
to ingage in social interaction with another, on emust understand that person construes their experiences. only then can one play a role in the persons life
Term
CPC Cycle
Definition
series of activities engaged in by a person confronted with a novel situation.

(Circumspection,Preemption,Control)

ex. youre in a car accident
1. ponder several constructs ..its my fault-his fault, injury-no injury, damage-no damage,etc.. (circumspection phase)
2. choose from the constructs pondered. you choose the my fault construct (preemtion phase)
3. choose the pole of the chosen construct. i give the driver my insurance info, apologize, etc (control phase)
Term
creativity cycle
Definition
seeking innovative solutions to problems.
(three stages: loosened, Tightened, and test phase)

1.allows for cognitive experimentation. loosining of ones construct ex. a teacher can be thought of as a paintbrush (loosened construction phase0
2. retightening construct after ithas been changed (tightened construction phase
3. testing new construct and retaining it if its useful, if not discard it. (test phase)
Term
push theories of motivation
Definition
theories that emphasize terms such as drive, motive, stimulus. aka pitch fork theories.
(Freud, Skinner, Miller theories)
Term
jackass theory of motivation
Definition
motivation is inherent to human nature

kelly's theory
Term
true or false: anxiety is experience when ones prediction sare incorrect?
Definition
true
Term
hostility according to kelly?
Definition
when one refuses to accept the fact that their construct system has failed and demand validation from the environment
Term
Agression according to kelly
Definition
effort to expand ones construct system so its capable of assimilating a greater range or experiences
Term
true or false: aggressive people want to extend their construct system rahter than define it according to kelly
Definition
true
Term
true or false: to challange our core constructs is to challenge our very existence and that can be dangerous
Definition
true
Term
fear according to kelly
Definition
when an unimportant construct is invalidated
Term
submergence
Definition
when one pole of a construct is used but the other tends not to be
Term
validation
Definition
results when a construct successfully predicts an experience
Term
actualizing tendency
Definition
the driving force in everyones life that causes us to become more complex, independent, and socially resposible.
Term
experiences that are in accordance with our actualizing tendency are satisfying, then maintained. those experiences that are unsatisfying are avoided and terminated. what helps you distinguish between satisfying and unsatisfying experiences?
Definition
Organismic Valuing Process (OVP)
Term
phenomenological field
Definition
the portion of experiences which the person is aware of. its the subjective reality that directs a persons behavior
Term
what is the only way to not interfere with childesns actualizing tendencies?
Definition
give them unconditional positive regard
Term
what happens if a childs actualizign tendency is interfered with?
Definition
they create conditions of worth (condition suder which an incongruent person will experience psoitive regard)
this is not good
Term
incongruency
Definition
when people no longer use their OVP as a means of determining if their experiences are in accordance with their actualizing tendency.
Term
what are the necessary conditions for an effective therapy accordign to Rogers?
Definition
1. therapist must be in a state of congruency
2. therapist must give client unconditional positive regard
3. therapist must seek empathic listening
4.client must feel the uncondition positive regard the therapist is giving
Term
according to rogers, therapy is designedd to do what
Definition
eliminate incongruity between experience and the self.
Term
when the person is living in accordance of the OVP instead of the conditions of worth, the defenses of denial are longer necessary and the person is referred to as ...?
Definition
a fully functioning person
Term
Q-sort technique?
what does it do?
Definition
method Roers used to determine how a clients self-image changed as a function of therapy

it assumes the client can describe themselves accurately (real self) it assumes a person can describe what they want to be (ideal self) the q-sort then examines the relationship between the two selves
Term
who was the first therapist to measure the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of thereapy and with what?
Definition
Carl Rogers with the Q-Sort technique
Term
complexes
Definition
The personal unconscious contains clusters of emotionally loaded thoughts which Jung called
Term
transcendence
Definition
A process of integrating the diverse systems of the self toward the goal of wholeness and identification with all humanity.
Term
fixed role therapy
Definition
Therapist forces client to act like someone else to gain new constructs.
Term
who is a radical behaviorist and what does that mean?
Definition
Skinner


...
Term
The Person of Tomorrow
Definition
the outcome of what happens when the client meets conditions in therapy of expressing true feelings, detecting incongruence, and abandoning conditions or worth.

they are now able to live in the moment, are open to new experiences, have good relationships with others...
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