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Personality
Personality in General
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/22/2009

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Term
Personality
Definition
An individuals unique patterns of thought, feelings and behaviors that persist over time and through situations
Term
Axis 1 and Axis 2
Definition

Axis 1- readily apparent problems (depression and anxiety)

 

Axis 2- bigger picture (OCD and personality disorders)

Term
Freud's Personality Theory
Definition

Id- energy that wants to be satisfied (hunger, thirst, sex drive)

 

Ego- Our brain telling us what we CAN do

 

Superego- Our moral guardian telling us that we can but probably should not

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Pleasure principle vs reality principle
Definition

Pleasure Principle- discomfort in the id, unpleasure in the id, eliminate discomfort by any means possible

 

Reality Principle- discomfort in the id, unpleasure in the id, rational though of ego to release discomfort by safest means

Term
Freud's Psychsexual Stages
Definition

Oral- Children get nourishment through the mouth

 

Anal- When children start to toilet train

 

Phallic- When children realize they have genitals and become jealous of the same sex parent while identifying with the opposite gender

 

Latency- Boys play with boys and girls play with girls

 

Genital- puberty

Term
Alfred Adler
Definition
Compensation, Inferiority and Superiority
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Carl jung
Definition
extroverts, introverts, rational, irrational, stressed people as spiritual beings
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Big 5
Definition

Openess to experience, culture and intellect

 

Conscientiousness and dependability

 

Extroversion

 

Agreeableness

 

Neuroticism

 

Term
Objective Tests
Definition

Personality test that is scored to a standard procedure

 

Often yes or no questions

 

Downside: Relies on self-report, you can paint an inaccurate picture of yourself

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Projective Tests
Definition

More ambiguous

 

Rorschach Test- ink blot test, examine  picture and say what you see

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