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PSY 101 AVC Dr. Gat
CH. 12 Personality
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2011

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What is Personality?
Definition
A person's unique pattern of thinking, emotion, and behavior; the consistency of who you are, have been, and will become
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Psychoanalytic Theories
Definition
Focus on the inner workings of a personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles
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Who invented Talk Therapy?
Definition
Sigmund Freud
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Psyche
Definition
Freud's term for the personality; contains Id, Ego, and Superego
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What are Freud's 2 levels of awareness?
Definition
1. Unconscious
2. Conscious
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Unconscious
Definition
Holds repressed memories and emotions and the Id's instinctual drives
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Conscious
Definition
Everything you are aware of at a given moment including thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and memories
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The Id
Definition
Innate biological instincts and urges; self-serving, irrational and totally unconscious
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The Id works via what principle?
Definition
Pleasure Principle: wishes to have its desires satisfied NOW, without waiting and regardless of the consequences
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The Ego
Definition
-Your "internalized parent", helps delay the immediate gratification needs of the Id
-Mediates between the Id and Superego
-Partially conscious and unconscious
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The Superego
Definition
Our internal "judge and jury", guilt comes from the Superego; YOUR CONSCIENCE!
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What are the 5 Freudian Personality Stages?
Definition
1. Oral stage
2. Anal stage
3. Phallic stage
4. Latency stage
5. Genital stage
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Oral stage
Definition
Ages 0-1; Most infants' pleasure comes fro stimulation of the mouth
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Oral Dependent Personality
Definition
Gullible, passive, needs lot's of attention
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Anal stage
Definition
Ages 1-3; Attention turns to process of elimination. Harsh or lenient toilet training can make a child Anal Retentive
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Anal Retentive
Definition
Stubborn, stingy, orderly and compulsively clean
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Phallic stage
Definition
Ages 3-6; Child now notices and is physically attracted to opposite sex parent. Can lead to Oedipus and Electra Complex
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Oedipus Complex
Definition
For BOYS ONLY. Boy feels rivalry with dad for his mother's affection, but feels threatened by father (castration anxiety). To resolve, boy must identify with his father and become more like him and adopt heterosexual beliefs.
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Electra Complex
Definition
Girl loves her father and competes with her mother. Girl identifies with her mother more slowly because she already feels castrated
-Females develop a WEAKER CONSCIOUS
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According to Freud what kind of envy do women have?
Definition
Penis envy
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How are the Oedipus and Electra Complexes thought of today?
Definition
Widely rejected
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Latency stage
Definition
Ages 6-Puberty; Psychosexual development is dormant. Some sex friendships and play occur here
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Genital stage
Definition
Ages Puberty-beyond; Realization of full adult sexuality occurs here, sexual urges reawaken
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Neo-Freudians
Definition
-Accepted broad aspects on Freud's theory -Revised parts of it, Less focus on sexual
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3 Neo-Freudians?
Definition
1. Carl Jung
2. Karen Horney
3. Alfred Adler
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3 of Carl Jung's theories?
Definition
1. Persona
2. Personal Unconscious
3. Collective unconscious
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Persona
Definition
Mask or public self presented to others
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Personal unconscious
Definition
Individual's own experiences are stored in here (contents are UNIQUE to each individual's personality)
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Collective unconscious
Definition
Unconscious ideas and images shared by all humans (mother role, father role, person that is the hero)
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Jung believed what?
Definition
That there were fears, behaviors, and thoughts that children and adults exhibit that are remarkably similar across time
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Karen Horney's theories?
Definition
1. Basic anxiety
2. 3 personality types
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Basic anxiety
Definition
Anxiety that occurs from living in a hostile world
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3 personality types
Definition
1. Moving towards other (dependent, needy, low self esteem)
2. Moving away from others (opposite of moving towards)
3. Moving against others (excess need for power, very critical and domineering)
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What is a Healthy personality?
Definition
Being able to move in and out of all 3
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What is an Unhealthy personality?
Definition
Being stuck in only one personality type
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Alfred Adler's theories?
Definition
1. Inferiority complex
2. Superiority complex
3. Creative self
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Inferiority complex
Definition
-We're all born feeling inferior because as newborns someone has to take care of our needs
-If you don't find your Creative self you feel inferior
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Creative self
Definition
-Humans create their personalities through choices and experiences
-What we're good at and enjoy doing
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Superiority complex
Definition
Deep down inside they feel inferior, but on the outside they act superior as a facade/ defense mechanism
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Humanism
Definition
Approach that focuses on ability to overcome adverse childhood and strive towards goals
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Free choice
Definition
Ability to choose that is NOT controlled by genetics, learning, or unconscious forces
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Carl Roger's Theory of Self-Concept
Definition
Unconditional vs. Conditional positive regard
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Positive self-regard
Definition
Thinking of oneself as a good, lovable, worthwhile person
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Congruent vs. Incongruent Personality
Definition
Congruent= whole, accepts all parts of yourself
Incongruent=Struggles with low self-eseteem
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Social Learnnig Theory: Albert Bandura's Theory of Reciprocal Determination
Definition
Cognitive: way we think about ourselves
Behavior: How we act
Environment: Situations we find ourselves in
(ALL 3 SHAPE OUR PERSONALITIES!!)
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Trait Theories
Definition
Attempt to learn what traits make up personality and how they relate to actual behavior
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The "Big Five" Personality Factors (Cattell)
Definition
1. Extroversion- low:loner high:joiner
2. Agreeableness- suspicious, trusting
3. Conscientiousness- lazy, hard-working
4. Neuroticism- calm, worried
5. Openness to experience- uncreative, imaginative
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The Big Five's 2 strengths
Definition
1. Found in all cultures
2. Remarkably stable over time (5 traits seem to be consistent with little change over a lifetime)
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