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Final Review - Ch. 10, Personality
Essentials for Understanding Psychology, Feldman
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/21/2013

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Freud's Theory of Personality Development (5 Stages)

* Oral *
Definition
Birth to 12 -18 months

center of pleasure - mouth
Term
Freud's Theory of Personality Development (5 Stages)

* Anal *
Definition
12 - 18 months to 3 years

center of pleasure - anus
Term
Freud's Theory of Personality Development (5 Stages)

* Phallic *
Definition
3 to 5 - 6 years

center of pleasure - genitals
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Freud's Theory of Personality Development (5 Stages)

* Latency *
Definition
5- 6 years to adolescence

sexual concerns are largely, but temporarily, unimportant
Term
Freud's Theory of Personality Development (5 Stages)

* Genital *
Definition
Adolescence (puberty) to Death

Resurgence of sexual interests and establishment of mature sexual relationships.

marked by mature sexual behavior (that is, sexual intercourse)
Term
Freud's Defense Mechanisms (8) pg 383

Unconscious strategies used to reduce anxiety by concealing its source from ourselves and others.
Definition
Represion
Regression
Displacement
Rationalization
Denial
Projection
Sublimation
Reaction formation
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Trait Theory
Definition
explain personalities in terms of traits (consistent personality characteristics and behaviors), but they differ in terms of which and how many traits are seen as fundamental.
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"Big Five" Set of Personality Traits

* OCEAN *
Definition
O - openness to experience
C - conscientiousness
E - extraversion
A - agreeableness
N - neuroticism
Term
Personality

* Biological and Evolutionary approaches *
Definition
focus on the way in which people's genetic heritage affects personality

pg 399 - Comparing Approaches to Personality
Term
Reliability vs Validity
Definition
Reliability - it yields the same result each time it is administered

Validity - it measures accurately
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Projective Personality Test
Definition
Ex - Rorschach personality test

a persoon is shown an ambiguous stimulus (picture, etc) and asked to describe it or tell a story about it; then that information is used to make inferences about the person's personality
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