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Personality Psychology
What is personality? Freudian approach
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
06/10/2012

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intrapersonal processes
Definition
include all emotional, motivational, and cognitive processes that affect how we act and feel
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personality
Definition
consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal proccess within individual
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6 approaches to personality
Definition
psychoanalytic, trait, biological, humanistic, behavioral/social, and cognitive
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psychoanalytical
Definition
focuses on past and part of the unconscious mind
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trait
Definition
where one fits on a continuum, individual differences
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biological
Definition
genes and physiological processes, things we do innately
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humanistic
Definition
belief people are born good
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humanistic
Definition
personal responsibility, self-acceptance, basic needs, self esteem, enviroment
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behavioral/social
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conditioning and expectations, learning history, role models
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behavioral/social
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exposure to uncontrollable events creates feeling of helplessness
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behavioral/social-aggression
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people learn it like other behaviors
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behavioral/social-aggression
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rewarded behavior is repeated, especially bad behavior
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psychoanalytical - aggression
Definition
falling short of desired goal
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psychoanalytical - aggression
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unconscious death instinct
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psychoanalytical - depression
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internalizing anger and hostility
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trait
Definition
stability of aggressive behavior
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trait
Definition
emotional level today is a good indicator of person's emotions in the future
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trait
Definition
identifying depression prone individuals
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biological
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individuals who are aggressive tend to be more dominant in future
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biological
Definition
stable patterns of aggressive behavior
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humanistic
Definition
interfering with growth process
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humanistic-depression
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no self-esteem, fail to develop sense of self worth
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cognitive
Definition
thoughts that affect the way we behave
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cognitive
Definition
how we interpret things, bad memories and inability to control events
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cognitive-depression
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result of personal inadequacies
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cognitive - aggression
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way one processes info, one's environment(guns, knives)
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behavior
Definition
how we access one's personality
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theory
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outlines how a personality develops and changes
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stable
Definition
Personalities are ______over time
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past, present
Definition
_____influence personality traits in _____
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conversion disorder
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benign symptoms, random paralysis of body parts, hysteria
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Ego
Definition
a manager
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conscious
Definition
something on your mind right now
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preconscious
Definition
not thinking about at the moment, but easily retrieved
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unconscious
Definition
thoughts you cannot access
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unconscious
Definition
storehouse for the majority of our thoughts
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unconscious
Definition
area of deepest wants and desires
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ego
Definition
helps ID get what it wants in a realistic way
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superego
Definition
our morality, values, standards
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topographical model
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conscious, preconscious, unconscious
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structural model
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id,ego,superego
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moral anxiety
Definition
result of overpowered superego
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moral anxiety
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overall feeling of shame and guilt for failing to reach perfection
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libido
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lifeforce or psychic force that drives our energy
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libido
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pushes us to get whats pleasurable in life
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thanatos
Definition
death instinct, times up, unconscious desire to self destruct or be aggressive
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psychic energy
Definition
more or less powers functions
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id
Definition
based on pleasure principle
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id
Definition
buried entirely in unconscious outside of our awareness
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id
Definition
impulses tend to be threatening to us or socially unacceptable
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id
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thought to center on sexuality and aggression
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ego
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based on reality principle
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ego
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job is to satisfy id impulses taking in consideration of realities of the world
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ego
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moves freely among conscious, preconscious, and unconscious
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ego
Definition
developed first 2 years of life
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superego
Definition
developed by the time child is 5 years old
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superego
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restrictions on what we can and cannot do
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superego
Definition
having a conscious
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superego, ego
Definition
provides ideals ____uses to determine if its worthy
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libido, thanatos
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2 major categories of instincts
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psychotherapy
Definition
helps troubled clients to release unconscious impulses being held in check;freeing up energy
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neurotic anxiety
Definition
vague feelings of anxiety by the sensation that unacceptable unconscious thoughts are about to burst into consciousness
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defense mechanism
Definition
ego attempts to reduce/avoid anxiety by keeping this material out of consciousness
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ego
Definition
without a strong ____, the battle for a stable personality can be lost
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repression
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most important defense mechanism
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repression
Definition
ego keeps harmful material from ever reaching our consciousness
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sublimation
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only true successful defense mechanism
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sublimation
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turning bad thought to productivity allowing id to express aggression
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displacement
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channeling impulses to nonthreatening objects, no social rewards
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denial
Definition
serious refusal to accept certain facts exist
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repression
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active effort by ego to push threatening thoughts into consciousness
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sublimation
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ego channels unacceptable impulses to socially acceptable
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reaction formation
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hide from threatening unconscious idea/urge by acting in a manner opposite to unconscious desire
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intellectualization
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overally rational in emotional situation, looking at facts logically without emotions
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projection
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unconscious impulse to other people instead of ourselves, false freedom from ever having the thought
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anal retentive,anal expulsive
Definition
2 personality disorders from anal stage
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anal retentive
Definition
perfectionistic, orderly, stubborn, generous, strict upbringing/potty training
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anal expulsive
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messy, unorganized, less friendly, not a strict upbringing
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latency, genital
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Phallic stage
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latency
Definition
6 year old, children play with same sex
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genital
Definition
puberty to adulthood
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manifest
Definition
what you remember from dream
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latent
Definition
facts of dream put together and finding the meaning
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sexual
Definition
symbolism of all dreams
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dreams, projective test, free association, freudian slips, hypnosis, accidents, symbolic behavior
Definition
7 ways to get to unconscious material
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resistance
Definition
intentional act of the unconscious
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rorschach inkblot test
Definition
10 cards, predicts everything from intelligence to sexual orientation
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thematic apperception test
Definition
asked to tell a story about a picture, provides clues to personality, defense mechanisms
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human figure drawing test
Definition
blank paper, draw a picture; use in children
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1. first comprehensive theory on
personality
2. led to first system of psychotherapy
3. sparked new areas of research
4. new tools to understand personalities
Definition
Freud's Strengths
Term
1. Freud was not the first one to do
hypnosis or psychotherapy
2. His hypothesis's were not easy to
test
3. Possible that he caused his patients
to say what he wanted to hear
4. subjective, relied a lot on case
studies (anna o)
5. ignores social/cultural influences
6. only focuses on disorders not traits
Definition
Freud's Weaknesses
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anxiety
Definition
plays a key role in work of psychotherapists, personality theorists, researchers
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denial
Definition
defense mechanisms used by preschool kids
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projection
Definition
defense mechanisms used by older children
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identification
Definition
defense mechanisms used by adults
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sublimation
Definition
defense mechanisms used by mothers and fathers
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identification
Definition
associate themselves with powerful and successful individuals
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indentification
Definition
plays an important role in gender identity
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1. not random
2. positive
3. can be influenced by fears,
conflicts, issues that capture
our thoughts before bed
4. gives us cues to our unconscious
Definition
What Are Dreams?
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unconscious impulses cannot be suppressed forever
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why dream?
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-allows symbolic expression of these
impulses
-provides a safe and healthy outlet for
expressing unconscious
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function of dreams
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hypnogogic hallucinations
Definition
become conscious but still sleeping b/c you're in REM sleep
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ego and defense mechanism
Definition
many tools at its disposal to fend off anxiety and guilt
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decrease anxiety
Definition
purpose of defense mechanism
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reality, neurotic, moral
Definition
3 types of anxiety from defense mechanisms
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reality anxiety
Definition
real things that stress you out
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neurotic anxiety
Definition
unconscious anxiety, born out of id
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neurotic anxiety
Definition
sex offender has strong desire but knows its wrong
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moral anxiety
Definition
being scared that you will violate social norms, experiencing more guilt/shame
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affiliative humor style
Definition
use this to bond with people, make people laugh and they will like you more
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self-enhancing humor style
Definition
use this to make ourselves feel better, when life is stressful
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aggressive humor style
Definition
sarcastic, making one feel bad about themselves, sexist, put down others, lead to more aggression
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self-defeated
Definition
putting yourself down, you know you wont be good at something
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catharsis
Definition
immediate tension reduction
Term
Humor
Definition
1. punch line allows for release of
tension reduction
2. we get pleasure from jokes not
because they are funny but because
they reduce tension and anxiety
3. we find joke funnier when it pokes
fun at people we dont like
4. hostile humor provides catharsis
5. more tension b/f joke, the funnier
the joke
Term
neodissociation theory
Definition
deeply hypnotized people experience a division of their conscious; part remains aware of what is going on
"hidden observer"
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hostile humor
Definition
reduces likelihood of aggression
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1. Expectancy
2. Motivation
3. Concentration
Definition
3 things contribute if hypnosis works
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post-hypnotic amnesia
Definition
remembering nothing following session;
ego blocks it out b/c you cant deal with it
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