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CHAPTER 12 Personality is What? (2) |
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unique way in which individual acts, thinks, feels, etc. and situation dependant |
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Psycho Analytic Theory of Personality Who? basic focus of theory? |
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Sigmund Freud and role of unconcious mind in development of personality
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Divisions of the mind (3) |
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Preconcious Concious unconcious |
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Pre-concious Mind Defenition? |
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level of the mind where information, events, concerns, and thoughts that a person is not aware of at the moment. (similar to explicit long term memory) |
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Concious Mind Defenition? |
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all of the things that the person is aware of at any given moment. (similar to SHORT TERM MEMORY) |
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Unconcious Mind Defenition? |
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part of mind which remains hidden at all times but surfaces in symbollic form through dreams and in some behavior people engage in but do not know why they have done so. |
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Significance of unconcious mind? (according to freud) |
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Most important determining factor in human behavior and personality. |
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Freud's Structure of personality three parts? |
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most primitve part of personality which includes: Animal instincts such as hunger, thirst, sex drive |
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rational and LOGICAL part which helps deal with REALITY. |
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Super Ego Definition? Two parts of SUPER EGO? |
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The moral center of personality. and 1. Ego Ideal- measuring device 2. Conscience |
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5 Stages of Development (Psycho-sexual Stages) |
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1. Oral- oral fixation 2. Anal- contol of bile 3. Phallic- sexual drives towards parents. genitals 4. Latency- sexual desires are suppressed. social relationships develope. 5. Genital- sex drives return |
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Social Cognitive Theory Who? Focus of Theory? (3 parts) |
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Albert Bandura 1. Environment 2. the behavior itself 3. Personal/cognitive factors brought in by earlier experiences. |
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Reciprocal determinism Definition? |
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the enviroments, behaviors, and personal/cognitive factors' reciprocal or "give and take" relationship with eachother. |
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Self Efficacy Definition? example? |
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a person's perception of how effective a behavior will be in any particular circumstance.
HIGH self efficacy= people who expect to succeed and are more persistent. LOW self efficacy= expect to fail and avoid challenges. |
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Humanistic Theory Who? Characteristics? (3 factors) |
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Maslow and Rogers
1.More poitive/optimistic
2. Free Will- we are in control 3. pursuit of self actualization- striving for fullfillment
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Self Concept Definition? Two parts of self concept? |
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an image of one self derived partly from what others say and what is reflected in what important people say.
1. REAL self- actual perception of what we are.
2. IDEAL self- perception of what we want to be or want to fullfill. |
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Unconditional Postive Regard Definition? |
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Love, affection, and respect with NO strings attached provided by significant others in order to fully explore all that they can achieve. |
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Trait theory who? (2 early originators) Focus? |
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Allport- 200 traits Cattell- 16 traits but later 23 traits
focus is NOT to explain personality development etc. but is more focused on describing personality and predicting behavior. |
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*remember "OCEAN" 1. Openness 2. Conscientiousness- organization/motivation 3. Extraversion- outgoing and sociable or solitary and shy. 4. Agreeableness- easygoing/friendly or grumpy/hard to get along with. 5. Neuroticism- emotional tability or instablity |
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Assessing/Measuring Personality Different ways of doing so? (3 types) |
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1. Interviews 2. Projective Tests 3. Behavioral assessment |
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