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Exam 1 (All Chapters)
Personality Class
101
Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/13/2012

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Term
Inductive Theories
Definition
-Established by gathering a lot of data about people
-They find significant differences when it is statistically examined
Term
Deductive Theories
Definition
-Are often formed by clinicians, psychiatrists in the past.
-Make observations that are common to most people
Term
What had a big impact in the field of mental illness and theories of intervention?
Definition
Psychoanalysis
Term
Rationalization
Definition
When an individual gives a reason for why they are behaving a certain way.
Term
Projection
Definition
To take all powerful feelings you have for someone and place them on someone else.

(e.g. The guy in love with a girl, but says he's not, instead says she's in love with him)
Term
What are some defense mechanisms?
Definition
1. Rationalization
2. Denial
3. Projection
4. Reaction Formation
5. Repression
Term
What is reaction formation?
Definition
When you do the opposite of what impulses are telling you to
Term
What are the 3 stages of Freud's instinctual development?
Definition
1.Autoeroticism: The child is seeking someway to distinguish themselves from the environment around them. 2.Primary Narcissism:The child begins to recognize that his own instincts are distinct from experiences outside themselves. 3.Secondary Narcissism: Child really begins to make distinction b/w himself and the external world. The child does not care much about the external world but he learns the value objects that are outside of himself
Term
What are the stages of Freud's psychosexual development?
Definition
1. Oral 2. Anal 3. Phallic 4. Latency 5. Genital
Term
What are the characteristics of an oral personality?
Definition
Relaxation Dependency
Term
What are the characteristics of an anal retentive personality?
Definition
Perfectionist Dominant They don't have generosity
Term
What are the characteristics of anal expulsive personality?
Definition
Arrogant Pushy
Term
What is repression?
Definition
The effect is that you block a traumatic event in your life.
Term
What happens during resistance in therapy?
Definition
-The person cannot go any further during free association. -The patient gets angry with the analyst -The person can't remember anything, they block b/c its getting to close to the event.
Term
What are the 2 levels of dream and what is their difference?
Definition
Manifest content: The metaphorical content of the dream Latent content: The real meaning of the dream
Term
What is parapraxis?
Definition
Somehow your unconscious has managed to get control of your ego and info comes out that you don not wish to come out.
Term
What is catharsis?
Definition
The person is actually expressing the feeling that is often tied up for years because it was too dangerous. However, now they feel safe so they express it.
Term
What is sublumation?
Definition
When a person finds an acceptable way to express sexual conflicts

(He believed its what motivated artists, poets)
Term
Libido operates according to what? (JUNG)
Definition
Principles of Equivalance and Entropy
Term
According to Jung, Psyche operates according to what?
Definition
The principle of opposites
Term
What is the personal unconscious?
Definition
Contains forgotten or repressed experiences.
Term
What is the collective unconscious?
Definition
Memories that stem from the earliest of manking. Exists within the person @ birth.
Term
Elusiveness
Definition
The ability to slither away from conflicts by refusing to take a stand.
Term
Socialization
Definition
Learning one's particular culture
Term
The difference b/w Real Self and Actual Self:
Definition

Real Self: The potential for growth beyond the artificail idealized image of self

 

Actual Self: Who one currently is

 

 

Term
Describe Self-Analysis
Definition
A process whereby people come to understand themselvs better through their own efforts often outside the context of psychotherapy
Term
Self Recognition
Definition
Coming to know one's neuroses idealized self-image & real self including positive and negative attributes
Term
What is expansive?
Definition
To be in control and to not admit that one is incorrect.
Term
According to Jung, what are the 4 stages of analytic psychoanalysis?
Definition

1. Confusion

2. Elucidation

3.Education

4.Transformation

Term
Jung's 4 functions of psychological types:
Definition

1.Sensing

2. Thinking

3.Intuiting

4.Feeling

Term
Jung's 8 psychological types::
Definition

1. Extroverted/Introverted Sensing 

2.Extroverted/Introverted Intuiting

3.Extroverted/Introverted Thinking

4.Extroverted/Introverted Feeling

Term
According to Jung, this type of person interprets life's activities solely by intellectual conclusions. Need facts/data.
Definition
Extroverted Thinking Type
Term
According to Jung, this type of person may appear withdrawn and unresponsive to others but have an active internal life
Definition
Introverted-Intuitive Type
Term
According to Jung, this type of person focused on other people. Use data from environment to make decisions. Seeks immediate gratification
Definition
Extroverted-Intuitive Type
Term
This type of person is internally focused, they have great feeling as long as significant social interaction IS NOT required.
Definition
Introverted-Feeling Type
Term
This type of person is heavily influenced by internally developed ideas. The collective unconscious is important. Not influenced by emotion, just cognitive.
Definition
Introverted-Thinking Type
Term
Jung's 2 therapy techniques:
Definition

1. Free Association

2. Dream Interpretation

Term
A dream about winning the lottery will fall under which psychosexual stage, according to freud, why?
Definition
The oral stage because it deals w/ being taken care of.
Term
A dream about a failing business will fall under which psychosexual stage, according to Freud, why?
Definition
The anal stage because it deals with losing control
Term
Whose theory is called Holistic?
Definition
Alfred Adler's
Term
Who is the father of individual psychology?
Definition
Alfred Adler
Term
According to Adler, what are 4 personality types?
Definition

1. Ruling Type

2. Getting Type

3. Avoidable Type

4. Socially-Useful Type

Term
According to Adler, what are 3 negative factors in child development?
Definition

1. Organ Inferiorities and Diseases

2. Pampering

3. Neglect

Term
Horney's 10 neurotic needs:
Definition
Affection and Approval
Striving to be liked and pleasing others, to live up to the expectations of others
Having a Partner
Seeking to be taken over by bother, dreading being left alone
Narrowly restricting one's life
Trying to be inconspicuous, undemanding, and modest; concerned w/ little
Power
Seeking domination and control over others; dreading weakness
Exploiting others
Taking advantage of others, using others, dreading being stupid
Social Recognition and Prestige
Seeking public acceptance; dreading humiliation
Personal Achievement
Striving to be the best, defeating others, ambitious; dreading failure
Personal Admiration
Not seeking social recognition, but admiration for there idealized self-image 
Self-sufficiency and Independence 
Trying to not need others; maintaining distance, dreading closeness
Perfection and Unassailability

Being driven toward superiority; dreading flaws and criticism
Term
Factors contributing to insecurity: (Horney)
Definition
Parental Domination
Indifference
Unkept Promises
Overprotection
Hostile Home Atmosphere
Encouraging the child to take sides in parental disagreement
Isolation from other children
Lack of respect for the child's individual needs
Term
What was the central aspect of Horney's theory?
Definition
Anxiety
Term
What was Freud's primary assesment technique for getting at the unconscious?
Definition
Free Association
Term
What is psychoanalysis?
Definition
Freud's systematic procedures for providing a patient w/ the insight necessary to rid the personality of neurotic conflicts
Term
Which theroist sat behind patient while they laid on a couch?
Definition
Sigmund Freud
Term
What is transference?
Definition
A condition in which patients relate to the psychoanalyst as if they were a significant person of their past about whom they were continuing to experience mixed feeling.
Term
What is countertransference?
Definition
When analysts project their own unconscious needs onto their patients
Term
What operates according to the pleasure principle?
Definition
The Id
Term
Which of Freud's personality structures deals with reality principle?
Definition
The Ego
Term
Which one of Freud's personality structures deals w/ the morality principle?
Definition
The Superego
Term
Which personality structure is biological, psychological, and scocietal?
Definition

Id = Biological

Ego = Psychological

Superego= Societal 

Term
The Id, Ego, and Superego have what type of process?
Definition

Id = Irrational

Ego = Rational

Superego = Illogical

 

Term
What is fixation, according to Freud?
Definition
The impairment of development @ a particular stage b/c its satisfactions are frustrated
Term
Describe an oral-receptive personality:
Definition
  • Suggestive 
  • Gullible
  • Dependant on others
  • Fond of sweets, smoking, and oral sex
  • Interested in receiving information
  • Interested in acquiring  material goods
Term
Describe and oral-agressive personality:
Definition
  • They are orally agressive in relationships w/ others
  • Talk sarcastically & argumentative
  • Seek to hold firmly onto others
Term
Describe an anal-retentive personality:
Definition
  • Delays final satisfactions to the last possible moment
  • Shows orderliness
  • Stingy
  • Stubborn
Term
What is lifestyle, according to Adler?
Definition
An individual's consistent movement toward self-created goals and ideals. Started very early in life.
Term
Adler says that these two factors are important personality traits:
Definition
1. Social Interest
2. Activities
Term
Definition of Organ deficiencies and diseases:
Definition
The child feels that they don't have adequate organs to be socially useful
Term
According to Adler, which child is the most pampered?
Definition
The youngest
Term
What are the effects of neglect, according to Adler?
Definition
The child has found society cold.
Becomes suspicious of others
Finds it difficult to trust others/themselves
Term
What are the effects of parental overindulgence (pampering)?
Definition
The child has been trained to receive w/o giving
They have lost independence
Social Interest and Self-Esteem are low
Term
According to Adler, what type of personality is most common to encounter?
Definition
The Getting Type (They expect everything from others and lean of people; selfish)
Term
What is lifestyle, according to Adler?
Definition
An individual's consistent movement toward self-created goals and ideals. Started very early in life.
Term
Adler says that these two factors are important personality traits:
Definition
1. Social Interest
2. Activities
Term
Definition of Organ deficiencies and diseases:
Definition
The child feels that they don't have adequate organs to be socially useful
Term
According to Adler, which child is the most pampered and problem-free?
Definition
The youngest
Term
What are the effects of neglect, according to Adler?
Definition
The child has found society cold.
Becomes suspicious of others
Finds it difficult to trust others/themselves
Term
What are the effects of parental overindulgence (pampering)?
Definition
The child has been trained to receive w/o giving
They have lost independence
Social Interest and Self-Esteem are low
Term
According to Adler, what type of personality is most common to encounter?
Definition
The Getting Type (They expect everything from others and lean of people; selfish)
Term
What is psychological shock?
Definition
When fiction runs head-on into reality
Term
Important factors in development? (Adler)
Definition
1. Mother
2. Father
3. Birth Order
Term
According to Adler, which child is dominant, spoiled, and likes to be the center of attention?
Definition
The only child
Term
What do Early Recollections do?
Definition
- Reveal what the person strives for in life
- Reveal what their conception of life itself is
- Indicates how people view themselves & other people
- Index present attitudes, beliefs and motives
Term
What is the holistic approach? (Adler)
Definition
Persons are viewed as wholes rather than parts interacting with one another
Term
What is brief therapy approach? Who came up w/ it?
Definition
Techniques that are able to address and solve clients' problems in a specifiable and relatively small # of sessions.
Used by Adler.
Term
What is one problem w/ psychoanalysis?
Definition
The large amount of session required.
More time and money are invested
Term
Jung refers to this as "total personality":
Definition
Psyche
Term
Out of Jung's 4 psychological functions, which two are rational and which two are irrational?
Definition
Rational: Sensing and Thinking
Irrational: Intuiting and Feeling
Term
Difference b/w Anima and Animus:
Definition
Anima = Woman in Man

Animus = Man in Woman

(jung posited that every human has both)
Term
What did Horney say was the center of neurosis?
Definition
Hyper-competitiveness
Term
According to Horney, what is hyper-competitiveness?
Definition
The indiscriminate need to compete and win and to avoid losing at any cost
Term
What did Horney say were the 3 basic neurotic trends within her list of 10 neurotic needs?
Definition
1. Compliant
2. Agressive
3. Detached
Term
According to Horney, what do compliant people seek?
Definition
They need to feel accepted and will do whatever people want.

(Moving toward people characteristic)
Term
According to Horney, what do detached people seek?
Definition
They protect themselves from people by engaging in solitary activities.

(Moving away from people characteristic)
Term
According to Horney, what do aggressive people seek?
Definition
They are distrustful of other people but have a great need for power, social recognition and prestige.

They try to be dominant and have cognitive values and don't invest much in emotions.

They are known for their coldness. Fail in relationships.
Term
Moving toward people is associated w/ which neurotic needs, according to Horney?
Definition
1. Affection and Approval
2. Having a Partner
3. Narrowly Restricting One's Life

(first three neurotic needs on her list)
Term
Moving against people is associated w/ which neurotic needs, according to Horney?
Definition
1. Power
2. Exploiting Others
3. Social Recognition and Prestige
4. Personal Achievement

(4,5,6, and 7 in Hornys neurotic needs list)
Term
Moving away from people is associated w/ which neurotic needs, according to Horney?
Definition
1. Personal Admiration
2. Self-Sufficiency and Independence
3. Perfection and Unassailability

(Last 3 on her list of neurotic needs)
Term
What is the neurotic solution for "moving toward people" anxiety?
Definition
Self Effacing: A mode of responding to others in which the person will seek accommodation at any price, including backing down when there is an interpersonal conflict in order to avoid loss of friendship, support, or lover of others.
Term
What is the extreme neurotic solution for "moving against people" anxiety?
Definition
Expansive: To be in control, to not admit that one is incorrect, and never give in to conflict.
Term
What is the extreme neurotic solution for "moving away from people" anxiety?
Definition
Resignation: To free oneself from the risks involved in approaching or attacking others by being an onlooker, a non-competitor, an avoider.
Term
What is self-analysis?
Definition
Process where people come to understand themselves better through their own efforts
Term
What is tyranny of the shoulds?
Definition
The belief that one should do this and that, whatever a good person SHOULD do, is expected by others, rather than what one feels.
Term
Taxonomy on how people should defend themselves?
Definition
1. Blind spots
2. Compartmilization
3. Rationalization
4. Excessive Self Control
5. Arbitrary Rightness
6. Elusiveness
7. Cynicism
Term
What are archetypes?
Definition
Contents of the collective unconscious.
Term
What are the 4 stages of Jung's lifespan development?
Definition
Childhood
Youth
Middle Age
Old Age
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