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Personality
Key concepts, theories, and terms of personality
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/13/2013

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Rogers

Definition

self theory

real self

self image

ideal self

conditions of worth

unconditional positivie regard

incongruence and congruence

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True self

Definition

your perceptions of characteristics, traits, etc

real self

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self-image

Definition

how you think others view you

more subjective (NOT self-concept) 

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ideal self

Definition
Perception of who we should be or would like to be
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Conditions of worth

Definition

conditions placed on a person's worth

worthiness of love, trust, success, ect.

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Unconditional positive regard

Definition
viewing someone with unconditional love and a nonjudmental viewpoint
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Incongruence

Definition
when your ideal self self image and true self don't match up with each other
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Congruence

Definition
when your ideal self, self image, and true self match up and create one whole person
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Gender

Definition

How society expects you to act

masculine and feminine

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Sex

Definition

plumbing; indoor or outdoor

biologically determined

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Gender typing

Definition
Acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role because of social expectations
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Androgyny

Definition
possessing both masculine and feminine characteristics in equal measure
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Boys

Definition

encouraged to be instrumental (goal oriented)

interdependent, large group competitive play

Considered socialy dominant

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Girls

Definition

encouraged to be expressive (emotion oriented)

more interdependent play in smaller more intimate groups

considered more subordinate

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Personality

Definition
a person's unique long term pattern of thinking, emotions, and behavior
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Traits

Definition
stable qualities that a person shows in most situations
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Self-concept

Definition
a person's perception of his or her own personality traits
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Self-esteem

Definition
a negative or positive self-evaluation
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Eysenck

Definition

Trait theories

analyze, classify, and interrelate traits

often think of traits as biological predispositions

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Allport

Definition

common and individual traits

cardinal traits

central traits

secondary traits

surface traits

source traits

"Big Five"

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Cardinal traits

Definition

basic trait that all of the person's activities relate

few people have this

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Central traits

Definition
basic building blocks of personality
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surface traits

Definition
visible or observable traits
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source traits

Definition
basic underlying traits
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"Big Five"

Definition

Openness Conscientious Extroversion Agreeability Neuoticism

 

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Freud

Definition

Psychoanalytic theories

Id

Ego

Super Ego

Psychosexual stages

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Psychoanalytic theories

Definition
emphasizes unconscious forces and conflicts
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Id

Definition
made up of innate biological instincts and urges. Operates on the pleasure principle
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Thanatos

Definition
Freud's death instinct
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Ego

Definition
directs energies supplied by Id. Guided by reality principle. Executive decision maker.
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Super Ego

Definition
acts as a judge or censor for the thoughts and actions of the ego. Conscience
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Ego ideal

Definition
reflects all behavior one's parents approved or rewarded. Pride.
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Psychosexual Stages

Definition

Oral Stage

Anal Stage

Phallic Stage

Genital Stage

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Oral Stage

Definition

0-1 pleasure comes from mouth

oral dependent personalities (gullible, passive, attention seekers)

oral-agressive personalities (biters, biting sarcasm)

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Anal Stage

Definition

1-3 pleasure gained in the form of a reward for eliminating waste

Anal retentive personalities (obstinate, stingy, orderly)

Anal expulsive personalities (disorderly, destructive, cruel, messy)

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Phallic Stage

Definition

3-6 sexual attraction to parent of opposite gender

Oedipus conflict in boys, Electra conflict in girls

Phallic personality (vain, narcisstic, prideful, exhibtionistic)

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Latent period

Definition

6-Adolescence psychosexual development dormant

nothing happens

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Genital Stage

Definition
puberty onwards sexual needs take priority. Ends with adult capacity for love and fully developed sexuality
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Jung

Definition

the collective unconscious

archetypes

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Collective Unconscious

Definition
shared storehouse of memories that ancestors have passed down to us
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Archetypes

Definition

cross-culturally universal emotional symbols

 

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Anna Freud

Definition

defense mechanisms

 

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Defense Mechanisms

Definition

unconscious maveuvers intended to minimize anxiety

reaction formation

projection

displacement

rationalization

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Maslow

Definition

Heirarchy of Needs

Humanistic theory

 

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Humanistic Theory

Definition
focuses on human experience problems, potential and ideals
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Behavioral Theory

Definition

personality is no more or less than a collection of learned behavior patterns

drive, cue, response, reward

 

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Critical Situations

Definition

feeding

toilet training

sex training

learning to express anger or aggression

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Social Learning Theory

Definition

an explanation of personality that combines learning principles, cognition, and the effects of social relationships

psychological situations and reinforcement value

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Self Efficacy

Definition
a capacity for producing a desired result
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Self-Reinforcement

Definition
praising or rewarding yourself for having made a particular response
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Trait-situation interaction

Definition
the influence that external settings or circumstances have on the expression of personality traits
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