Chapter 13 (Personality)

Psychology 101 with Frick at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Personality

Individual characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, acting

Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality

Personality motivated by inner forces and conflicts which people have little awareness or control over

3 main parts of Psychodynamic Approaches

conscious - immediate to awareness (the current focus)

preconscious - (stored in memory) available to awareness (Addresses)

unconscious - (stored in memory) unavailable to awareness (infinite memories)

Psychoanalytic Perspective Theory

Freud developed this consists of:

unconscious mind

psychosexual stages

defense mechanisms

Raw unorganized

Primitive drives

Sexual/aggressiveness

irrational

Ego

Controls Id's desires

Avoids punishment/pain/scorn

Mediates super ego

rational

Superego

The right/wrongs we've been taught

strives for perfection

has guilt

5 Stages of Freud Theory

Oral (0-12/18 mo.) Dependent/Independent

Anal (12/18 mo.-3yr) Uptight/Impulsive

Phallic (3-5yr) Amoral/Rigid Morals

Latency(5yr-Adolescence)

Genital(adolescence-Adulthood)Love/Work

Fixation

when you mess up in a stage and those traits show up when you grow up

2 types of Defense Mechanisms

Repression - Banish your feelings/thoughts from consciousness

Regression - Retriet to more immature behavior (have temper tantrums)

Reaction Formation

Unconscious unacceptable impulses switched to opposite

Projection

Disguise their own threatening impulses by saying others are wrong?

Rationalize

To justify that what you are you doing is socially acceptable

Displacement

Shift sexual/aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening thing or person (yelling at a child)

Sublimation

Re-channeling bad energy to more acceptable thing (hitting a pillow)

Neo-Freudians

thought that theory should be focused more on ego and less on sex

it should have more attention to societies

Carl Jung

Personal Unconsciousness and collective unconsciousness

Karen Horney

context of social relationships

woman may be envious of man's rights not specifically penis envy

Erik Erikson

Personality grows throughout life

Adler

Interests in welfare of others, children unable to overcome difficulties. Inferiority complexes

Trait Theory

Enduring personality characteristics that tends to lead to certain behaviors

3 kinds of traits

Cardinal Traits - Dominant trait of one's personality

Central Traits - Several traits not as overwhelming as cardinal

Secondary Traits - Affect behavior in fewer situations

Hans Eysenck's 3 Factors

Extraversion - degree of sociability

Neuroticism - Emotionally stable

Psychoticism - Reality is distorted

5 factor model

Openess - Practice routine

Conscientiousness - being aware

Extraversion

Agreeableness

Neuroticism

Social Cognitive approaches (Bandura)

Influences of a person's cognition as well as observation of other's behaviors

Self Efficacy

Beliefs in one's capabilities (I think I can)

Self Esteem

Self evaluations, set expectations that contribute to outcomes

Biological Approaches

Some Aspects of personality are hereditary

Humanistic Theory

Self actualization (realize highest potential)

we strive to be our best

Personality Interviews

Extensive interview to find personality disorders

Validity depends on honesty

Subjective Tests

like ink blots

personal experiences affect these

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

series of picture to tell story

Behavioral Assessments

By watching what they do

Objective tests

Are Tests to see personality.

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By: Louie Glotfelty
Created: 2011-11-21
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