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Personality
Kaplan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alfred Adler | Psychodynamic theorist best known for the concept of inferiority complex |
| Gordon Allport | trait theorist known for the concept of functional autonomy; also distinguished btw idiographic (case studies) and nomothetic (Groups, looks for commanialities) approaches to personality |
| Albert Bandura | Behaviorist theorist known for his social learning theory; did modeling experiment with Bobo doll-punching bag |
| Sandra Bem | Sugetsed that masculinity and femininity were two separate dimensions; also linked with concept of androgyny-the state of being simultaneously very masculine and very feminine. |
| Raymond Cattell | trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality |
| J. Donald & N. Milner | Behaviorist theorists who attempted to study psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; AKF their word on approach-avoidance conflicts |
| Erik Erikson | Ego Psychologist whose psychosocial stages of development encompass entire lifespan |
| Hans Eysnck | Trait theorist who proposed 2 main dimensions on which human personalities differ: introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-neuroticism |
| Anna Freud | Founder of Ego psychology |
| Sigmund Freud | Originator of the psychodynamic approach to personality. Developed psychoanalysis. |
| Karen Horney | Psychodrynamic theorist who suggested there were 3 ways to relate to other: moving toward, moving against, and moving away from |
| Carl Jung | Psychodynamic theorist who broke with Freud over hte ocnept of libido; suggested that hte unconscious could be dividied into thre personal unconsious and the collective unconscious, with archetypes being int eh collective unconscious. |
| Gordon Kelly | Based personality theory on the notion of individual as scientist |
| O. Kernberg | Object-relations theorist |
| M Klein | Object-relations theorist |
| Kurt Lewin | Phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory |
| Mahler, M | Object relations theorist |
| Aberham Maslow | Phenomenological personality theorist known for developing a hierarchy of needs and for the concept of self-actualization |
| D. McClelland | Studied need for achievement (nAch) |
| W. Michel | Critic of trait theories of personality |
| Carl Rogers | Phenomenological personality theorist |
| Rotter, J. | Studied locus of control |
| Sheldon, W. | Attempted ot related somatotype (body type) to personality type |
| B.F. Skinner | Behaviorist |
| D.W. Winnicott | Object-Relations theorist |
| H. Witkin | Studied field dependence and field-independence using the rod and frame test |
| Structuralism | Titchener-Breaks consciousness into elements by using introspection |
| Functionalist | James, Dewey- Stream of consciousness; studies how mind functions to help people adapt to environment; attached structuralism |
| Behaviorism | Skinner, Watson- Psychology as objective study of behavior; attacked mentalism and the use of introspection; attacked structuralism and functionalism |
| Gestalt | Wertheimer, Kohler, Koffha- Whole is somethign other than the sum of its parts- attacked structuralism and behavioralism |
| Cognitive | Chomsky- Behaviorism is not an adequate explanation for human behavior-human think, belive, and are creative |
| Psychoanalysis | Freud, Jung, Adler- Behavior is a result of unconscious conflicts, repression, defense mechanisms |
| Humanism | Maslow, Rogers- Looks at people as wholes; humans have free will; psychologists should study mentally health people, not just mentally ill/maladjusted ones |