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INDV Exam 1 Ch. 11
Indv 101 exam 1
Question | Answer |
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Behavior | the most important causes of ____ are motives, especially unconscious motives |
Personality | is determined by the interplay of inner conflicts & their resolution |
Also Personality... | is set by adolescence |
3 Levels of awareness | Conscious,Preconscious,unconscious |
Three systems of personality | ID, EGO, Superego |
ID | Pleasure Principle |
Ego | Reality Principle |
Superego | Conscience and Ego Ideal |
Conscious mind | Ego |
Unconscious mind | Superego, ID |
defense mechanism | unconscious desire, impulse, or trauma is about to emerge into consciousness |
defense mechanism | unconscious desire, impulse, or trauma is about to emerge into consciousness |
repression | blocking a wish from conscious expression |
denial | refusing to believe a reality |
projection | attributing an unconscious impulse, attitude, or behavior to another |
reaction formation | expressing an impulse by its opposite |
regression | returning to an earlier form of expressing an impulse |
displacement | satisfying an impulse with a substitute object |
Oral stage | 0-12 months |
Anal stage | 1-3 years |
Phallic | 3 to 5 or 6 years |
Latency | 5 or 6 to puberty |
Genital | from puberty |
Oral Stage | part of the body that provides pleasureable sensations=mouth..oral gratification from sucking, eating, and biting |
Major conflict of Oral | Weaning |
Adult traits associated with problems at Oral | optimism, gullibility, dependency pessimism, passivity, hostility, etc.. |
Part of the body that provides pleasurable sensations Anal | Anus |
Major Conflict at Anal Stage | toilet training |
Part of the body that provides pleasurable sensations for Phallic | Genitals |
Major Conflict at Phallic | Oedipal complex and castration anxiety (boys) electra complex and penis envy (girls) |
Adult traits associated with problems at Phallic stage | girls: flirtatiousness, promiscuity, chastity; boys: macho/aggressive sexuality, excessive career/power striving; sexual/occupational impotence |
Part of the body that provides pleasurable sensations for Latency | none |
Conflicts/experiences at Latency | period of sexual calm; interest in school, hobbies, same-sex friends |
Part of the body that provides pleasurable sensations in Genital | genitals |
Conflicts/experiences at Genital | revival of sexual interests; establishment of mature sexual relationships |
Components of personality | ego, personal unconscious, collective unconscious |
Collective unconscious | we share the ability to see the world in some universally common ways because of our shared history as human beings |
Carl Jung | Analytical Psychology |
Animus | male component of the female psyche |
Anima | female component of the male psyche |
The shadow | the dark side of human nature, freud’s id, the devil |
The persona | the social mask we all wear around other people, a false self |
The self | this archetype guides our search for wholeness and unification among the various elements of our personality |
Alfred Adler | Individual Psychology |
Inferiority complex | compensatory |
Oldest children | leaders |
Middle children | relaxed negotiators |
Youngest children | clowns |
Only children | perfectionists |
Behavior theory | situational or environmental influences shape personality |
Social cognitive theory | Albert Bandura |
Person variables | with the person such as knowledge, skills, emotions, plans |
Situation variable | rewards vs. punishments |
Client centered theory | the most innate tendency of humans is a drive towards becoming a fully functioning person |
Fully functioning person | self-actualizing with a positive self-concept |
Incongruence | real self, self-concept, ideal self |
Congruence | open, authentic |
Moving towards congruence | goal is to move towards congruence between real self, ideal self and self-concept |
Abraham Maslow | Self-actualization |
Self-actualization | primary motivation for healthy individual |
Bottom of triangle | basic needs |
Satisfied level | safety needs |
3rd level | love, affection and belongingness needs |
4th level | esteem needs |
top | need for self-actualization |
Key Theme: People display consistency in their… | actions, thoughts and feelings |
Key Theme: People… | differ from each other in many ways |
Allport (1930’s) | infinite traits |
Cardinal trait/disposition | influences all behavior (most people don’t have these). |
Central traits/dispositions | influence wide range of behavior |
Secondary traits/dispositions | peripheral characteristics and preferences; situation-specific |
Cattell (1960’s) | 16 traits |
Costa & McCrae (1960’s) | 5 traits “Big Five” |
Extraversion (E) | Degree of interpersonal interaction/activity level |
Neuroticism (N) | Degree of emotional stability |
Agreeableness (A) | Quality of interpersonal orientation |
Conscientiousness (C) | Degree of organization, goal-orientation |
Openness to Experience (O) | Preference for exploration, tolerance of unfamiliar |
Projective Tests | an instrument that indirectly measures motives, desires, or emotions by asking the subject to respond to an ambiguous stimulus |
Rorschach’s Inkblot Test | assumes that what we see in its 10 symmetrical inkblots reflects our inner feelings and conflict (most widely used projective test) |
Humanistic assessment technique | questionnaire assessments of self-concept and self-actualization |
Trait assessment technique | objective psychological tests to assess the strength of different traits |
Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory (MMPI) | goal is to assess psychiatric problems and disorders rather than normal psychological traits |