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Personality Modules 51-54

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Personality   show
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Character   show
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show The hereditary aspects of personality, including sensitivity, activity levels, prevailing mood, irritability, and adaptability.  
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show Characteristics shared by most members of a culture  
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Cardinal Traits   show
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show basic building blocks of personality  
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Secondary Traits   show
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show Features that make up the visible areas of personality Visible or observable traits  
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Source Traits   show
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show Focus on the inner workings of personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles  
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show Behavioristic theories focus on external environment and on the effects of conditioning and learning Social learning theories attribute differences in personality to socialization, expectations, and mental processes  
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show Focus on private, subjective experience and personal growth  
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Trait Theories   show
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The “Big Five” Personality Factors (Cattell)   show
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show basic differences in personality can be “boiled down” to the dimensions shown here. Is she or he extroverted or introverted? Agreeable or difficult? Conscientious or irresponsible? Emotionally stable or unstable? Smart or unintelligent?  
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Freud's id   show
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Feud's Ego   show
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show control the id's impulses, especially those which society forbids, such as sex and aggression, has the function of persuading the ego to turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic ones and to strive for perfection. Guilt and ideal self.  
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Conscious Mind   show
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show thoughts/feelings that a person is not currently aware, can easily be brought to consciousness. Below the level of consciousness, b4 the unconscious, mental waiting room, which thoughts remain until they succeed in attracting the eye of the conscious'  
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show mental processes that r inaccessible 2 consciousness but influence judgements, feelings, behavior, the unconscious mind is the primary source of human behavior. Like an iceberg, the most important part of the mind is the part you cannot see.  
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Freud's Oral Stage   show
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Freud's Anal Stage   show
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Phallic Stage   show
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Latency Stage   show
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Genital Stage   show
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show keeping anxiety-producing thoughts out of the conscious mind. Ex. 3 years after being hospitalized for back surgery, the person can only recall vague details of the event.  
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Reaction formation   show
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Displacement   show
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Sublimation   show
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show reducing anxiety by attributing unacceptable impulses to someone else. Ex. A married woman who is attracted to a co-worker accuses him of flirting with her.  
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show reasoning away anxiety-producing thoughts. Ex. After being rejected by a prestigious university, a student explains he is glad because he would rather go to a smaller less prestigious school.  
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show retreating to a mode of behavior characteristic of an earlier stage of development. Ex. After her parent's bitter divorce, a child refuses to sleep alone in her room, and crawls in bed with her mother.  
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Undoing   show
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show The failure to recognize or acknowledge anxiety provoking information. Ex. An alcoholic refuses to admit that he is addicted.  
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Humanism   show
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Human Nature   show
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show Ability to choose that is NOT controlled by genetics, learning, or unconscious forces.  
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Subjective Experience   show
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Self-Actualization (Maslow)   show
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show Temporary moments of self-actualization.  
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show Efficient perceptions of reality acceptance of self others + nature. Spontaneity Task centering Autonomy Continued freshness of appreciation Fellowship w humanity Profound relationships. Comfort w solitude. Non-hostile sense of humor. Peak experiences.  
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Positive Psychology   show
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show Wisdom and knowledge Courage Humanity Justice Temperance Transcendence  
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Carl Roger's Self Theory   show
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Self (Carl Roger)   show
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show Total subjective perception of your body and personality.  
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Incongruence (Carl Roger)   show
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show Idealized image of oneself (the person one would like to be).  
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Possible self (Carl Roger)   show
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show theres a mismatch between any of these three entities: the ideal self (the person you would like to be), your self-image (the person you think you are), and the true self (the person you actually are).  
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Effects of Incongruence:   show
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Conditions of Worth (Carl Roger)   show
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Positive Self-Regard (Carl Roger)   show
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show Natural, un-distorted, full-body reaction to an experience  
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show Unshakable love and approval  
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show Personality is no more (or less) than a collection of relatively stable learned behavior patterns Situational determinants: External causes of actions  
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show Combines learning principles, cognition, effects of social relationships, Psycholo Situation: how the person interprets/defines situation. Expectancy: Anticipates a response will lead to reinforcement. Reinforcement Value: value attached to a reinforcer  
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Dollard and Miller’s Theory   show
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show Learned behavior pattern driven by drive, cue, response, and reward  
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Drive (D&Ms theory)   show
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Cue (D&Ms theory)   show
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Response (D&Ms theory)   show
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Reward (D&Ms theory)   show
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show Signals from the environment that guide responses  
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Response (D&Ms theory)   show
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show Positive reinforcement  
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Four critical situations may leave a lasting imprint on personality   show
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