Theories Of Personality Quiz

extroverts

people who tend to be active self expressive and gain energy from other people

personality

the patterns of feelings, motives and behavior that set people apart

introverts

people who tend to be imaginative and to look inward

five factor model

the basic factors or dimensions of personality

trait

an aspect of personality that is considered to be relatively stable

Who created the personality dimensions model?

Eyesenck, inspired by Hippocrates

Introverts and extroverts

are at opposite poles

ego

psychological structure in the mind that represents reason and good sense

archetypes

embody ideas and images of the experience of all human beings

rationalization

defense mechanism that uses self-deception to justify unacceptable behaviors or ideas

projection

sends impulses outward on other people seeing one’s own faults in other people

repression

removes anxiety causing ideas from consciousness by pushing them into the unconcious

id

psychological structure in the mind that represents basic drives such as hunger

regression

an individual under stress returns to behavior characteristic of an earlier stage of development

defense mechanisms

methods the ego uses to avioid recognizing ideas or emotions that may cause anxiety

collective unconcious

a store of human concepts shared by all people across all cultures

inferiority complex

feelings of inadequacy and insecurity

superego

incorporates the standards and values of the community and provides us with our moral sense

Carl Jung

developed the concept of archetypes

Alfred Adler

developed the concept of the inferiority complex

Freud’s stages of personality development

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Trait theorists

Hippocrates, Gordon Allport, Hans J. Eysenck

Psychologists study ? to learn about the feelings, motives and behavior that set one person apart from another

personality

Psychologists use the ? to study driving habits and political beliefs

five factor model

Hans J. Eysenck devised a system of ? in attempt to better understand personality

personality dimensions

Talkativeness, assertiveness and activity characterize ?

extroverts

The ideas of Hippocrates bear a certain resemblance to the idea of the trait theorist ?

Hans J. Eysenck

Five Defense Mechanisms

rationalization, regression, repression, projection, denial

socialization

process where people learn the socially desirable behaviors of their of their culture

social cognition

personality is shaped and learning acquired by the interaction of several factors

personal development

personal, behavioral and environmental factors shaped ?

internal variables

these also influence how we act in certain situations

B.F. Skinner

author of the 1948 novel Walden Two describing a utopian society

Albert Badura

conducted the Bobo Doll study

behaviorism

it is limited in explaining personalty because it does not describe or explain inner human experience

B.F. Skinner

He took up Watson’s ideas and emphasized the effects of reinforcement on behavior

genetic variation

it plays a role in determining individual differences in behavior

sociocultural psychology

focuses on the roles that ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and culture play in shaping personality and behavior

congruence

consistency between one’s self-concept and one’s experience

self-concept

a view of oneself as an individual

acculturation

process of adapting to new or different culture

humanistic psychology

focuses on self-awareness, self-fulfillment, and ethical conduct

hirerarchy of needs

according to this scheme, there are physiological, security, social, esteem and self-actualization needs

Carl Rogers

placed great emphasis to view oneself as an individual

collectivism

these sort of people tend to define themselves in terms of the groups to which they belong and often give priority to the goals of their groups

self-actualization

the path to this state requires getting in touch with our genuine feelings and acting on them

individualism

Western capitalist society fosters this trait or characteristic in people