personality psychology exam

What is personality?

Personality is the dynamic organization of psychological factors that gapes a person’s characteristic thoughts and behaviors

Signing Freud

Unconscious, preconscious, conscious, ID, EGO, Super Ego

Unconscious

Not accessible to our awareness but influences all conscious thoughts, feelings, and actions

Preconscious

Middle ground (filter)

Conscious

What we are aware of and what we are experiencing in a given moment (how we view our personality)

ID

Basic/ primitive part of personality

Unconscious

Wants need meet (pleasure principle)

EGO

Manages the ID

Reality principle

Super Ego

Moral compass

4 take aways

What are the 4 take aways?

The behavior/actions that people will do are shaped by elements o the self that the person is unaware of

Personality is expressed through conflict

Early dev. Is very important

Growth, treatment, and personality development

Jung

Adopted son

Broke off, wanted own theory

Jung brought many ideas into the field of psychology there were different areas of the world

Adler (mental health/personality)

Influence in the development of theory

Second child (rivalry with older brother)

Unhappy-death of another sibling medical concern

First to develop ideas around these commonalities

Only child at risk

Good parenting and teaching could prevent unhealthy personality development