Psychology of Personality

Social Learning Theory

Albert Bandura. We learn by observing other people’s behaviors, from models, and replicating them later in different situations

Agentic Perspective

People are influenced by external factors and also influence those same factors. Humans have intentions, reflexes, and reactions that allow us to choose and affect things

Triadic Reciprocal Causation

The interplay between personal (cognitive, genetic, etc), behavioral, and environmental factors on the self-system (whole of self/personality)

Factors that Influence Modeling

Characteristics of model, observer attributes, consequences of observed behavior

Theory of Personality

An organized system of beliefs to help us better understand human nature

Free Association

patient verbalized whatever comes to mind and reflects on association, no matter how small. helps recover repressed ideas. basis of psychoanalysis

Resistance

force that prevents patient from becoming aware of events and keeps them in the unconscious

Repression

blocking of a wish or desire from the consciousness. may be expressed through neurotic behavior

Manifest Dream

the dream as remembered the next morning. incoherent and nonsensical

Latent Dream

the meaning or motive behind the manifest dream. helps uncover repressed wishes

Libido

the emotional and psychic processes derived from the biological drive of sexuality. most repressed wishes are sexual because of this.

Drive

psychological or mental representation of inner bodily source of excitement/stimulation. Eros(desire to live and maintain function) vs Thanatos (impulses to die or be aggressive)

Psychosexual Stages

different erogenous zones are important and children move from autoeroticism to reproductive sexuality and develop personalities

Oral Stage

first psychosexual stage in which the mouth is a major source of pleasure and conflict. explore things with mouth, but restraints and demands to stop doing so causes conflict.

Anal Stage

second psychosexual stage, around 2 years old, and involves the anus. learning to use the restroom voluntarily - first attempt to regulate instinctual impulses.

Phallic Stage

third psychosexual stage, occurs from 3-6, associated with genital organs. children interested in the pleasure but also realized the difference in physical bodies (penis vs vagina).

Oedipus Complex

young boy is fond of mother and jealous of father, develops castration anxiety in order to resolve these conflicts and begins identifying with father and perceived roles

Electra Complex

young girl abandons mother for father upon realized she has a vagina, disappointed and shamed at not having a penis, and holes mother responsible. reluctantly identifies with mother and accepts her inferiority.

Latency Period

fourth psychosexual stage, ages 7-puberty, sexual calmness. sexual drives elevated into more socially acceptable activities such as sports and friendly relationships.

Genital Stage

final psychosexual stage after puberty, involved with sexual reproduction and maturity. rebirth of sexual and aggressive desires and seek to satisfy sexual drives.