Personality psych

Sandbox therapy

asking a bunch of different questions and basically wait for them to tell you what was wrong

freud thought people have mental illness because of the build up of ______ and _______ energy the two things people most want to repress

sexual and aggressive

Three constructs for pyschodynamic personality theory

id, ego, and superego

Super ego

Tries to do the right thing / moral compass

Ego (freud)

tries to find a balance between the two

Id

screams its desires

_______ cant manage the __ anymore and causes mental illness

super ego Id

which of the three constructs mediates all levels

Superego

Humanistic

people are naturally good and can grow to be their best selves. emphasizes free will and self-actualization. 

trait personality theory

individuals can be understood by identifying and analyzing their stable, enduring personality traits

Ocean big 5

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

Collective unconciousness

Humans have both personal memories and shared memories from all of humanity's history.

whos theory is collective unconciousness

Carl Jung

Jung’s archetypes

models of behaviors and ideas that are innate, universal, and hereditary. Jung believed that understanding archetypes can help people understand themselves and others. 

Outer world

physical reality and interactions with others.

Inner world

your thoughts, feelings, and unconscious aspects

ego (jung)

The "conscious you" who you think you are, the part of you aware of the world around you

The self

The whole you, including both conscious and unconscious parts.

persona

The mask you wear for others, the version of yourself you show to the world

shadow

The unconscious part of you that contains traits or feelings you don't want to acknowledge

Anima

the feminine side in men emotion, empathy, intuition

animus

the masculine side in women logic, assertiveness, rationality

Personal Unconscious

everything that shapes and affects us, but we hide from ourselves because we are not prepared to deal with them

carl jung would try to uncover the ______ from the___ ____

shadow inner world

Carl Rogers personality theory

there needs to be harmony between the real self and the ideal self. When there is inconsistency it causes distress. (ex. person believes they are a clean and organized person but their desk is very messy)

Self-Verification

We seek relationships with people that verify how be perceive ourselves.

social media makes __ _________ process easier

self verification

how positively or negatively our ___ _____ is greatly affects our well-being.

self esteem

less fear of failure ,better social network better social network, more vulnerable to ego threats can react violently

high self esteem

sensitive to rejection less likely to try, when in a poor mood, likely to stay in a poor mood,find someone who confirms their negative self concept

low self esteem

Global self concept

persons overall view of themselves across different life areas, encompassing their general self-worth

we tend to have a relatively stable ____ self concept and _____ self esteem

global global

domain-specific

persons self-perception within a specific area of life, like academics, social interactions

when does personality initally peak and then plateau?

30

after a plateau what age do we see another peak?

55

state trait anxiety

acknowledges that both personality traits and situational factors contibute to anxiety

three reasons why jim treats sam like his father did to him

-child relationship will be different from parent to child

-learned reaction

-aggressive gene got from his father

does personality come from genes or enviorment?

100% of both