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personality
the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another
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psychodynamic theory
Freud's perspective, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as forces that determine behavior
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id
the psychic structure, present at birth, that represents physiological drives and is fully unconscious
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ego
the second psychic structure to develop, characterized by self-awareness, planning, and delaying of gratification
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superego
the third psychic structure, which functions as a moral guardian and sets forth high standards for behaviors
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Ego and Superego
are apart of the conscious portion of the iceberg
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id
described by Freud as chaos
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the id
follows the pleasure principle
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ego
guided by the reality principle
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ego
provides the conscious sense of self and takes into account what is practical with what is urged by the id
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superego
functions according to the moral principle
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psychosexual development
the process by which libidinal energy is expressed through different erogenous zones during different stages of development
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oral stage
the first stage of psychosexual development, during which gratification is hypothesized to be attained primarily through oral activities
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anal stage
the second stage of psychosexual development, when gratification is attained through anal activities
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Eros
aims to preserve and perpetuate life, fueled by psychic energy labeled libido
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libidinal energy
involves sexual impulses
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oral traits
include dependency, gullibility, and excessive optimism or pessimism
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oral activities
smoking, overeating, alcohol abuse, and nail biting
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anal stage
begins in the second year
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anal retentive traits
excessive use of self-control: perfectionism, strong need for order, and exaggerated neatness and cleanliness
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phallic stage
the third stage of psychosexual development, characterized by a shift of libido to the phallic region
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oedipus complex
a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father, a part of the phallic stage
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electra complex
a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father conflict of the phallic stage
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latency
a phase of psychosexual development, characterized by repression of sexual impulses
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genital stage
the mature stage of psychosexual development characterized by preferred expression of libido through intercourse with an adult of the other gender
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analytical psychology
Jung's psychodynamic theory, which emphasizes the collective unconscious and archetypes
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collective unconscious
Jung's hypothesized store of vague memories that represent the history of humankind
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electra complex and oedipus complex
resolved by the age of 5 or 6
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anal expulsion traits
let it all hang out, carelessness, messiness, sadism
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personal unconscious
contains repressed memories and impulses
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archetypes
all power god, young hero, fertile nurturing mother
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inferiority complex
feelings of inferiority hypothesized by Adler to serve as a central motivating force
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creative self
according to Adler, the self-aware aspect of personality that strives to achieve its full potential
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individual psychology
Adler's psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes feelings of inferiority and the creative self
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psychosocial development
Erikson's theory of personality and development, which emphasizes social relationships and eight stages of growth
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ego identity
a firm sense of who one is and what one stands for
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S. Freud
proposed stages of psychosexual development
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E. Erikson
proposed stages of psychosocial development
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trait
a relatively stable aspect of personality that is inferred from behavior and assumed to give rise to consistent behavior
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psychoanalytic theory
focuses on reasons that people develop certain traits
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yellow bile
associated with a choleric (quick tempered) disposition
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blood
associated with sanguine (warm cheerful) disposition
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phlegm
associated with a phlegmatic (sluggish, calm, cool) disposition
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black bile
associated with a melancholic (gloomy, pensive) temperament
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Depression
excess of black bile
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Hippocrates
greek physician that believed traits were embedded in bodily fluids
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Charles Spearman
mathematical technique of factor analysis
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neuroticism
also called emotional instability
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choleric type
extraverted and unstable
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sanguine type
extraverted and stable
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phlegmatic type
introverted and stable
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melancholic type
introverted and unstable
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introversion
a trait characterized by intense imagination and the tendency to inhibit impulses
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extraversion
a trait characterized by tendencies to be socially outgoing and to express feelings and impulses freely
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5 basic personality factors
extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience
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American, German, Portuguese, Israeli, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Philippine people
five factors define personality structure of
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Five Factor Model
Big Five
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political liberals
tend to score higher on openness to experience
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political conservatives
score higher on conscientiousness
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40-60%
heritability of extraverted personalities
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Extraverts
dopamine tends to be higher in
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social cognitive theory
a cognitively oriented learning theory in which observational learning and person variables, such as values and expectancies, play major roles in individual differences
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social cognitive theory
focuses on learning by observation and on the cognitive processes that underlie personal differences
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situational variables
rewards and punishments
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person variables
knowledge and skills, ways of interpreting experience, expectancies, emotions, and self-regulatory systems and plans
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true
We cannot predict behavior from situational variables
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self efficacy expectations
beliefs that we can accomplish certain things
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positive self efficacy
high self esteem and achievement motivation
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observational learning
foundations of social cognitive theory
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psychodynamic theorists and trait theorists
focus on internal variables such as unconscious conflict and traits to explain and predict behaviors
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learning theorist
emphasizes importance of environment conditions, or situational variables
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social cognitive theory
does not account for self awareness
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humanism
the view that people are capable of free choice, self- fufillment, and ethical behavior
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existentialism
the view that people are completely free and responsible for their own behavior
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gender-typing
the process by which males and females come to display behavior patterns consistent with stereotypical masculine and feminine gender roles
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self actualization
in humanistic theory, the innate tendency to strive to realize one's potential
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gender-schema theory
a cognitive view of gender typing that proposes that once girls and boys become aware of their anatomic sex, they begin to blend self expectations and self esteem with the ways in which
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self-actualization
requires taking risks
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unconditional positive regard
a persistent expression of esteem for the value of a person but not necessarily an unqualified acceptance of all of the person's behaviors
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conditional postive regard
judgment of another person's value on the basis of the acceptability of that person's behaviors
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conditions of worth
standards by which the value of a person is judged
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humanistic existential perspective
focus on the importance of personal experience
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Overcompensation
when all behavior is aimed at overcoming a perceived weakness
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Wilmher Rudolph
a black woman who had polio who was told she would never be able to walk again, she walked again and won gold medals for track at the olympics: successful overcompensation
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Compensation
behavior emphasizes what we’re good at
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Rationalization
no matter how evil the behavior is people justify it ex: slavery
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Reaction formation
person goes in the absolute opposite direction: a minister with gay tendencies will say they will go to hell for being gay
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projection
The most important defense mechanism of all is
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projection
is when we attribute our own characteristics to others: trusting person will believe people are trusting like them
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Carl Rogers
each of us has an actual self and an ideal self
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individualists
people who define themselves in terms of personal traits and give them priority to their own goals
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sociocultural perspective
the view that focuses on the roles of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status in personality formation, behavior, and mental processes
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collectivist
people who define themselves in terms of relationships to other people and groups and give priority to group goals
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acculturation
an issue from sociocultural perspective
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acculturation
the process of adaptation in which immigrants and native groups identify with a new dominant culture by learning about that culture and making behavioral and attitudinal changes
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validity
in psychological testing, the degree to which a test measures what it is suppose to measure
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reliability
in psychological testing, the consistency or stability of test scores as from one testing to another
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standardization
in psychological testing, the process by which one obtains and organizes test scores from various population groups, so that the results of a person's completing a test can be compared to those of others of the same gender, age group, and so on
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objective tests
tests whose items must be answered in a specified limited manner; tests whose items have concrete answers that are considered correct
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MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Invetory
contains hundreds of items presented in a true-false format