Untitled Flashcards Set

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Q: What is personality?
A: A characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

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Q: Why study personality?
A: To understand how thinking, feeling, and acting patterns develop and differ.

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Q: What is the psychoanalytic perspective on personality?
A: Focuses on childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations.

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Q: What is the humanistic perspective on personality?
A: Focuses on inner capacities for growth and self-fulfillment.

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Q: What is the trait perspective?
A: Behaviors and conscious motives characterize personality (e.g., introvert/extrovert).

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Q: What is the social-cognitive perspective?
A: Personality is shaped by behaviors, traits, and environment.

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Q: What is Freud’s psychoanalysis theory?
A: Unlocking the subconscious to explain behavior and mental disorders.

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Q: What are Freud’s 3 personality systems?
A: Id (pleasure), Ego (realistic mediator), Superego (moral conscience).

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Q: What is Id?
A: Primitive needs for immediate gratification (sex, aggression, survival).

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Q: What is Ego?
A: Balances Id desires with reality.

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Q: What is Superego?
A: Represents internalized ideals and morality.

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Q: What are Freud’s defense mechanisms?
A: Unconscious tactics to reduce anxiety.

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Q: Name 3 defense mechanisms.
A: Repression, Regression, Reaction Formation.

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Q: Define Projection.
A: Attributing your own thoughts to someone else.

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Q: Define Displacement.
A: Shifting impulses toward a safer outlet.

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Q: What is Trait Theory by Gordon Allport?
A: Personality is defined by identifiable traits and motives.

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Q: What is Abnormal behavior?
A: Significant disturbance in cognition, emotion, or behavior.

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Q: What manual diagnoses mental disorders?
A: DSM-V.

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Q: What is Depression?
A: "Common cold" of mental disorders; intense sadness and hopelessness.

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Q: What is Bipolar disorder?
A: Alternating mania and depression.

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Q: What is GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)?
A: Chronic anxiety without specific cause.

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Q: What is a Phobia?
A: Irrational fear of specific object or situation.

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Q: What is OCD?
A: Obsessions (thoughts) + Compulsions (rituals).

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Q: What is PTSD?
A: Lingering trauma response with anxiety and flashbacks.

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Q: What are Somatoform Disorders?
A: Physical symptoms without a physical cause.

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Q: What is Conversion Disorder?
A: Loss of bodily function without medical explanation.

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Q: What is Hypochondriasis?
A: Believing normal sensations are symptoms of disease.

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Q: What are Dissociative Disorders?
A: Disconnection between thoughts, identity, and memory.

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Q: What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A: Two or more distinct identities control behavior.

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Q: What are Personality Disorders?
A: Inflexible and enduring behavior patterns impairing social functioning.

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Q: Name two personality disorders.
A: Borderline, Narcissistic.

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Q: What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
A: Lack of conscience for wrongdoing (sociopathy).

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Q: What is Schizophrenia?
A: Disorder involving delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking.

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Q: What are the types of Schizophrenia?
A: Disorganized, Catatonic, Paranoid, Residual, Undifferentiated.

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Q: What causes Schizophrenia?
A: Genetics, dopamine overload, prenatal viruses.

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Q: What is Biomedical therapy?
A: Treating psychological disorders with medication.

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Q: What is Psychotherapy?
A: Treating learned disorders through conversation.

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Q: What is Humanistic therapy?
A: Focuses on self-growth and conscious thoughts.

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Q: Who created Client-Centered Therapy?
A: Carl Rogers.

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Q: What is Behavior therapy?
A: Replacing maladaptive behaviors with constructive ones.