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This document discusses several theories of personality:
1. Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic perspective which includes the id, ego, and superego; the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious minds; and psychosexual stages of development.
2. Neo-Freudian theories developed by Jung, Adler, Horney, and Erikson which expanded on Freud's work.
3. Behaviorist and social cognitive views that personality is learned through conditioning and cognitive processes.
4. Trait theories including the five factor model that attempts to describe personality in terms of traits like openness and neuroticism.
5. Behavioral genetics research into genetic bases of personality.
This document discusses several theories of personality:
1. Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic perspective which includes the id, ego, and superego; the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious minds; and psychosexual stages of development.
2. Neo-Freudian theories developed by Jung, Adler, Horney, and Erikson which expanded on Freud's work.
3. Behaviorist and social cognitive views that personality is learned through conditioning and cognitive processes.
4. Trait theories including the five factor model that attempts to describe personality in terms of traits like openness and neuroticism.
5. Behavioral genetics research into genetic bases of personality.
This document discusses several theories of personality:
1. Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic perspective which includes the id, ego, and superego; the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious minds; and psychosexual stages of development.
2. Neo-Freudian theories developed by Jung, Adler, Horney, and Erikson which expanded on Freud's work.
3. Behaviorist and social cognitive views that personality is learned through conditioning and cognitive processes.
4. Trait theories including the five factor model that attempts to describe personality in terms of traits like openness and neuroticism.
5. Behavioral genetics research into genetic bases of personality.
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY superego part of the personality that acts as a
personality moral center. the unique and relatively stable ways conscience in which people think, feel, part of the superego that and behave. produces guilt, depending on how character acceptable behavior is psychological value judgments of a persons defense mechanisms unconscious moral and ethical behavior. distortions of a persons perception of reality temperament that reduce stress and anxiety. the enduring characteristics psychological defense mechanisms with which each person is born. unconscious distortions of a persons The Man and the Couch: perception of reality that reduce stress and Sigmund Freud and the anxiety. Psychodynamic Perspective unconscious mind level of the mind in which thoughts, feelings, memories, and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness.
part of the iceberg visible above the surface is the
conscious mind. Just below the surface is the preconscious mind, everything that is not yet part of the conscious mind. Hidden deep below the surface is the unconscious mind, feelings, memories, thoughts, and urges that cannot be easily brought into consciousness. While two of the three parts of the personality (ego and superego) exist at all three levels of awareness, the id is completely in the unconscious mind. FREUDS DIVISION OF PERSONALITY ID- completely unconscious, pleasure-seeking, amoral part of the personality that exists at B. STAGES OF PERSONALITY birth, containing all of the basic biological drives: DEVELOPMENT hunger, thirst, self-preservation, and sex fixation disorder in which the person pleasure principle: does not fully resolve the conflict in a the desire for immediate gratification of particular psychosexual stage, resulting in needs with no regard for the consequences personality traits and behavior associated EGO-part of the personality that develops out of a with that earlier stage. need to deal with reality, mostly conscious, psychosexual stages five stages of personality rational, and logical. development proposed by Freud and reality principle by which the tied to the sexual development of the child. ego functions; the satisfaction of the 1. oral stage first stage occurring in the demands of the id only when negative first year to year and a half of life in which consequences will not result. the mouth is the erogenous zone and weaning is the primary conflict. 2. anal stage second stage occurring from Horney: disagreed with concept of penis envy, about 1 or 1 years of age, in which the anus developed womb envy; rather than is the erogenous zone and toilet training is sexuality, focused on basic anxiety the source of conflict. Erikson: emphasized social relationships at every 3. phallic stage third stage occurring from stage of life about 3 to 6 years of age, in which the D. BEHAVORISTS AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE child discovers sexual feelings. VIEW OF PESONALITY Oedipus complex(MALE)/ for behaviorists, personality is a set of learned Electra complex(FEMALE) responses and habits, gained through child develops a sexual attraction classical and operant conditioning to the opposite-sex parent and jealousy of social cognitive view, both learning (individual the same-sex parent and through imitation of models) and 4. latency fourth stage occurring during the cognitive processes (such as anticipation, school years, in which the sexual feelings judgment, and memory) are important of the child are repressed while the child Bandura: concept of self-efficacy; believed three develops in other ways. factors were important: the environment, 5. Genital stage puberty does begin, the the behavior itself, and personal or sexual feelings that were once repressed cognitive experiences from earlier can no longer be ignored experiences; each affect the other two in a reciprocal wayreciprocal determinism Rotter: theory based on principles of motivation derived from Thorndikes law of effect; personality is set of potential responses to various situations, including ones locus of control (internal vs. external) and sense of expectancy ideal self ones perception of whom one should be or would like to be. real self ones perception of actual characteristics, traits, and abilities. C. Neo Freudans self an individuals awareness of his or neo-Freudians followers of Freud who her own personal characteristics and level developed their own competing of functioning. psychodynamic theories. self-concept the image of oneself that psychoanalysis Freuds term for both the develops from interactions with important, theory of personality and the therapy significant people in ones life. based on it. self-actualizing tendency the striving to personal unconscious Jungs name for fulfill ones innate capacities and the unconscious mind as described by capabilities. Freud. conditional positive regard positive collective unconscious Jungs name for regard that is given only when the person the memories shared by all members of is doing what the providers of positive the human species. regard wish. Jung: believed in both a personal unconscious unconditional positive regard positive and a collective unconscious that holds regard that is given without conditions or universal human memories called strings attached. archetypes positive regard warmth, affection, love, Adler: focused on feelings of inferiority and seeking and respect that come from significant feelings of superiority as opposed to others importance of sexuality; in ones life. birth order also important E. TRAIT THEORIES F. BEHAVIORAL GENETICS a trait is a consistent, enduring way of field of study devoted to discovering the thinking, feeling, or behaving; genetic bases for personality trait theories attempt to describe personality characteristics. in terms of a persons traits G. PERSONALITY TESTS several groups work resulted in the five- projection defense mechanism involving factor model (Big Five, OCEAN) placing, or projecting, ones own openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, unacceptable thoughts onto others, as if the agreeableness, neuroticism (see Table thoughts actually belonged to those others 13.3) Mischel and others have suggested and not to oneself. that there is a traitsituation interaction; halo effect tendency of an interviewer to there is evidence of the Big Five trait allow positive characteristics of a client to dimensions across various cultures influence the assessments of the clients behavior and statements. interview method of personality assessment in which the professional asks questions of the client and allows the client to answer, either in a structured or unstructured fashion. openness one of the five factors; willingness projective tests personality assessments to try new things and be open to new that present ambiguous visual stimuli to experiences. the client and ask the client to respond conscientiousness the care a person with whatever comes to mind. gives to organization and thoughtfulness Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) of others; dependability. projective test that uses 20 pictures of extraversion dimension of personality people in ambiguous situations as the referring to ones need to be with other visual stimuli. people. subjective referring to concepts and extraverts people who are outgoing and sociable. impressions that are only valid within a introverts people who prefer solitude particular persons perception and may be and dislike being the center of attention. influenced by biases, prejudice, and traitsituation interaction the assumption personal experiences. that the particular circumstances of H. BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS any given situation will influence the way in direct observation assessment in which which a trait is expressed. the professional observes the client neuroticism degree of emotional instability engaged in ordinary, day-to-day behavior or stability. in either a clinical or natural setting. agreeableness the emotional style of a personality inventory paper and pencil person that may range from easygoing, or computerized test that consists of friendly, and likeable to grumpy, crabby, statements that require a specific, and unpleasant. standardized response from the person Allport: believed there were 200 traits that were taking the test. wired into the nervous system to guide a frequency count assessment in which persons behavior the frequency of a particular behavior is Cattell: developed concept of surface traits and counted. source traits; identified 16 source traits rating scale assessment in which a through factor analysis (later suggested 23); numerical value is assigned to specific developed assessment questionnaire to behavior that is listed in the scale. identify original 16 trait dimensions (16PF)
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