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| retained the unconscious as a key determinant behavior |
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| new way to interpret personality development |
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| important contributions including the notion of Striving for Superiority |
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| childhood feelings of Inferiority, thus spending entire life trying to feel more superior |
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| parents play a big role in personality development |
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| interactions influence whether or not you have a strong or weak superiority |
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| robs child of independence and adds to feelings of inferiority saying that the child isnt capable of anything |
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| when they become adults they have to work really hard b/c they feel like they can not do it at all |
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| belief that they are vastly inferior to everyone else |
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| result is feeling helpless rather than a desire to establish superiority |
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| children that receive too little attention from parents |
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| grow up cold and suspicious, incapable of warm personal relationships, incapable of intimacy, needy |
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| usually are in positions of authority, college bound, over-achievers |
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| reliable, controlling, structured, orderly, perfectionistic, higher rates of anxiety disorders |
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| peace-keepers, thrive on friendships, rebellious, don't like being stuck in the middle of things |
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| fun-loving, complicated, what you see is what you get, attention-seeking, manipulative, dramatic, spoiled, dependent |
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| _____size trumps birth order |
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| psychic energy we share with our ancestors |
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| consists of thoughts and images difficult to bring into awareness; never repressed out of the consciousness |
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| each of us are born with this material; baby instinctly finds its mother |
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| makes up collective unconscious |
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| potential to respond to the world in a certain way, often expressed in dreams, served as symbolic in art-folklore-mythology |
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| Primordial images that predispose us to comprehend the world in a particular manner. |
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| 3 archetypes in analytical psychology |
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| unconscious images inherited from our ancestors |
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| mother, father, sun, moon, hero, God, death |
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| darker side and evil side of us |
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1. Deep inside every masculine man is a
feminine counterpart
2. We look for mates by projecting our
anima/animus onto potential romantic
partners
3. Each of us holds unconscious image of a man or woman we are |
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| located partly in personal unconscious as repressed feelings and located partly in collective unconsciousness |
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Evil Vs Good
we see our own objectionable characteristics in others |
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1.his theory is difficult to examine with scientific research
2. evidence doesn't consist of hard data from rigorous lab experiments |
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| powerful, independent part of personality that works towards goals |
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| goals are establishing one's identity and satisfying need for mastery over the environment |
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| awareness of our uniqueness, feelings of continuity with our past and imagined future |
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| refers to the confusion and despair we feel when we lack a strong sense of who we are |
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| needing to know if your parents and the world can take care of you |
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| Trust Vs Mistrust: Basic Trust |
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| child who's needs are met, the world is a good place and people are loving |
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| Trust Vs Mistrust: Basic Mistrust |
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| never receive loving care, and begin a lifelong pattern of suspicion and withdrawl from others |
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1.Trust Vs Mistrust
2.Autonomy Vs Shame & Doubt
3.Initiative Vs Guilt
4.Industry Vs Inferiority
5.Identity Vs Role Confusion
6.Intimacy Vs Isolation
7.Generativity Vs Stagnation
8.Ego Vs Despair |
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| 8 Stages of Personality Development |
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| Autonomy Vs Shame & Guilt |
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| ability to explore, worried if they will get hurt |
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| Autonomy Vs Shame & Guilt |
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| someone stuck in this stage feels as if they can't achieve what they want |
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Autonomy
Autonomy Vs Shame & Guilt |
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| manipulate and control what they encounter, feel powerful and independent, confident they can master or navigate through many obstacles |
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| Autonomy Vs Shame & Guilt |
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| overprotective parents can hinder development at this age |
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| Autonomy Vs Shame & Guilt |
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| whether or not the child will set goals and achieve them OR shy away from them |
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Shame & Doubt
Autonomy Vs Shame & Doubt |
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| happens when not allowed to exercise influence over objects and events in the world; unsure of themselves, very dependent |
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| if not resolved they will not have the drive to reach goals as an adult |
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Initiative
Initiative Vs Guilt |
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| sense of ambition and purpose, children that seek out playmates, learn to organize games, set goals and tackle challenges with conviction |
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| fail to develop a sense of initiative |
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| lack a sense of purpose and show don't show signs of initiative in social situations |
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| feeling smart enough to get through school |
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| pass up a good opportunity because you don't feel good enough |
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Industry
Industry Vs Inferiority |
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| belief in our strengths and abilities |
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Inferiority
Industry Vs Inferiority |
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| lack of appreciation for our talents and skills |
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| Identity Vs Role Confusion |
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| Identity Vs Role Confusion |
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| awkward time, who you fit in with and who you are as a person |
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| Identity Vs Role Confusion |
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| if not resolved by end of HS then you have issues with identity |
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Role Confusion
Identity Vs Role Confusion |
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| many teens who develop a sense of identity |
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| the time when you are trying to make relationships with others and comfortable being open with others to make a relationship |
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| if not resolved you will not be intimate, you will be awkward around people |
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Intimacy
Intimacy Vs Isolation |
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Isolation
Intimacy Vs Isolation |
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| failure to develop intimacy at this stage |
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Isolation
Intimacy Vs Isolation |
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| pass through many superficial relationships without finding closeness, satisfaction, avoids commitment |
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Isolation
Intimacy Vs Isolation |
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| failure to move pass this stage can inhibit happiness and personal growth |
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| Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| time when you are doing well OR you feel like your life has no purpose, is this it? |
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| Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| if not resolved, you will never be happy |
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Generativity
Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| parental influence on children, working with youth groups if no kids, raising a family, concern for future |
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Stagnation
Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| adults that fail to develop a sense of generativity |
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Stagnation
Generativity Vs Stagnation |
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| feeling of emptiness and questioning purpose in life |
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| looking back at life and feeling fulfilled or not fulfilled at all |
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Integrity
Integrity Vs Despair |
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| looking back on life with satisfaction |
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| reflections on past experiences and inevitability of life's end cause us to develop sense of ____ or _____ |
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Despair
Integrity Vs Despair |
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| fail to develop a sense of integrity |
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Despair
Integrity Vs Despair |
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| they realize time is short, opportunities are gone |
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| occurs when we feel insecure/incompetent and it affects how we interact with others |
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| fixated energy and unconscious battles between aspects of personality |
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| trapped in a self-defeating interpersonal style |
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| easily drive people away with this behavior, way they interact with people prevents them from developing social contact they crave |
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Moving toward People
Moving Away from People
Moving Against People |
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| 3 Interaction styles of Neurotics |
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| clingy, latch on to others, these people NEED others |
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| hurts others before they get hurt, uses people, defensive |
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| pull away from people, don't have many relationships b/c they fear pain |
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| deal with anxiety by emphasizing their helplessness, compulsively seeking affection/acceptance from parents, sympathy provides temporary relief from anxiety |
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| they dont love, they cling; dont share affection, they demand it |
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| find that aggressiveness and hostility are best way to deal with poor home environment |
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| compensate for feelings of inadequacy by pushing others around, rewarded with sense of power and respect from classmates but no real friendships |
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| characterized by externalization |
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| learn early that people are hostile and out to get you, enter relationships when something is to be gained |
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| children tune out the world, intense desire for privacy, seek out jobs with little interaction with other, affection never experienced |
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| acceptance, love, simplicity, control, desires |
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| one of the biggest things to come from neurosis |
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| fidgit often, everything is a challenge,panic |
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| go to the gym, isolation, shutdown |
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| coping with anxiety from neurosis |
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1. dont allow feelings
2. denial
3. women use more coping with anxiety |
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| neofreudian beliefs of coping |
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| way to get at neofreudian personality |
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| describe something important to them to figure out what stage they are in, and what type of neurosis they belong to |
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| people's stories are often not consistent/accurate |
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1. covered important concepts that freud
ignored
2. introduced new concepts
3. more optimistic |
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| Strengths of Neo-freudian Theories |
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1. No good evidence to back it up
2. over-simplified freud's concepts
3. ignored some of the concepts freud had |
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| Criticisms of Neo-freudian Theories |
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people who respond to threatening situations by avoiding them
ex. putting off dr appt bc you expect the worst |
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one end of the dimension, try not to think about situation and avoid it
"worrying will do you no good" |
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other end of the dimension, finding out as much as possible about situation
ex. reading up on medical procedure |
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| Problem-focused Strategies |
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| try to solve the problem, making plans to deal with problem,mostly men |
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| Emotion-focused Strategies |
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| dealing with emotions before taking actions, preparing yourself for action, mostly women |
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| Emotion-focused Stategies |
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| dealing with divorce by talking to therapist |
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| Problem-focused Strategies |
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| if its financial make more $$, job promotion |
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| waiting to deal with it later, pushes anxiety-provoking situation out of awareness |
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| worried about losing a job, so you go out and drink to stop thinking about it |
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| strategies are more effective in helping people cope with stress than avoidance |
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| we project outwards with our desire to destroy people |
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Frustration
Frustration-Aggression HYPOTHESIS |
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| Every single act we have is preceded by some type of ______ |
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| frustrated people act more _____ than non-frustrated people |
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1. reduces tension
2. ceases aggression
3. reduces frustration
4. releases psychic energy |
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1. not always true because people dont always act aggressive when frustrated
2. not helpful in a workout b/c it increases adrenaline, endorphines, anger
UNLESS you completely exhaust yourself
3. catharsis is only temporary |
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| Criticisms of Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis |
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| _____is only temporary in frustration-aggression |
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| one gets more ______when getting closer to their goals |
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| one of the many negative emotions that increase aggression |
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| _____people act more aggressively |
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| high temps increase level of_______ |
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| irritating ____ and ____ increase the amount of punishment people give to innocent bystanders |
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| something that makes you uncomfortable increase _______ |
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| Frustration facilitates aggression only to the extent that it is _____ |
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| directing frustration-induced anger toward an innocent target |
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| more likely to repeat aggression acts in the future because the feeling of satisfaction/justification reinforces that it feel good |
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| unconscious thought about caretakers and what they symbolize, great emphasis on early childhood experiences |
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| Secure, Anxious/Ambivalent, Avoidant |
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| 3 Basic Attachment Styles in Children |
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| the ideal one, mom/dad meet our basic needs, ok in our relationships, parents are attentive |
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| child is not secure, afraid of new situations, upset if mom left, thought of being alone is scary, mom/dad are inconsistent |
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| Avoidant Attachment Style |
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| come off as too independent, too emotionally detached, dont care if mom/dad leaves the room or return, parent is completely unattentive |
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| Once an adult, attachment style is ____to change |
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| _____adults seems to be more suspicious and have unsuccessful relationships |
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1. Secure
2. Anxious/Ambivalent
3. Avoidant/ Dismissing
4. Disoriented/Fearful |
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| adults comfortable with closeness, no worries of abandonment, seek out intimate relationships, married, longer, satified |
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| adults who don't fear abandonment, but have deep seated issues of mistrust |
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| adults who shy away from close relationships, too emotionally dependent for fear of getting hurt, romantic love does not exist, dont show affection |
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| adults that don't ask for help or support, don't care |
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| adults that tend to give partners whatever they want, stresses when partner goes away, fights are a big deal |
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| adults who are comfortable with closeness, lack internal feelings of self-worth, seek self-acceptance by being close and intimate, heartbreaks when partner doesn't meet needs |
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| adults that feel they are unlovable and have a constant fear of abandonment |
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| adults who doubt that romantic involvement will provide much needed intimacy, avoid getting close to others because they fear pain of rejection, avoid relationships all together |
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| categorization of people according to the degree to which they manifest particular characteristics |
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| we assume that traits be consistent and stable over time; you can develop new traits past childhood, but the original ones stay too |
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| doesn't tell us why people act the way they do |
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| more likely to be researchers than therapists |
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| no major schools of therapies came out of this approach |
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| All of our behaviors are affected by our ______ |
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| recognizes there is a genetic/neurological component |
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| you can't look at someone's ____ and predict what they are going to do |
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| people can be described along a single continuum on their level of traits, single traits at a time |
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| for example assertiveness |
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tests to see how his/her scores compares with others, if they are high or low on the trait;
very shy or shy |
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| combination of traits that best accounts for personality of a single individual |
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| not on a continuum, not high/low |
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| advantage is the person, not the researcher, gets to determine/pick trait that best describes their personality |
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| Central, Secondary, Cardinal |
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| 5 to 10 traits that best describe your personality |
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| don't immediately come to you when describing yourself; can be situational |
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| dominant single trait, one word to describe you, rare individuals |
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| Level of importance by which ____it falls on |
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| predisposition to certain behavior/action |
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| behavior tied to high need of achievement, needs are largely unconscious |
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| described as personal hierarchy of needs |
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| readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given conditions |
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| ______of needs determine behavior |
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| situation influence on psychogenic needs, whether a need is activated depends on the situation |
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| your need for order won't affect your behavior without an appropriate ____, such as a messy room |
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ranking/priority of needs
Press |
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| if situation pushes you hard enough you may change ____/____ |
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1. Openness
2. Conscientious
3. Extraversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism |
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| person has a big test, he would not go out to a party with friends the night before because he has a higher need of achievement than his need for affiliation |
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Definition
| factors include a very active imagination, down to earth, intellectual curiosity, more likely to consider new ideas and experiences |
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Definition
| factors include tendency to prefer familiar things, don't like to do anything new, don't like change |
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Definition
| factors include organized, plan oriented,very determined, persistent, live longer,controlled and self-disciplined |
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Definition
| factors include more careless, undependable, easily distracted, spontaneous |
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Definition
| factors include outgoing, energetic, people person, fun-loving, sociable |
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Definition
| factors include shy, reserved, more independent |
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Definition
| factors include helpful, trust, cooperative, sympathetic, caring |
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Definition
| factors include being skeptical, competitive, fight/argue more often, uncooperative |
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Definition
| factors include person's lack of emotional stability, everyday occurances stresses you out, moody, insecure worry, self-pity |
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Definition
| factors include being well-adjusted, rarely get upset, not stressed, no extreme emotional reaction to anything, not excited, calm |
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Definition
1. ability to describe traits are limited
to our language
ex. neuroticism is described as
negative
2. researchers are inconsistent
little evidence for consistancy of
behaviors across situations
3. number of factors sometimes don't fit |
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| Mischel's Criticisms of Trait Approach |
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1. Traits don't predict behavior well
2. Tend to go by the Person-by-Situation
Approach
3. They need to know the situation to
see how a person behaves
4. Little consistency across situations
5. Think trait people see what they
want to see
6. Unreliable b/c we see people in a
very limited number of situations |
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| Mischel's Criticisms of Trait Approach |
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| Traits don't predict behavior well |
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| Mischel's Criticisms of Trait Approach |
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| Little consistency across situations |
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Definition
1. Researchers not always accurate in
the way we assess one's behavior
2. Situation folks look at the wrong
trait
3. Central traits predict behavior
4. Cardinal and central traits don't
change |
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Definition
| 576 questions, T/F, looking at the category of personality |
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Term
1. Hypochondriac/Hypochondriasis
2. Depression
3. Hysteria
4. Psychopathic Deviate
5. Masculinity/Femininity
6. Paranoia
7. Psychasthenia/anxious
8. Schizophrenia
9. Hypomania
10.Social Introversion |
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| 10 Different Scales for MMPI |
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Definition
| this character fits me or doesnt |
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Definition
| very preoccupied about bodily function |
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Definition
| thinks anything that happens is a precursor to a big disease, lots of dr visits, most likely to find Cx early |
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Definition
| don't care, arm could be falling off and they don't see as a threat |
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| measures how much hopefulness about the future, how satisfied with life |
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Definition
| not satisfied, see no future |
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Definition
| satisfied, see a future and is happy |
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| looks at emotional stability/instability |
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Definition
| don't experience many emotions, when bad things happen its not a big deal, something good happens its not a big deal, feel nothing, higher rate of suicide |
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Definition
| unstable, meltdowns, do not handle stress well, ex. women & wealthy people |
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Term
| High Psychopathic Deviate |
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Definition
disregard for authority, don't like rules, real rebellious
ex. criminals, teens, hippies |
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Definition
| goody-2-shoes, struggle with being moral, follow rules, overdeveloped superego |
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Definition
| aggressive, assertive, independent |
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Definition
| considered feminine, dependent, passive, very emotional |
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| higher economic status, more intelligent, do what is necessary |
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Definition
| less assertive, poor, makes less money |
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Definition
| more suspicious, persecuted, feel attacked all the time, hard to develop trust for others |
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Definition
| really gullible, overly trusting, finds no fault with others |
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Definition
| OCD, anxious, usually has an eating disorder, high on hysteria, borderline disorders |
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Definition
| nothing upsets you or makes you nervous |
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Definition
| weird, bizarre thoughts, do not connect well with others, very artistic |
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Definition
| lack of creativity, do not think for themselves, take what is handed to them, by the book, very literal |
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Definition
| people are outrageous, loud, talkative, hyperactive, disorganized, all over the place, bipolar, sometimes bipolar, linked to depression and hysteria |
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| no excitement, mood is never elavated, linked to depression |
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| tendency, to withdraw from social situations |
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| Linked to Hysteria and Depression |
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| High on Depression and Hysteria |
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| High Social Introversion and Psychasthenia |
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| do not like being around others, withdraw from social situations |
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| make connections well, more outgoing, exciting to be around |
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1. Faking Good
2. Faking Bad
3. Carelessness
4. Sabotage
5. Social Desirability |
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| 5 Self-Reported Measures Problems |
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| 5-6 different scales to see if they are lying, the L scale |
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| the F scale, insanity plea when not insane |
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| after many hours of testing you get tired and randomly mark answers |
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| respond randomly b/c you are bored, dont read well |
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| keep up appearance, you want others to see you as a good person |
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1. use really projective measures
2. 1st approach with real concrete
objective tests
3. generated a lot of research
4. practical real world applications |
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| Strengths of the Trait Approach |
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1. did not explain how traits develop
2. doesn't tell you what you can do if
you have extreme scores
3. there is not one single theory that
ties it all together |
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| Criticisms of Trait Approach |
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| what pushes us to be successful, makes us do what we want to do, high psychogenic need |
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| unaware, unconscious motives |
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| motives outside of you, external to you |
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| High Need For Achievement |
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| usually have fear of failing so they don't take as many risks, have a hard time giving up control or delegate, parents supported them |
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| High Need For Achievement |
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| focus on activities they are successful at, tackle work with lot of energy, prefer jobs that judge their performance,tend to be wealthier |
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success with external things, gaining recognition and prestige
ex. promotion |
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| internal signs of success, set out to accomplish what they want to do |
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| determine success and focus on personal achievement |
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| How much achievement motivation do we have? we want to be successful |
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| Stability in Attributions |
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whether or not achievement comes from a stable or unstable cause
ex. getting A on test....smart or lucky |
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| external(luck) or internal(ability to do well b/c you are smart) |
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| how much control, motivation and energy we put into a situation decides how successful we feel and how much control we have |
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| if we can't afford a textbook, theres no motivation---why try if you have no way to study |
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1. Mastery Goals
2. Performance Goals
3. Avoidance Goals |
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| to develop competence,"i did a good job", trying to learn different material, women want to feel good about themselves |
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| able to demonstrate to others, "I want others to know I did a good job", men usually want a certificate |
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| goal that wishes to not feel incompetent, avoiding failure |
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