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Personality Psyc-Ch8
Term | Definition |
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Sigmund Freud | Vienna medical doc Specialized in “nervous disorders” “Hysteria” (women) patients Father of personality psychology (even though not many of his ideas are supported today) |
Psychodynamic | personality shaped by unconscious dynamic forces *can sometimes work against each other* |
Psychic determinism | nothing happens by chance, there are no accidents or innocent mistakes |
Topographical Model of the Mind | configuration of the mind organized into three layers of consciousness |
Three layers of consciousness | Conscious, preconscious, unconscious |
Conscious Preconscious Unconscious | Conscious- part of mind that is aware Preconscious- part of mind that can become easily aware (memories) Unconscious- one-way part of mind not aware and cannot become easily aware of (dark memories, urges) |
Is the typographic model supported today? | Generally supported through Implicit processes |
Implicit processes | automatic, unconscious, fast ways of thinking that happen without awareness |
Structural Model of Personality | idea that personality consists of three physchological aspects that interact to influence behavior: |
Three physchological aspects that interact to influence behavior | Id, ego, superego |
Id | inherited, instinctive, primitive aspects of personality |
Ego | mostly conscious part of personality |
Superego | moral part of personality |
Defense mechanisms | tactics ego develops to avoid anxiety ( Distort reality, unconscious) |
Freud said _______ | much of personality revolved around anxiety |
Three types of anxiety | Reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, moral anxiety |
Reality anxiety | danger in the real world |
Neurotic anxiety | fear of punishment for following Id |
Moral anxiety | guilt for violating (or being tempted to) your moral code |
Denial | refusing to believe source of anxiety exists |
Repression | putting anxiety-inducing thoughts outside of conscious awareness (person is unaware ego is doing this) |
Repressed memories | claim memories for traumatic events may be stored in unconscious mind and blocked from conscious recall Not supported |
Projection | ego reduces anxiety by taking uncomfortable impulses off self and placing them on others |
Rationalization | finds rational explanation (excuse) for a behavior or outcome |
Intellectualization | think about threats in cold, analytical, and emotionally detached terms |
Reaction formation | prompts behaviors opposite of the anxiety-inducing impulse Sublimation- re-directs unhealthy impulse into socially acceptable or constructive activity |
Displacement | moving trouble impulse onto different, less threatening object |