PSYCH 1101- Chapter 11 Test Personality
Who was the 1st major theorist to break with Freud & founded individual psychology?
Alfred Adler
What is a freudian slip?
An unintentional substitution of a word
-Balance conscious/unconscious thought and experience -Continual learning process but emphasized the 2nd half of lifespan -become aware of unconscious parts and integrate with conscious defines what?
Analytical psychology
What was a major contribution from Alfred Adler?
Birth order impacts personality
What is the Oedipus complex?
Boy's sexual desire for mother and urge to replace father is coupled with castration anxiety
Boss yells at mom, mom comes home and yells at Rafe, Rafe kicks the dog. What defense mechanism does this exemplify?
Displacement
Who was friends with Anna Freud (Freud's daughter) and developed the 8-stage model of development?
Erik Erikson
T or F Introverts derive energy from others
False Extrovert
T or F Extroverts derive energy from being alone
False Introverts
Smoking, drinking, over eating, and nail biting are results of a child becoming anally fixated. True or false
False. -Orally fixated
T or F Alfred Adler proposed the Electra complex.
False. Carl Jung
True or false. Sigmund Freud was a psychologist.
False. Sigmund Freud was a medical doctor
Who proposed phrenology?
Gall, a German physician
What is the developmental task of Erik Erikson's seventh stage of psychosocial development, in which individuals contribute to society and focus on being a part of the family?
Generativity vs. stagnation
What is the Electra complex?
Girl's desire to take mother's place, accompanied by penis envy.
What did Galen contribute to personality study?
He expanded upon Hippocratic theory by suggesting disease and personality explained by imbalance in humors
What set freud apart from other Neofreudians?
He was sexually obsessed and the others were not
Who was the 1st known person to study personality?
Hippocrates
Explain the levels of consciousness
Iceberg- conscious= visible (1/10 ppl); unconscious= portion below water level (9/10 ppl)
Sigmund Freud suggested that people who are dominated by their ________________ might be narcissistic and impulsive
Id
Narcissism, impulsivness= ?
Id too strong
A _____________ complex refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of the society.
Inferiority
What is personality?
Interaction of traits and patterns that influence an individual to think, feel, and behave in a unique way.
Who suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth?
Karen Horney
If you are a perfectionists, you possess ___________ personailty
Superego
Guilt ridden, neurotic, or distant/unemotional= ?
Superego too strong
Psychopathology= ?
Superego weak
What is regression?
Surpassing painful thoughts and memories to the point that it is very difficult or impossible to retrieve them (ex. trauma victims)
The ANAL stage age ranges from weaning to 3 years. T or F
True
The ORAL stage starts from birth and ranges to 1 year. True or false
True
The PHALLIC stage age ranges from toilet training to 6 years. T or F
True
True or False. -Everbody uses them -We are unaware we are using them -More than one can be used at a time
True
True or False. Defense mechanisms restore equilibrium
True
True or False. Personality imbalances can lead to neuroticism, anxiety, or unhealthy behavior
True
What are defensive mechanisms?
Unconscious protective barriers
What is the pleasure in the anal stage?
Urination and defacation
Define sublimation.
When one channels unacceptable desires into more socially acceptable paths (ex. abused children)
Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory
16 distinct personality types
What is an archetype?
A pattern that exists in our collective unconscious across cultures and societies
What is phrenology?
A special tool is used to measure bumps on the skull and reveals personality, character, and mental abilities.
What is individual psychology?
-A drive to compensate for feelings of worthlessness -Proposed concept of inferiority complex
What is the purpose of defense mechanisms?
-Decrease anxiety -Ego seeks to mediate between id and superego
Explain self concept v. self efficacy
-Self concept: beliefs about yourself -Self efficacy: level of confidence on completing task
What is "Id"?
-Unconscious -impulsive behavior -present from birth -constantly against superego -operates on pleasure principle
What is ego?
-self -balances the conflicting needs and wants of id/superego
Name the 4 temperaments that Hippocrates believed existed
1) Choleric (yellow bile- liver) 2)Melancholic (black bile- kidneys) 3)Sanguine (red blood- heart) 4)Phlegmatic (white phlegm- lungs)
What are the 2 types of unconscious Jung believed in?
1)Personal 2)Collective
Who contributed collective unconscious and expressed in archetypes ?
Carl Jung
Who developed analytical psychology?
Carl Jung
Ina can no longer read the street signs, but she refuses to admit she needs glasses to drive. What defense mechanism does this exemplify?
Denial
Carl Jung's view of extroverted and introverted types serves as a basis of the _____________
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Carl Jung referred to the ______ as the mask we adopt
Persona
What is personality ID?
Personality develops from conflict between biological aggression drive and pleasure-seeking drive v. control over drives (socialized)
Sally suspects Bob of cheating because she has been thinking about having an affair. Which defense mechanism does this exemplify?
Projection (when we attritube uncomfortable or negative feelings, attitudes, or beliefs onto someone else when they are actually our own)
Trump blaming law approval ratings to fake news rather than his own actions or inactions is an example of which defense mechanism?
Rationalization
Which defense mechanism causes us to excuse our own behavior by blaming someone else?
Rationalization
Males that express extremely homophobic views, Congressman Tim Murphy (PA) asking his gf to get an abortion and sponsoring anti-abortion legislation is an example of which defense mechanism?
Reaction Formation
Which defense mechanism allows you to express thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are the opposite of true thoughts, feelings, behaviors?
Reaction Formation