personality

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our unique patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

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personality

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personality traits you’re born with

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temperament

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individual aspects of your personality, relatively unchanging throughout life

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traits

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allport’s personality theory- traits that are clear and obvious in all that we do, only some people have them

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cardinal traits

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allport’s personality theory- traits that are foundational building blocks

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central traits

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allport’s personality theory- traits that are less consistent, seen occasionally

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secondary traits

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big five test– how open you are to new experiences+ideas

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openness

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big five test– how organized and dependable you are

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conscientiousness

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big five test– how extraverted you are

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extraversion

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big five test– how polite, kind, empathetic, and helpful you are

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agreeableness

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big five test– how disposed you are to anxiety, depression, and stress

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neuroticism

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your understanding of your own personality

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self concept

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how much you love and value yourself

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self esteem

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assessments using vague stimuli to reveal unconscious emotions, internal conflicts, and hidden motivations (too subjective to be clinical?)

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projective assessments

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assessments using standardized, self-report questions to quantify personality traits (relies on honesty of test-taker)

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objective assessments

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what are some examples of a projective test

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rorschach inkblot test, thematic application test

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what are some examples of an objective test

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minnesota multiphasic personality inventory, myers-briggs

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freud’s theory– all the thoughts and feelings you’re currently aware of

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consciousness

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freud’s theory– thoughts you aren’t currently aware of, but they can become conscious on command

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preconscious

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freud’s theory– repressed memories and feelings, buried so deep you don’t know they’re there

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unconscious

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how can we access the unconscious

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sleep (dreams), hypnosis, “slips of the tongue”

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freud’s theory– the battle between your id, ego, and superego that shapes your personality

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intrapsychic conflict

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freud’s theory– part of the conscience guided by the morality principle and ego ideal

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superego

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freud’s theory– part of the unconscious that is focused on instant gratification and innate urges, guided by eros and thanatos and the pleasure principle

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id

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freud's theory-- the part that deals with defense mechanisms and is guided by the reality principle

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ego (balances the superego and id)

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the inner image of the self that an individual aspires to become, according to freud (in the superego)

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ego ideal

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an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior (morality principle, superego)

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conscience

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protects the mind from damaging or threatening thoughts

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defense mechanism

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defense mechanism- failure to see things right in front of us

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denial

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defense mechanism-burying thoughts to the unconscious

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repression

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defense mechanism- believing your thoughts are the same as other people's

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projection

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defense mechanism-redirecting inappropriate thoughts to another person (yelling at brother bc can't yell back at parents)

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displacement

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defense mechanism-redirecting inappropriate thoughts to another outlet (art, music)

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sublimation

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defense mechanism-acting in a way that is opposite to your beliefs

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reaction formation

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defense mechanism-coming up with excuses to justify behaviors

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rationalization

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defense mechanism-acting like a child

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regression

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Jung's theory (neo-freudist), buried thoughts that are unique to you, organized as complexes

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personal unconscious

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set of unconscious thoughts shared throughout mankind as archetypes

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collective unconscious

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Rogers' theory, that people need unwavering love regardless of your actions in order to become self-actualized

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unconditional positive regard

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who believes that the root of motivations/drivers lies in the unconscious

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freud

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which neo-freudist believes that the inferiority complex is the main driver for behavior, striving for superiority

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adler

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the process of fulfilling one's max potential (maslow)

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self-actualization

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describe maslow's pyramid for self-actualization

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basic needs (food, water, etc), safety/security, love/belongingness, self-esteem, then self actualization

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rogers' theory, if your ideal self, self-image, and true self are in alignment

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congruence

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rogers' theory, if your ideal self, self-image, and true self are disalignment

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`incongruence (anxiety, depression)

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the social cognitive theory that internal thoughts, behavior, and environment all interact to shape your personality

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bandura's reciprocal determinism

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this theory says that your genetic makeup, internal thoughts, and environment shape your personality

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biopsychosocial

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feeling like you have the power to shape your surrounding environment (managing situations and changing outcomes)

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internal locus of control

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feeling like your life is left up to chance and you can't control your environment (frustration, loss of control)

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external locus of control

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the theory that your locus of control as well as natural optimistic/ pessimistic tendencies shape your personality

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rotter's locus of control

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these describe characteristics, rather than explaining how they develop

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trait theories

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cattel's personality theory- observable traits, more central to personality

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surface traits

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cattel's personality theory- underlying traits, more rarely seen

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source traits

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personality is primarily determined by genetics, extraversion-introversion, neuroticism-stability

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eyesenck's theory

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what does the big five personality test measure and what do they mean

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openness (imaginative/curious vs practical/structured) conscientiousness (organized/dependable vs impulsive/careless) extroversion (social/outgoing vs quiet/reserved) agreeableness (helpful/courteous vs uncooperative/argumentative), neuroticism (anxious/insecure vs emotionally stable)