7561456634 | Tripartite Theory | Id/Pleasure Principle Ego/ Reality Principle Superego/Morality Principle | 0 | |
7561457628 | Id | Basic needs and desires | 1 | |
7561458682 | Ego | Balances Id/ superego impulses | 2 | |
7561458683 | Superego | Origin of morals. Strives for perfection | 3 | |
7561461724 | Repression | One's ego prevents one's desires from the id occurring, due to conditions like our environment. Then our mind "bottles" them up and never thinks about them again | 4 | |
7561462659 | Regression | One reverts back to a similar behavior as they once did as a child | 5 | |
7561464559 | Rationalization | One creates excuses for their own actions to avoid the true cause | 6 | |
7561468120 | Denial | To reject the idea that one committed an action or thought to prevent feelings of guilt and distress | 7 | |
7561468550 | Reaction Formation | When one's desires conflict with one's ego, their action may be opposite of the desire | 8 | |
7561469626 | Displacement | One represses fear, affection, and impulses for someone, and then release onto someone else | 9 | |
7561471252 | Projection | When one has desires that cause stress, they will project these ideas onto someone else to avoid dealing with the stress themself. | 10 | |
7561471927 | Sublimation | One transfers negative energy into positive energy to help anxiety | 11 | |
7561473829 | Oral | (Birth - 18 months) focus on biting and sucking | 12 | |
7561475076 | Anal | (18 months - 3 yrs) Focusing on expelling and retaining feces Anal Retentive - OCD Anal Expulsive - Slob | 13 | |
7561488856 | Phallic | (3 yrs - 6 yrs) Obsession with genitals Oedipal Complex - Boy desires mother and emulates father Castration Anxiety - Fear father will castrate Electra complex - Girl have "penis envy" and fascinated by father | 14 | |
7561498375 | Latency (6 yrs - Puberty) | Extreme repression of sexual urges (dormancy) | 15 | |
7561500030 | Genital (Puberty ->) | Reinstatement of sexuality, focus on genitals and heterosexual relationships | 16 | |
7561502755 | Electra Complex | Girls have "penis envy" and fascinated by Father. "Daddy's Little Girl" | 17 | |
7561502756 | Penis Envy | Supposed envy of the male's possession of a penis, postulated by Freud to account for some aspects of female behavior | 18 | |
7561503417 | Free Association | First thing comes to mind - true beliefs | 19 | |
7561505197 | Freudian Slip | Slips of the tongue - reveals what the Id wants | 20 | |
7561506772 | Oedipal Complex | Boy desires mother and emulates Father | 21 | |
7561508145 | Fixations | An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something. | 22 | |
7561509434 | Carl Jung | -Collective Unconscious- the hypothesized part of the unconscious mind that is inherited from previous generations and that contains universally shared ancestral experiences and ideas -Archetypes- the inherited mental images of universal human instincts, themes, and preoccupations that are the main components of the collective unconscious | 23 | |
7561511193 | Alfred Adler | Striving For Superiority- Describes actions of people who are motivated by highly developed social interest. Inferiority Complex- Feelings of lack of worth Compensation-psychological defense mechanism in which a person makes up for inferiorities in one area by becoming superior in another area | 24 | |
7561511628 | Karen Horney | Basic Anxiety- An emotion that gives a sense of uncertainty and loneliness, in a hostile would can lead to maladjustment Womb Envy- male equivalent of penis envy, males are jealous of females ability to create and sustain life | 25 | |
7561513421 | Sigmund Freud | -Effects of conscious and unconscious on personality -Tripartite Theory -5 Psychosexual stages -Freudian Methods | 26 | |
7561516871 | Freudian Methods | -Freudian slips -Free association -Dream analysis -Projective Test | 27 | |
7690001269 | Erik Erikson | Stages of Psychosocial Development | 28 | |
7690018908 | Stages of Psychosocial Development | Contrasts to Freud's Idea of Psychosexual development: We are always developing We develop through social stages of our life: Trust vs Mistrust Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt Initiative vs Guilt Industry vs Inferiority Identity vs Role Confusion Intimacy vs Isolation Generatively vs Stagnation Ego-integrity vs Dispair | 29 | |
7690071507 | Behaviorism | We learn behavior Tabula Rasa - Blank Slate Behavior is observable | 30 | |
7690077849 | Ivan Pavlov | Behaviorist Experiment - Pavlov's Dogs Proved - Classical Conditioning | 31 | |
7690084594 | John B. Watson | Behaviorist Experiment - Baby Albert Proved - Classical Conditioning | 32 | |
7690101177 | B. F. Skinner | Behaviorist Experiment - Trained rat to do what he wanted through punishment/reward (Skinner's Box) Proved - Operant Conditioning | 33 | |
7690120907 | Edward Thorndike | Law of Effect: Behavior shaped by punishments and rewards | 34 | |
7690127546 | Tabula Rasa | "Blank Slate" in latin We are neither good or bad John Locke | 35 | |
7690158633 | Observable behavior | Behavior that can be observed | 36 | |
7690164663 | Associated learning | Learning to associate two things together Pavlov's Dog - Bell and Food | 37 | |
7690175088 | Reinforcement vs Punishment | Behavior can be controlled through rewards or punishments | 38 | |
7690198595 | Classical Conditioning | Involuntary Behavior - Associated Learning, Pavlov's Dogs | 39 | |
7690206189 | Operant Conditioning | Strengthens or weakens voluntary behavior through punishment/reward | 40 | |
7690218034 | Humanism | Humans are good Needs not being met = bad Strive for self-actualization We are all unique | 41 | |
7690225729 | Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of Needs | 42 | |
7690234501 | Hierarchy of Needs | Self-Actualization Esteem Needs Belonging Needs Safety Needs Physiological Needs | 43 | |
7690242387 | Carl Rogers | Reject conditions of self-worth: they are imposed by others Unconditional positive regard | 44 | |
7690294671 | Cognitive | Thinking shapes behavior Emphasis on processing and categorizing info | 45 | |
7690305611 | Jean Piaget | Cognitive Stages of Cognitive Development | 46 | |
7690328215 | Julian Rotter | Cognitive Locus of Control Internal = Healthy, you are in charge External = Thinks happen to you, Learned Helplessness | 47 | |
7690341973 | George Kelly | Cognitive Schema Behavior is a result of social constructs | 48 | |
7690352356 | Schema | Mental construct we use to organize the world | 49 | |
7690378475 | Albert Bandura | Social Learning Theory Experiment - Bobo Doll Experiment Proved - We learn through others | 50 | |
7690391586 | Trait Theory | Compares individuals' personalities by degree | 51 | |
7690396074 | Trait Theory Criticisms | Does not account for situational factors Personality changes until mid-adulthood | 52 | |
7690402774 | Gordon Allport | Founded the Trait Theory | 53 | |
7690415962 | Hans Eysenk | Trait Theory Introversion vs Extroversion Stable vs Unstable | 54 | |
7690419511 | Raymond Catell | Trait Theory 16 Personality Factor Test - First personality test | 55 | |
7690429447 | "Big Five" Ocean | O - Openness (creativity) C - Conscientiousness (orderly, rule abiding) E - Extroversion (outgoingness) A - Agreeableness (Selflessness) N - Neuroticism (Instability) | 56 | |
7690455556 | Multicultural | Individualistic vs Collective societies US, UK vs China, Samoa | 57 | |
7690472979 | Myers-Briggs | Personality Test with Dichotomies Extroversion-Introversion Sensing-Intuiting Thinking-Feeling Judging-Perceiving | 58 | |
7690535910 | Psychobiological | Behavior is caused by biological factors | 59 | |
7690539271 | Chemical Imbalances | Chemical imbalances affect behavior | 60 | |
7690546547 | William Sheldon | Psychobiologist Developed Somatotype Theory | 61 | |
7690553945 | Somatotype Theory | Correlation with physique and personality | 62 | |
7690561556 | Endomorph | Short, Fat, Big-Boned Lethargic, Goofy, Jolly, | ![]() | 63 |
7690572387 | Mesomorph | Muscular, Healthy, Proportional Confident, courageous, risk-taker | ![]() | 64 |
7690583670 | Ectomorph | Tall, Thin, No muscle-tone Introverted, reserved, inhibited | ![]() | 65 |
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