-
Personality
Relatively stable and enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions. Describes one as a person. how one is different from others.
-
Traits
-stable and consistent charateristics that can be used to describe someone.
-
Eysenck: Factor analysis
E: extroversion-introversion
N: Neuroticism: worrisome, anxious
P: Psychoticism: psychotic
- describes personality not explains it
-
Big Five personality traits
- Openness
- Conscientousnous
-Extroversion
-Ageebleness
-Neuroticism
-
(Big five personality traits) Openness
High: original, imaginaitive, curious, creative
Low: Down to earth, uncreative, conventional, uncurious
-critical thinkers score higher on this section
-
(Big five personality traits) Conscientousness
High: Conscientous, Hard-working, Well-organized, Punctual
Low: Neglient, Lazy, Disorganized, Late
-
(Big five personality traits) Extroversion
High: Joiner, Talkative, active, affectionate
Low: Loner, quiet, passive, reserved
-
(Big five personality traits) Agreeableness
High: Trusting, lenient, Soft-hearted, good-natured
Low: Suspicious, critical, ruthless, irraitable
-
(Big five personality traits) Neuroticism
High: Worried, Temperamentsl, Self Conscious, Good-natured
Low: Calm, even-tempered, comfortable, unemotional
-
Psychoanalytic theory: 3 levels of consciousness
- Conscious
-Preconscious
-Unconscious
-
(Psychoanalytic theory: 3 levels of consciousness) Conscious
-thoughts or motives that a person is currently aware or remembering.
-comfortable.
-
(Psychoanalytic theory: 3 levels of consciousness) Preconscious
- thoughts or motives that can be easily brought to mind
-
(Psychoanalytic theory: 3 levels of consciousness) Unconscious
-Thoughts or motives that lie beyond a person's normal awareness. Biggest part of one's mind.
-
3 structures of personality
-Id
-Ego
-superego
-
(3 structures of personality) Id
-pleasure principle. Its in the unconscious mind. Impulsive part of the brain
-
(3 structures of personality) Ego
-reality principle. Stops and weighs consequences.
-redirects energy from the Id to make it look at reality.
-its in the preconscious
-
(3 structures of personality) Superego
-morality principle
-operates on morals and values
-Hardest job, it redirects the ego and Id.
-Some people never develop a super ego
|
|
