development of personality

• similar to Freud's preconscious and the unconscious
• past memories
• unique to us

powerful and influential system that contains universal memories and ideas that all people have inherited from our ancestors over the course of evolution

• inherited memories or common themes found in all cultures religions, and literature
• The self
• shadow
• Anima or Animus
• Persona

• unification of unconscious and conscious
• individualization _ goal of personality

• libido / eros
• sex instinct
• composed of repressed ideas
• dark side
• those who deny it project it onto others
• can appear in dreams as monsters

• anima- female animus- male
• represents true self rather then image we present to others
• combination is known as syzygy & represents unifucation

• how we present selves to world
• different social masks we show when with dif groups of people
• shields ego from negativity

we are born with sense of inferiority and we strive for superiority

• Unselfishness
• Cooperative
• Creative
• Unique
• Aware
• Interested in social welfare

• being too overprotective
• as adults they will have difficulty dealing with negative realities and doubt ability and having difficulty making decisions

• child has no protection
• child will grow up with fear of the world, mistrust, and difficulty forming relationships

• feminist
• males have womb envy
• males and females envious of each other in some ways
• female jealous of males social status

maslow, Rodgers

whole person is continually being motivated by one need or another and moving towards self actualization

• nondirective therapy or client centered therapy (facilitator rather then director)
• agreed with masow

• self= organized set of beliefs about selves
• we all need unconditional positive self regard ( love youself and love from others)
• incongruence ( dif between real self and ideal self)
• to be fully functioning ( self actualization ) we have to accept ourselves and unite real and ideal self

• Our behavior defines our personality
• Our environment shapes who we become
• skinner

• thoughts change behavior
• Cognitivists state that by changing our thoughts, we can change our mood, decrease our anxiety, or improve our relationships

• learn through observation
• learning doesn't guarantee change in behavior
• internal mental states are essential

• Personal construct is your way of looking at life, the world, and people around you based on your personal experiences in life and your reactions to them. (schemas )
• Your personal constructs shape how you decide to act, speak, think and live your life. 
• Our patterns of personal constructs determines our personality

determines constructs people use

• Feels we learn the most about people using observational learning
• Reciprocal determinism- the characteristics of a person, the persons behavior and the environment all affect one another in a two way casual relationship.

• belief that we are fully competent in order to accomplish tasks, and goals
• High self-efficacy- we believe we can master situations and produce positive results Persons may have high self efficacy in certain areas but not others

is our perception that with collaborative effort our group will obtain its desired outcome

• locus of control
• measures generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
• internal = everything is of own doing
• external = luck

• Cognitive-Affective Personality System (CAPS)-(1995)
• we make unique behavior signatures ( consistent ways of responding in similar situations that characterize our personality)