the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think feel and behave
character
value judgements of a persons moral and ethical behavior
unconscious mind
level of the mind in which thoughts feelings memories and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness
id
part of the personality present at birth and completely unconscious
ego
part of the personality that develops out of a need to deal with reality mostly conscious rational and logical
superego
oart of the personality that acts as a moral center "moral watch dog"
conscience
part of the superego that produces pride or guilt depending on how acceptable behavior is
identification
defense mechanism in which a person tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety
neo-freudians
followers od Freud who developed their own competing psychodynamic theories
Jung
disagreed with Freud about the nature of the unconscious mind; he believed that the unconscious mind held much more than personal fears urges and memories.
believed that we all have personal unconscious minds but we are all born with collective memories
Alder
disagreed with Freud over importance of sexuality in personality development;
"inferior feelings" this man was not a stage theorists
locus of control
the tendency for people to assune that they either do or do not have control over their life
five factor model (BIG FIVE) - model of personality traits that describes 5 basic traits and abilities
ideal self
(carl Rogers) ones perception of whom one should be or would like to be
actual (real) self
(Carl Rogers) ones perception of actual characteristics traits and abilities
projective test
no right or wrong answer - personality assessments that present ambiguous visual stimuli to the client & ask the client to respond with whatever comes to mond
objective test
(MMPI) has correct answers multiple choice personality test
rating scales
assessment in which a numerical value is assigned to specific behavior that is listed in the scale
Rorschach inkblots test
projective tests that uses 10 inkblots as the ambiguous stimuli
humanistic theory
(Carl Rogers) "the third force" in psychology that focuses on those aspects of personality that make people unequaly human such as subjective feelings & freedom of choice
(0-1) Oral
Freuds psychosexual stages; pleasure from eating and vocalizing
(1-3) Anal
Freuds psychosexual stages; pleasure from retention or repulsion of feces
(3-5) phallic
Freuds psychosexual stages; pleasure from touching genitals, oepdipal (male) and electra (female) complexes
(6-11) Latency
Freuds psychosexual stages; identification with same sex parent