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purposes that the concept " personality" serve in psychology.
explain behavioral consistency across situstions and behavioral uniqueness in similar situations. predict future behavior
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Sdorow define personality
an individuals, unique, relatively, consistent pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
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theory
tools useful in the prediction, control, and explanantion of behavior.
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theories evaluated
more on utility than truth
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major theories
psychoananlysis, behavioral(learning), phenomenology
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developed psychoananlysis theorie
sigmund freud
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free association
to get access to the unconscious mind
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conflict important in personality development?
basic biological urges for sex and aggression/ society civilizes them
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eros and thanantos
- life instint death instint
- inward suicide
- external aggression
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levels of the mind
conscious, preconscious, unconscious
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what metaphor used for the mind by freud?
like an iceberg
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aspects of personality
id(birth), ego(6-8)months, super ego(5)
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Define anxiety
pyschic pain
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defense mechanisms defend agaist anxiety
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two characteristics of defense mechanisms.
no pain_-no control
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major defense mechanisms
repression(most basic), projection, reaction formation, rationalization, denial, regression, sublimination
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trait
a stable distinctive characteristic that is inferred from a persons behavior.
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type
temperament inherited biological trait
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gordon allports three traits...
cardinal, central, secondary
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