Psychology chapter two – Flashcards

What is Personality

A____________ is a habitual way of behaving, thinking and feeling

The first theory of psychodynamic theory was developed by

Which compent of personality is present at birth and is the resvior of unconscious psychological energies and to avoid pain and obtain pleasure

which compent of personality is the referee between the needs of instinct and the demands of society

Psychodynamic theories share all of the following general elements except

in psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that represents conscience, morality, and social standards is called

during a grade school field trip Ryan and his friends were running down a hill when he stepped on a snake. He was unharmed but shaken by the experience. When one of his friends motioned the event months later he couldn’t remember running down the hill. Freud would say this is an example of what

____________ occurs when a persons own unacceptable or threating feelings are repressed then attributed to someone else

what are the stages of psychosexual in order from birth

four year old Lyndsey squeezes between mommy and daddy on the couch, she cuddles her daddy while refusing to kiss her mommy. this illustrates what concept.

according to _____________ there is a collective unconscious shared by all human beings containing universal memories, symbols, and images that are the legacy of human history.

Carl Jung would agree that

___________ are standardized questionaries’ requiring written answers

___________ recognized that most people possess five to ten central traits that reflect characteristics ways of thinking and acting

According to Gordon Allport, most individuals have ____________ central traits that reflect a characteristic way of behaving, dealing with others, and reacting to new situations

______________ describes the extent to which people are outgoing or shy

_______________ describes the extent to which people are anxious and impulsive

___________ describes the extent to which people are imaginative and questioning or conforming and predictable

Raymond Cattell advanced the study of personality by

Physiological dispositions to respond to the environment in certain ways are present in infancy. These dispositions, called _________________ are assumed to be innate

During mildly stressful tasks, colleen shows sympathetic nervous system activity, such as an increase in her heart rate and the dilation of her pupils. Jerome kagan would classify colleen as an

when considering the influence of hentics on personality, which of the following is true

_____________ is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group

In social cognitive theories ____________ is the two way interaction between aspects of the environment and aspect of the individual in the shaping of personality traits

in behavioral genetic research ______________ includes the family background in which you grew up and the experiences you shared with your siblings and parents

In behavior genetic research ____________ includes unique aspects of a persons experience such as winning the lead in the school play

Dakotas parents place high value on academic achievement but his peers do not. in the this situation

_____________ is defined as a program a program of shared rules that govern the behavior of members of a society, and a set of balues, beliefs, and attitudes shared by most members of that community

which of the following is true of an individualist culture

____________ cultures are described as those in which the self is regarded as embedded in relationships

on his first overseas business trip mr.streeter finds it rude that he is constantly kept waiting. After all his appointments were set up a week in advance through email. it is most likely that his business trip has taken him to

in which region of the US are rates of whit homicide highest

Studies of altruistic behavior found that children from ________ were the least altruistic and most egotistic of those studied

prof hirth takes a humanist approach to personality. she would most likely agree that the most influential aspect of human personality is

according to Abraham maslow, the most important aspect of personality are

IF parents accept carl rogers approach to personality development the they are likely to respond in which of the following ways when their daughter kicks her little brother

what is the third force in psychology

rollo may would be most likely to agree that

the major criticism of humanist theories of personality is that

Freud believed that unconscious conflicts have more power over human behavior that do our conscious intentions

Although defense mechanisms distort reality, they also protect us from anxiety.

Carl Jungs theory of personality emphasizes the methods of empirical psychology in generating personality constructs

according to object relations theory a baby constructs unconscious representations of his or her parents, which will influence the child’s relations with other throughout life

central traits are changeable aspects of personality such as musical preferences, habits, and casual opions

the big five personality traits represent all the traits that make up personality

Temperament fluctuate dramatically over time

Social cognitive learning theory emphasis the continual interaction between persons and a given situations

Most parents have a single child rearing style that they use consistently with all there children

The unknown t or f