Ch 14: Personality
1. What is it? 2. Freud’s theory 3. Behavior theory 4. Biological theory 5. Humanistic theory
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Personality
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individual's unique constellation of consistent behavior across a wide variety of situations. Personality theories:
– A bit of history Galen – Psychoanalytic – Behavioral – Biological – Humanistic
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A bit of history: Galen 130-200AD 130Personality Choleric Melancholic Phlegmatic Sanguine & dominant humor bad tempered & irritable (Yellow bile) gloomy & pessimistic (Black bile) sluggish & unexcitable (Phlegm) cheerful & passionate (Blood)
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Major Personality Theories
Psychoanalytic
– Freud, Jung, Horney
Behavioral
– Skinner, Bandura
Biological
– Eysenck
Humanistic:
– Maslow, May, Rogers
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FREUD: THE STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY
Id: Primitive instinctual component of the Id: personality
– The driving force to satisfy basic needs (sex, food, etc) – Pleasure principle - Immediate gratification – Primary process: primitive, irrational, fantasy oriented
Ego: Ego: executive component of the personality
– Functions to meet the demands of the ID in realistic ways – Reality Principle - delay gratification until safe methods of satisfaction are available – Secondary process: rational, realistic, problem solving
Superego: Superego: moral component of the personality
– Conscience – ego ideal
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Freud’s Levels of Awareness
Conscious Preconscious Unconscious
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Conflict Among the Id, Ego, & Superego Produces Anxiety Ego Defense Mechanisms: reduce/prevent anxiety Mechanisms: Types of Mechanisms:
– Repression: unpleasant thoughts and feelings forced into