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Introduction

• Personality an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, & acting. Distinctive & consistent video\LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - The Breaking of the Fellowship Part 1.mp4 4min

• 10-2 activity

Exploring the Unconscious• Parts of the mind

–Conscious

–Preconscious

–Unconscious• Free association

• Psychoanalysis

• Repression

Sigmund Freud: Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalytic PerspectivePsychoanalytic Perspective

Exploring the UnconsciousExploring the UnconsciousPersonality Structure

• Personality structure id-ego-and-superego

–Id• Pleasure

principle

–Ego• Reality principle

–Superego• Conscience video\191_Superego.mp4

Exploring the UnconsciousExploring the UnconsciousDefense Mechanisms

• Defense mechanisms freudian-defense-mechanisms

– Repression– Regression– Reaction formation– Projection– Rationalization– Displacement– Sublimation– Denial

Exploring the UnconsciousExploring the UnconsciousPersonality Development

• Psychosexual stages–Oral

–Anal

–Phallic

–Latency

–Genital– freuds-stages-of-psychosexual-development

Exploring the UnconsciousExploring the UnconsciousPsychosexual Stages

Exploring the UnconsciousExploring the UnconsciousPersonality Development

• Erogenous zones

• Oedipus complex

• Electra complex–Female version

• Identification

• Fixation

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The Neo-Freudian TheoristsThe Neo-Freudian Theorists• Agreed

• childhood is important• basics of personality structure (id, ego, superego)• Importance of unconscious• Personality shaped during childhood• Dynamics of Anxiety & defense Mechanisms

• Disagreed• Sexual & Aggression tensions dominate• All the emphasis on the UNCONSCIOUS

The Neo-Freudian TheoristsThe Neo-Freudian Theorists–Adler’s inferiority complexinferiority complex

• Social, not sexual, tensions critical for Personality formation

• Much of behavior is driven by efforts to conquer childhood feelings of inferiority … leading us to strive for superiority & power

– Horney’s sense of helplessness• Childhood anxiety caused by a dependent

child’s sense of helplessness, triggers a desire for love & security

• Opposed Freud’s ideas about women’s weak superegos & Penis envy

The Neo-Freudian TheoristsThe Neo-Freudian Theorists• Carl Jung Carl Jung – Freud’s disciple-turned dissenter

– Less emphasis on social factors– Emphasis on Freud’s view of UNCONSIOUS MIND

• Powerful influence but also contained the….

–collective unconscious -concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history.

• Psychodynamic theory-– Freud related- Contends- much of our mental state is

unconscious, we often struggle with inner conflicts among our wishes, fears, & values, that childhood shapes our personalities, & ways of becoming attached to others

Assessing Unconscious ProcessesAssessing Unconscious Processes

• Projective Test–Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

–Rorschach Inkblot Test

Evaluating the Psychoanalytic PerspectiveEvaluating the Psychoanalytic Perspective• Contradictory Evidence

– ? Influence of Childhood/Parents

– ? Timing of Gender ID

– ? Significance of childhood sexuality

– ? Relevance of Dream Content

• Is repression a myth?• The modern unconscious mind

– View: info processing -occurs w/out awareness• Support by research into unconscious implicit learning

–Terror management theory

• Freud’s ideas as scientific theory

The Humanistic Perspective The Humanistic Perspective

• 1960s

• Maslow & Rogers

• Perspective that emphasizes human potential

• Assumes people are basically GOOD

• Focus on ways of the health people striving for self-determination & self realization

• Study people thru their own self reported experience and feelings

The Humanistic Perspective The Humanistic Perspective Abraham Maslow’s

Self-Actualizing PersonSelf-Actualizing Person• Abraham Maslow

–Self-actualization Personality\Self Actualization.flv

–Self-transcendence

–Peak experiences

Carl Roger’s Carl Roger’s Person-Centered PerspectivePerson-Centered Perspective

Humanistic Psychology - Free Intro to Psychology VideoHumanistic Psychology - Free Intro to Psychology Video

• Carl Rogers– Goal: be true to yourself–Growth promoting climate

• Genuineness – open with your own feelings

• Acceptance – offering us “unconditional positive regard”

• Empathy – sharing & mirroring our feelings & reflecting our meanings

–Unconditional positive regard

–Self-concept– Application - Personality\Carl Rogers' evaluation.flv

Assessing the Self Assessing the Self

• Self-report tests–Questionnaires that evaluate self concept

• Humanists believe that any standardized assessment of personality is depersonalizing . They prefer interviews & intimate conversations provide better understand of a person’s unique experiences

–Ideal versus actual self

Evaluating the Evaluating the Humanistic PerspectiveHumanistic Perspective

• Big Impact on Popular Culture• Renewed interest in self-concept

• as the key to happiness• Criticisms

– Vague & subjective– Individualistic & Western biased

• May lead to self indulgence, selfishness, erosion of self-restraint

– Naïve- fails to consider man’s capacity for evil. Thus may lead to Naïve Optimism or Dark Despair (lack of realistic approach & caution or hopelessness)

The Trait Perspective Intro to Personality - Free Intro to Psychology Video

Outmoded Approaches to Personality Assessment - Free Intro to Psychology Video

TraitsTraits -2:40

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• Trait - a characteristic pattern (identifiable) of behavior or a disposition to feel & act, as assessed by self-report inventories & peer reports.

–Describing NOT explaining• Describe & classify noteworthy traits

–Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)• Attempts to sort people according to Jung’s personality types.

• Based on a 126 questionnaire–Counts the test takers preferences, labels them as indicating a

“feeling” or “thinking” type & the results are fed back in complimentary terms

– Trait Assessment Testing - Free Intro to Psychology VideoTrait Assessment Testing - Free Intro to Psychology Video

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

• Most people are NOT 1 Type of Personality Trait –They are more Individual … a complex of trait dimensions

• Factor analysis proposes some traits are BASIC

–Eysenck & Eysenck – used statistically correlated clusters of behaviors as these BASIC PERSONALITY TRAITS video\197_Trait_Theories.mp4 2:40-3:47

• Extroversion versus introversion

• Emotional stability versus instability

• Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsFactor Analysis

Exploring TraitsExploring TraitsBiology and Personality

• Brain scans–Brain arousal

• Extraversion vs. Intraversion

• Genetics–Genes influence temperament

–Autonomic nervous system reactivity• Influences shyness, inhibition • REACTIVE autonomic nervous system responds to via stress

response, with greater anxiety & inhibition

Assessing Traits Assessing Traits • Personality inventory

• Several techniques exist • Profile a wide range of feelings & behaviors • Longer questionnaires

–Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)• Assesses normal Personality Tendencies vs. Traits

• Empirically derived test with Norm vs Abnorm

• Objective test but no guarantee of validity

• Lie scale - incorporated to assess faking answers

The Big Five Factors The Big Five Factors 3:27-end video\197_Trait_Theories.mp4

Slightly expanded set of factors of Eysenck’s Dimensions

• The Big Five–Conscientiousness

–Agreeableness

–Neuroticism• Emotional stability vs instability

–Openness

–Extraversion

The Big Five Factors

The Big Five FactorsThe Big Five Factors

• Questions on The Big Five–How stable are the traits?

• Very with some variability over the lifespan

–How heritable are the traits?• Varies but a bit better than 50%

–Do the traits predict other personal attributes?• YES

Evaluating the Trait PerspectiveEvaluating the Trait PerspectiveThe Person-Situation Controversy

• Person-situation controversy–Are traits

consistent?

–Can traits predict behavior?

The Social-Cognitive Perspective

The Social-Cognitive PerspectiveThe Social-Cognitive Perspective• Social-cognitive perspective

– Applies principles of learning, cognition, & social behavior to the understanding of personality

– Focuses on how we & our environment interact

– How we interpret & respond. How our schemas, memories & expectations influence behavior

–Social-behavioral approach• We learn many of our behaviors either thru conditioning

or by observing others & modeling our behaviors after theirs

Reciprocal InfluencesReciprocal Influences• Reciprocal determinism the interacting

influences of behavior, internal cognition, & environment. Interlocking & mutual. Bandura

Reciprocal InfluencesReciprocal Influences• Ways individuals & the environment interact. Both

products & architects of our environment– Different people choose different environments. You choose

your environment , &it then shapes you– Our personalities shape how we interpret & react to events.

Anxious people are attuned to potentially threatening events. Thus, they perceive the world as threatening & react accordingly

– Our personalities help create situations to which we react. How we view & treat people influences how they view & treat us.

Socio-Cognitive Theory Socio-Cognitive Theory Personal ControlPersonal Control

• Personal control - the extent to which people perceive control over their environment rather than feeling helpless.

–Two ways to study personal control• Correlate people’s feelings of control with

their behaviors & achievements

• Experiment by raising & lowering people’s sense of control & noting the effects

Personal ControlPersonal ControlInternal Versus External Locus of Control

• Internal vs. External locus of control–External locus of control - the perception

that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate. External Locus of

Control.flv

–Internal locus of control - the perception that you control your own fate.

– Locus of Control Video.flv opt– Internal vs. External Locus of Control.flv -3:50

Personal ControlPersonal ControlDepleting & Strengthening Self-ControlDepleting & Strengthening Self-Control

The Watchkins_ Self-Control.flvThe Watchkins_ Self-Control.flv

• Self-control- the ability to control impulses & delay gratification.– PREDICTS: good

adjustment, better grades & social success

– REQUIRES: effort, attention & energy

Personal ControlPersonal ControlBenefits of Personal ControlBenefits of Personal Control

People who feel helpless & oppressed often perceive control as external & may develop

• Learned helplessness or passive resignation … they give up easily.

Personal ControlPersonal ControlBenefits of Personal Control

• Tyranny of Choice- Tyranny of Choice- Too many choices actually makes up unhappy–Too much choice brings information

overload & a greater likelihood that we will feel regret over some the un-chosen options

– Excess of freedoms contributing to a decreasing life satisfaction, increased depression & sometimes paralysis

Personal Control Attribution Theory Personal Control Attribution Theory

Attribution Theory and the Principle of Locus of Control - Free Educational Psychology Video 7min

Optimism Vs. Pessimism• Optimism & Health - More healthy– Excessive Optimism

Natural Positive Thinking Bias can blind us to real risks

Realistic Anxiety over possible future failures moves us to work harder to avoid the negative fate

Illusory Optimism – most people underestimate THEIR Risky behaviors

– Blindness to One’s Own Incompetence

most overconfident when we are the most incompetent

• Positive psychology

Assessing Behavior in Assessing Behavior in SituationsBest means of predicting future behavior

NOT a personality test or an interviewer’s intuition. But a person’s past behavior patterns in similar situations– US Army spy training- use of simulations = successful

in predicting future success in actual spy situations– Business use of simulations

• Simulated managerial work• Observing actual behaviors on the job• Internships, student teaching

Evaluating the Social-Cognitive Perspective

• Based on research on learning & cognition - more than any other personality based perspectives

• Focuses too much on the situation– Fails to consider the person’s inner traits &

emotions– Doesn’t consider biology

Comparing Research MethodsComparing Research Methods

Exploring the SelfExploring the Self

IntroductionIntroduction

• Self – in contemporary psychology,

assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, & actions

Studies into SELF include– Possible Self- self people dream of becoming. Viewed as

motivating us by laying out specific goals & centering energies toward them

–Spotlight effect – reflects our tendency to over-estimate others’ noticing & evaluating our appearance, performance & blunders

The Benefits of Self-EsteemThe Benefits of Self-Esteem• Self-esteem one’s feelings of high or low self-

worth– Less shy, anxious, & lonely – More persistent at tough tasks– Fewer sleepless nights– Less conforming– Just plain happier

Best way to foster self- esteem: help children meet challenges, not reward them despite their failures

Self-Serving BiasSelf-Serving Bias• Self-serving bias -readiness to perceive

oneself favorably– People accept more responsibility for good deeds than

for bad, successes than failures– Most people see themselves as better than average

• Defensive self-esteem: fragile/focused on sustaining itself, which makes failure & criticism feel threatening

• Secure self-esteem: less fragile b/c it depends less on external evaluation. Feeling accepted enables us to lose ourselves in relationships & purposes larger than SELF… THUS – SELF ACTUALIZE

Culture & the SelfCulture & the Self• Individualism giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals & defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications. ID comes from relationships temporary, casual. Confrontation is OK….

• COST- loneliness, divorce, homicide, stress related diseases

• Collectivism giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often one’s extended family/work group) & defining one’s identity accordingly. ID come from belonging, group goals & solidarity matters

Individualism versus CollectivismIndividualism versus Collectivism

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Personality

= an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

Free Association

= in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.

Psychoanalysis

= Freud’s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions.

Unconscious

= according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.

Id

= a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.

Ego

= the largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

Superego

= the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations.

Psychosexual Stages

= the childhood stages of development, (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which, according to Freud, the id’s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.

Oedipus Complex

= according to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.

Identification

= the process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate their parent’s values into their developing superegos.

Fixation

= according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual state, in which conflicts were unresolved.

Defense Mechanisms

= in psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

Repression

= in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety- arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness.

UNDERLIES ALL OTHER DEFENSE MECHANISMS

Believed to be incomplete, that repressed urges can seep out in dreams symbols & slips of the tongue

Regression

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated.

Reaction Formation

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulse into their opposites. Thus, people may express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious feelings.

Projection

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.

Rationalization

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one’s actions.

Displacement

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person, as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet.

Sublimation

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people re-channel their unacceptable impulses into socially approved activities.

Denial

= psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people refuse to believe or even to perceive painful realities.

Collective Unconscious

= Carl Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history.

Projective Test

= a personality test, such as the Rorschach or TAT, that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics.

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

= a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes.

Rorschach Inkblot Test

= the most widely used projective test, a set of 10 inkblots, designed by Hermann Rorschach; seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots.

Terror-management Theory

= a theory of death-related anxiety; explores people’s emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death.

THUS

People act not only to enhance their self-esteem but also to adhere more strongly to worldviews that answer questions about life’s meaning and move to maintain and hold on to close relationships

Self-actualization

= according to Maslow, one of the ultimate psychological needs that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one’s potential.

Unconditional Positive Regard

= according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person.

An attitude of grace, an attitude that values us even knowing our failings. Allow people to drop their pretenses, confess our worst feelings and discover that we are still accepted

Self-concept

= all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, “Who am I?”

Trait

= a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports.

Personality Inventory

= a questionnaire (often true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits.

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

= the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests. Originally developed to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use), this test is now used for many other screening purposes.

Empirically Derived Test

= a test (such as the MMPI) developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups.

Social-cognitive Perspective

= views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (including their thinking) and their social context.

Reciprocal Determinism

= the interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment.

Personal Control

= the extent to which people perceive control over their environment rather than feeling helpless.

External Locus of Control

= the perception that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate.

Internal Locus of Control

= the perception that you control your own fate.

Positive Psychology

= the scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Shares the goals of Humanists, but its methodology is scientific. Positive psychology studies positive emotions, positive character, & positive groups, communities, & cultures

Self

= in contemporary psychology, assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Spotlight Effect

= overestimating other’s noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders (as if we presume a spotlight shines on us).

Self-esteem

= one’s feelings of high or low self-worth.

Self-serving Bias

= a readiness to perceive oneself favorably.

Individualism

= giving priority to one’s own goals to over group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than than group identifications

Collectivism

= giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often one’s extended family or work group) and defining one’s identity accordingly.