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PSYCHOLOGYMr. Childers – Room 311

Fall Semester 2013

Grand Teton National Park

Journal 10/7/131. Look at your personality test from Friday.

What is one thing that you agree with from the test and one thing you disagree with. Explain why?

Unit 2: Personality – Day 8Troublesome Behavior Patterns

INDEPENDENTWORK EXPECTATION

Announcements

• No new reading this week• Make flashcards for all of the key terms on the

study guide (will pass out tomorrow in class).• Flashcards are due Friday• Personality Unit Test is on Wednesday of next

week.

Tutoring Schedule This Week

• Tuesday: 2:50 – 3:30– Topic is planning your schedule

• Wednesday: 2:50 – 3:30– Topic is study skills and making flashcards

• Thursday: 2:50 – 3:30– Topic is outlining a chapter

Conferences Next Tuesday

• If you have a D or an F, I will either be calling home or sending an email to schedule a conference. This is in order to help you improve, not to tell your parents you are not doing well.

Journal Troublesome Behavior Patterns

Scenarios

Today’s Objective: IWBAT apply troublesome behavior patterns to life situations.

Closing

Table of Contents

10/7: Personality and Troublesome Behavior Patterns

Extraversion v. Introversion Extraversion Introversion Outgoing, bold, talkative, energetic, assertive

Withdrawn, timid, silent, reserved, shy

Agreeableness v. Antagonism

Agreeable AntagonistWarm, kind, cooperative, trusting, generous

Cold, unkind, uncooperative, suspicious, stingy

Conscientiousness v. Dis inhibition Conscientiousness Disinhibition Reliable, practical, hardworking, organized, careful

Unreliable, impractical, lazy, disorganized, negligent

Neuroticism v. Emotional Stability Neuroticism Emotional Stability Tense, unstable, discontented, irritable, insecure

Relaxed, stable, contented, imperturbable, secure,

Openness v. Closedness Openness Closedness Imaginative, curious, reflective, creative, sophisticated

Unimagtive, uninquisitive, unreflective, uncreative, unsophisticated

The Top Ten Troublesome Behavior Patterns

Very Low E: Two Eccentric Loners

• Schizoid: Detached from social relationships, restricted range of emotional expression.

• Schizotypal: Actively dislike other people (Combo of low A and low N)

Very Low E

• Schizotypal: Actively dislike other people (Combo of low A and low N)

Bobby Fisher: After 9/11: “This is all wonderful news..I applaud the act…F-ck the US. I want to see the US wiped out.”

Very High E

Histrionics: Risk taking, high impulsivity, desire to paid attention to. Sexual behavior that is attention seeking.

Low A Patterns:

• Paranoids: Pattern of distrust and suspicion. (Cold and detached- Low E, Insistent on opinions- signs of low O, Easily angered-sign of high N).

Low A

• Narcissists: Sense of invulnerability, illusion of superiority, crushed by failure. Willing to put others down to build themselves up, celebrate even the littlest success.

Example: Ralph Nader

Low A

• Anti-social: Pattern of the disregard for and violation of right of others.

Example: OJ Simpson

Low A

• No Country for Old Men Clip.

Very High C • Compulsives: A pattern of preoccupation with

orderliness, perfectionism and control.

High N

• Avoidant: Feelings of vulnerability, yet eager to socialize. Reluctant to take personal risks.

Example: William Shawn, the editor of the New Yorker

The difference between Schizoids and Avoidant is that Schizoids have low N and Avoidant have high N.

High N

• Dependents: Feelings of vulnerability, fear of taking care of oneself. Deep sense of insecurity.

High N

• Borderlines: Unstable self image or sense of self.

Case Studies

Table of Contents10/4: Big Five Personality Traits

Outlining a Chapter

Reading/Notes

• Read pg. 50 and 51• Outline• Make sure you understand the Big Five

Personality Traits

Chapter 2 Reading Quiz

• Answer the questions as best you can