Humanistic
Abraham Maslow
What famous psychologist probably had a thing for his mom?
Freud
What is a personality inventory?
A test that tells the test taker their personality traits
What is reciprocal determinism?
The idea that behavior, cognition, and situation are the important factors that determine personality
What is personality?
The enduring behaviors and characteristics that determine how a person generally acts
Positive self concept
Id, ego, supergo
How effective is trait theory?
It is one of the most effective definitions of personality
What is the major complaint of this perspective?
It is extremely difficult to determine how important any one of the three factors are, and how they influence each other
What is the universal bank of ideas, images, and concepts that have been passed down through the generations from our ancestors called?
Collective unconscious
Person A constantly degrades and insults themselves. Person B ignores these comments and compliments them regardless. What is Person B demonstrating?
Unconditional positive regard
Which defense mechanism involves an individual going back to old behaviors?
Regression
What are the BIG FIVE?
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, Extraversion
What is the term for the belief that people's ideas should match their actions?
Congruence
What is temperament?
Inborn, genetic personality differences
Which psychologist would most likely agree with the phrase “Patients need to know that we accept their feelings and thoughts, no matter the choices they make"?
Carl Rogers
What is a neofreudian?
Someone who adapted Freud's teachings into the Psychodynamic perspective, essentially Psychoanalytic but without all of Freud's internal cravings left on the surface
More neuroticism tends to lead to what?
Anger, anxiety, irritability, depression
After failing a test, Stacy thinks "Teachers don’t like me, so I never pass classes like this.” She most likely has an...
External locus of control
What kind of culture is the USA?
Individualist
What is a major criticism of this perspective?
It is extremely vague, and does not provide definitions to its terms (such as "actual person" or "authentic experience")
The Oedipus complex occurs in which stage of the psychosexual development?
Phallic
What is the person-situation controversy?
Personality varies on person and situation, so is the individual or the situation more important?
Why do social-cognitive theorists assess realistic situations?
To more accurately measure how the behavior, situation or cognition influence the demonstrated personality
According to the findings of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, identical twins whether raised together or apart have what kind of personalities?
Very similar