Erik Erikson
The first of Eriksons Psychosocial Stages of Personality Development, this VS battle considers if a child is able to feel like their surivial needs are being met by a parent/caregiver.
What is Trust vs Mistrust
People on the high end of this spectrum are unconventional and independent thinkers. People at the low end prefer the familiar.
What is Openness
The anxiety principle that includes our anxieties surrounding the superego attempting to appease the ideologies of ourselves and of society.
What is Moral Anxiety
I was not a psychologist, but I hated what Freud had to say about how our personalities developed. So I read some books, changed my name to sound more German, moved to the psychology center of the world, and developed my own Theory of Personality Development that would act as the basis for Personality Development today! Take that Sigmund!
Who is Erik Erikson
A major criticism of which theory stated that there is little evidence for any cross-situational consistency in how people will behave.
What is Trait Theory
The third Stage of Eriksons Psychosocial Stages of Personality Development, this stage is paramount in determining if children readily engage with their peers or feel inferiority after being forced to engage with them.
What is Initiative vs Guilt
I am helpful, trusting, and sympathetic. I score high on this Big 5 Personality Trait
What is Agreeableness
This component of attachment theory denotes a fear of ______ this 11 letter word meaning to be left behind.
What is Abandonment
Don't confuse me with that Maslow guy, he created the Hierarchy of needs, while my Hierarchy of Needs focused on our INDIVIDUAL needs as the basis for why we behave in a given way, depending on the situation that is...
Who is Henry Murray
One of the primary research areas to come out of the Neo-Freudian Era was that of coping skills. Coping skills are learned and intentional while this area of dealing with anxiety is unconscious and often built into our personalities.
What are Defense Mechanisms?
Scoring low on this Big 5 Personality trait is indicative of an individual who is more vulnerable than most to anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.
What is Neuroticism
What is Neurotic Anxiety
Formerly Freuds protege I branched off to focus on my work on dreams and the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung
In the world of Achievement Research, individuals who lean toward this type of Achievement Goal are more likely to see their peers as competition, and feel accomplishment from task completion.
What are Performance Goals
At the end of our lives Erikson stated we are in a stage of Ego Integrity vs Despair. When we lean towards Ego Integrity it can be said that we...
My batteries feel recharged and replenished after a night out with by closest friends!
What is Extroversion
This component of attachment theory describes the level of fear we have about being intimate with others.
What is Closeness
Deeply entrenched in trait theory, while still bringing a bit of Freudian theory with me, I am the father of the lesser known "Individual Psychology". My focus was on the idea that all of our motivations are based in striving for superiority and the influence parental upbringing has on our adult self.
Who is Alfred Adler
People who receive achievement goals who retain information longer, choose more challenging tasks, and work together with others to achieve common goals are operating under this principle.
What are Mastery Goals
Erikson loved a good crisis, this sportscar buying, mountain climbing, bad haircut and flashy cloths stage of our lives is known as the Generativity vs Stagnation stage.
What is the Midlife Crisis
People on the high end are organized, plan oriented, and determined. Individuals on the low end are careless, easily distracted, and undependable
What is Conscientiousness
What is Reality Anxiety
Who is Gordan Alport
This is the number of multiple choice questions you will have on your exam.
What is 25!