It’s dark
Freud’s two methods used to get insight to the unconscious
Dream analysis/free association
my child doesn’t drink
Denial
Two main humanists
Maslow/Rogers
Statistical procedure to identify clusters of basic components
Factor analysis
”Me” instead of “We”
Individualism/collectivist
Girls version of the Oedipus Complex
Electra Complex
“Pot calling the kettle black”
Projection
Two strengths and two criticisms of humanism
does not recognize evil
self-esteem important
influential
self-absorbing
Trait theories __________personality but do not ________________personality.
Describe/explain
our sense of competence on a task
self efficacy
Immediate gratification regardless of consequences
Pleasure principle
Wife yells at husband after a bad day at work
Displacement
When people are accepting they offer this
Unconditional positive regard
Empirically derived to find abnormality
MMPI
Interpretation of your environment affects your behavior, or was it the other way around?
Reciprocal determinism
Arise when the ego is weak.
Defense mechanisms
“Peeping Tom” becomes a photographer for Playboy
Sublimation
Four characteristics of a self-actual idea person
Autonomous
problem-centered
appreciates simple things in life
sense of humor
values privacy
Psychics and astrology readers depend on this
Barnum Effect
Why isn’t anybody noticing this ridiculous Barry Manilow T-shirt?
Spotlight effect
Three neo Freudians and their basic theories
Adler-inferiority complex
Jung-collective unconscious
Horney-childhood anxiety triggers need for love and security
Underlies all of the other defense mechanisms by banishing anxiety from consciousness
Repression
Humanists believe this is the central feature of personality, or response to “who am I?”
Self-concept
first to describe personality as fundamental traits
Gordon Allport
If I do well on the test it is because I studied and worked hard, if I do poorly it is because Mrs. Anderson did not prepare us.
Self-serving bias