Development
First comprehensive theory of cognitive development
Piaget's Theory
_____ is when a parent provides enough support to help the child learn the thing
scaffolding
Common experiences influencing personality among individuals.
Five core traits defining personality structure.
The Big Five
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Controversial test with questionable reliability and validity.
Integrating new information into existing schemas
Assimilation
Understanding that others have different perspectives
Theory of Mind
Unique experiences affecting personality not shared with others.
Nonshared environmental factors
Study of personality based on facial features.
Physiognomy
Developed concepts of collective unconscious and archetypes.
Carl Jung
Gena changes her ideas of a schema of a new country she visits. She is engaging in
Accommodation
Jake is a teenager and likes to partake in risky behaviors. He is experiencing
Adolescent impulsivity
Focuses on unconscious motivations and psychic determinism.
Psychoanalytic theory
Study different ages at one point in time.
Cross-sectional design
person that challenged Freud's views on women, emphasizing security needs.
Karem Horney
Alex is 13 months old. He is still in the _____ stage
sensorimotor
Jonah is 12 months old. He is really scared of strangers. He is experiencing
Stranger Anxiety
Basic instincts operating on the pleasure principle.
Id
Medications may alter personality traits.
Psychopharmacological personality change
Proposed free will and self-actualization as core motives.
Carl Rogers
Julia is a baby. Her dad went behind a curtain and then she starts crying. She is experiencing
object permanence
brain region linked to emotions and reward processing
limbic system
Decision maker operating on the reality principle.
Ego
Controversial test with questionable reliability and validity.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Widely researched personality test with 567 items.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)