Personality
How many personalities does a mentally healthy person have?
One - this is what makes us unique.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Neurologist (Australian) and founder of psycho analysis.
What we are not currently aware of in our present mind, but can bring to mind quickly, is referred to as which area of our consciousness?
Preconscious/subconscious
In an experiment there are two types of variables that are used to measure if there is a cause and effect relationship. These variables are called
Independent and dependent
Has psychological research found that our genetics (nature) or heredity (nurture) exerts a stronger influence over the development
Genetics - nurture influences our personality more according to past research
What did Sigmund Freud say our mind could be likened to due to much of it remaining hidden?
An iceberg
This structure of personality is often referred to as the reality principle
The ego
What type of study is used when the groups who will be involved in this study are already pre-existing in society and can therefore be easily allocated to a control and an experimental group?
For a personality test to be accurate it has to be both ______ and ________
Reliable and valid
What are the 3 areas of personality according to Freud called?
Id, Ego, and Superego.
The psychosexual stages focused on various ages and stages in our development. The stage which focuses on when we develop our personal interests and hobbies is called ...
The latency stage
The type of data that is often impacted by bias, such as a self-report or interview, can be referred to as _____________ data
subjective data
What Latin word does personality come from?
Persona.
According to Freud, where are our unacceptable urges and desires kept?
In our unconscious.
During the oral stage in Freud's psychosexual stages - if a person developed a fixation during this stage what might be some common behaviours we might see
nail biting, smoking, sucking thumb, alcoholism or drug-taking, eating disorder, excessive gum chewing etc
When we gather qualitative data by asking a series of questions to a group of experts until we reach consensus in their responses this is called
The Delphi Technique
How many personality temperaments are associated with bodily fluids?
Four - choleric, sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic
According to Freud, what do defense mechanism in the brain do?
Help reduce internal stress.
The defence mechanism which pushes our threatening memories to the back of our unconscious to protect us is called
Repression
This technique of converting data from a focus group from a qualitative form to a quantitative form by grouping/coding the comments into themes and then counting how many time each comment fits into themes. This process is called
Content analysis