PY 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Terror Management Theory, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Unconditional Positive Regard

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 101
• Professor: Evan Kennedy

Document Summary

Psychosexual development (oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital phase ) Presence of parenting matters more than styles. Nothing is really there you are intended to project yourself into how you see it. People with high self-esteem are higher, but not necessarily more successful. Unconditional positive regard (no matter what you do, the person knows that you will always love them) If something goes against us, then we think it is something about the situation. Traits are remarkably stable across the life span. We adapt our personalities to our life. If you are a 60-year-old extrovert, you probably are not going out to the bars every friday night. Instead, you may go visit friends, or have a extrovert posi- tion at work. Sociometer theory: self-esteem monitors the likelihood of exclusion. Terror management theory: self-esteem protects from anxiety about mortality. Not matter the situation, everyone will act the same at a funeral things like this are programmed in us.