[PSYC 111] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (47 pages long!)
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Trait theory: theories of personality that focus on how personality result from specidic traits, like extraversion. Self-actualization: a state of being in which one is at peace with oneself and w others. one has achieved a meaningful and satisfying life. characteristics (per maslow) Spontaneous and natural, can nd childlike delight at the ordinary. Indp in thought and action, needs privacy but also has a few good friends and feels connected to others. Becomes absorbed in missions or causes maslow in a nutshell : (pyramid) 1. self-actualization: esteem (respect from others/ self, belongingness (basic social needs) 4. safety (shelter: physiological (basic needs eg air etc) Rogers theory: personality is shaped by the need for self-actualization, and positive regard from others. Unconditional positive regard: one receives unquali ed love and acceptance from others. Conditional positive regard: love and acceptance from others is contingent upon ones behavior. only unconditional positive regard allows an indv to become fully-realized/self-actualized person.
