PSYC-1105EL Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Sigmund Freud, Electra Complex, Oedipus Complex
9 Apr 2015
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Personality an individuals characteristic patter of thinking feeling and acting. Self-report asking person a series of questions about his/her own behaviour. Peer reports asking friends or family to comment someones behaviour. Projective tests designed to reveal hidden aspects of personality by responses made to open- ended ambiguous tests. Empirically derived developed by testing many individuals and choosing items that are different between groups. Why is it important to have research-based tests? be as objective as possible. Researchers have discovered that give trait dimensions describe personality well. Internal locus of control perception that you control you fate. External locus of control perception that chance/outside forces not in your control determine you fate. Learned helplessness hopeless, passive resignation that occurs when a person or animal exhibits when unable to avoid repeated aversive events. Unconscious mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Psychoanalysis treat psychological disorders by exploring the unconscious. Pleasure principle: if not constrained, id seeks immediate gratification.
