PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Isabel Briggs Myers, Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Delroy Paulhus

Document Summary

Chapter 14: personality biological influences: genetic temperament, ans reactivity, brain activity psychological influences: learned responses, unconscious thought, expectations, interpretations socio-cultural influences, childhood experiences, situational influences, cultural expectations, social support. Personality: characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting psychoanalytic theory childhood sexuality & unconscious motives humanistic approach inner capacities for growth & self-fulfillment trait theories examine characteristic patterns of behaviour social cognitive theories interactions between traits & social context. Psychodynamic theories: view personality w/ focus on unconscious & childhood experiences. Bmp to unconscious motives & conflicts (treats psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions) free association: exploring the unconscious by relaxing and saying whatever comes to mind repress: forcibly block unsettling thoughts from conscious. Unconscious: reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, memories // info processing of which we are unaware. Conscious: thoughts of which we are presently aware. Personality structure id: unconscious energy, strives to satisfy sexual & aggressive drives.