PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reality Principle, Unconscious Mind, Hermann Rorschach

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Current definition of personality study: a person"s typical pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving. E. g. , optimistic optimistic when young, optimistic when older; optimistic in class, optimistic at home: 2. Distinctiveness distinct personalities that differentiates us from one another e. g. , stuck in elevator one person might panicking, another might start telling jokes, another person might start problem-solving - exemplifies different personalities acting unconscious motivations influence personality fulfillment. Personality is our characteristics pattern of thinking, feeling and. Psychoanalytic theory proposed that childhood sexuality and. Humanistic approach focuses on our inner capacities for growth and. Trait theories examine characteristic patterns of behaviour (traits) Social cognitive theories explore the interaction between people traits (including their thinking) and their social context. Psychoanalytic specific theory of personality developed by freud (1856 1939) Psychoanalytic vs psychodynamic: psychoanalytic original freudian theory, psychodynamic offshoot of freudian theory (jung, adler, etc). Takes freud"s theory and alters it a little bit. Overall: we are governed by unconscious conflicts.