PSY 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychosexual Development, 18 Months, Thematic Apperception Test
9 May 2018
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Psychology 1001 / Temple University
Chapter 14: Personality: How We Become Who We Are
Book and Lecture notes
Book: Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding (4th Edition) / Professor: Dr. Drabick
*Disclaimer: Most of the definitions used in this these notes are copied directly from the book. All sources listed on the last page. *
Notes by: Kirstin Ortiz
Personality – People’s typical ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
Trait – Relatively enduring predisposition that influences our behavior across many situations;
in part, account for consistency in our behavior across time and contexts
• One should be able to adapt their traits according to situational cues; if not they
may have a problem
Twin and Adoption Studies:
• Suggest many personality traits are heritable
• Point to a key role for non-shared environment
• Shared environment plays little to no role in adult personality
• Genes have indirect influence on traits and environment influences how traits are
displayed
Psychoanalytic theory: The controversial Legacy of Sigmund Freud and his followers:
• Important in the history of psychology and to establish basic principles, but
could not be tested so we cannot prove if they were correct
Psychoanalytic theory rests on 3 core assumptions:
• Psychic determinism
• Symbolic meaning
• Unconscious motivation
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Document Summary
Chapter 14: personality: how we become who we are. Book: psychology: from inquiry to understanding (4th edition) / professor: dr. drabick. *disclaimer: most of the definitions used in this these notes are copied directly from the book. Personality people"s typical ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Psychoanalytic theory: the controversial legacy of sigmund freud and his followers: Important in the history of psychology and to establish basic principles, but could not be tested so we cannot prove if they were correct. Psychoanalytic theory rests on 3 core assumptions: psychic determinism, symbolic meaning, unconscious motivation. Being angry at a partner but instead of expressing anger, expressing love. Different situations have the same physical reactions; e. g. Our heart races when we"re angry and when we"re anxious: projection unconscious attribution of our negative qualities onto others. I"m doing things right the problem is him/her: displacement directing an impulse from a socially unacceptable target onto a safer and more socially acceptable target.
