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“Tell me about yourchildhood”

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Mommy didn’t breast feed you, so now you can’t stop biting your nails.

According to Freud, you became fixated during this stage.

What is the oral stage?

“Ewww … girls are icky,” said the seven-year-old in this psychosexual

stage.

What is latency?

“You’re so neat, and I’m so messy. Freud would say we both had problems during this stage.”

What is the anal stage?

“Pick up your own clothes. What am I? Your mother,” said the angry wife. Well, according to Freud, the husband may have never overcome

the Oedipus complex during this stage.

What is the phallic stage?

“I love Mommy, but I’m not going to risk losing my prized possession,”

said the Id to the Ego. “Ego, you start acting like Daddy!” This is the

fear that Freud believed to be at work in bringing a resolution to the

Oedipus complex.

What is castration anxiety?

It is defined as a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a

variety of situations.

What is a personality trait?

People who are outgoing, sociable, and upbeat score high on this trait in

the Five-Factor model.

What is extraversion?

People who are diligent, disciplined, well-organized, punctual, and

dependable score high on this factor.

What is conscientiousness?

People who are anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and

vulnerable score high on this factor.

What is neuroticism?

This person is a leading proponent of the biological view of personality.

He believed that all aspects of personality emerge from just three

higher-order traits that are “determined to a large extent by a

person’s genes.”

Who is Hans Eysenck?

“I could have done better on the test, but I wasn’t feeling well” is an

example of this defense mechanism.

What is rationalization?

Punching a hole in the wall after an argument with your girlfriend is an example of this defense mechanism.

What is displacement?

“You are so sarcastic!” said the person who doesn’t want to admit that they are overly sarcastic. An

example of this defense mechanism.

What is projection?

The 12-year-old curled up in a corner and sucked his thumb. He

had just got home after an embarrassing encounter with a girl at the mall. This is an example of this

defense mechanism.

What is regression?

Chris ran ten miles on Sunday after another miserable blind date on

Saturday. This is an example of this defense mechanism.

What is sublimation?

This is at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It is an essential

component of humanistic theory.

What is self-actualization?

If your real self and your ideal self are mostly the same, this is what Carl Rogers would say about the

condition of your self-concept. (A specific term.)

What is being congruent?

If you have to behave well and live up to expectations in order to receive

affection from your family, Carl Rogers would say you have received

this.

What is conditional love (positive regard)?

This is the assumption that one has to appreciate individuals’ personal,

subjective experiences to truly understand their behavior. In other words, your beliefs become your

reality.

What is the phenomenological perspective?

This doesn’t belong in the category, but I needed one more item in this

column. According to Jung, this part of the unconscious contains inherited ancient memory traces and symbols shared by all peoples in all cultures.

and are thought forms that have universal meaning.

What is the collective unconscious?

He is a leading proponent of Social Cognitive theory, a departure from

strict radical behaviorism.

Who is Albert Bandura?

These are the three main factors that determine one’s personality

according to this theory.

What are behavior, the environment, and personal/cognitive factors?

This refers to one’s belief about one’s ability to perform behaviors

that should lead to expected outcomes. An important personal factor (belief) according to Social

Cognitive theory.

What is self-efficacy?

This is the idea that internal mental events, external environmental events, and overt behaviors all

influence one another.

What is reciprocal determinism?

This person maintains that behavior is characterized by more situational

specificity than consistency. In other words, personality doesn’t have much validity as a concept.

Who is Walter Mischel?