Psychology 101 - Study Guide

Chapt. 13 - Personality - Matlin

Dr. David L. Carpenter 

Rev. 09/99

I. Personality

A. The Psychodynamic Approach

B. The Humanistic Approach

C. The Trait Approach

D. The Social Cognitive Approach

II. The Psychodynamic Approach - Psychoanalytic
     Approach

A. The Structure of Personality

1. Id

2. Ego

3. Superego

4. Conscious

5. Unconscious

B. Freud's Methods

1. Free Association

2. Manifest Content

3. Latent Content

C. Stages of Psychosexual Development

1. Erogenous zones

2. Fixation

3. Oral Stage

4. Anal Stage

5. Phallic Stage

6. Oedipus Complex

7. Latency Stage

8. Genital Stage

D. Defense Mechanisms - (5)

E. Freudian Theory and Women

F. Other Psychodynamic Theorists

1. Jung's Theory

a. Collective Unconscious

2. Horney's Theory

3. Object-Relations Approach

G. Psychodynamic Theory and Projective
    Tests

1. The Rorschach Inkblot Test

2. The Thematic Apperception Test

3. Evaluation of Projection Tests

H. Evaluation of the Psychoanalytic
    Approach - masochistic

III. The Humanistic Approach

A. Rogers's Person-Centered Approach

1. Self-Actualization

2. Personality Development

a. Conditional Positive
    Regard

b. Unconditional Positive
    Regard

B. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5)

C. Evaluation of the Humanistic Approach

IV. The Trait Approach

A. Allport's Trait Theory

1. Cardinal Trait

2. Central Trait

3. Secondary Trait

B. The Five-Factor Model (Big Five Traits)

C. The Person-Situation Debate

1. Mischel's Position

2. Factors related to Consistency

3. Conclusions about Person-
    Situation Debate

D. The Biological Basis of Individual
    Differences

1. Heritability

2. Subjective Well-being

3. Sensation Seeking

E. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
    Inventory (MMPI)

F. Evaluation of the Trait Approach

V. The Social Cognitive Approach

A. Origins of the Social Cognitive
    Approach-

B. Observational Learning

C. Reciprocal Influences

D. Self-Efficacy

E. In Depth: Cross-Cultural Views of the
    Self

1. Individualistic (Independent)
    Cultures

2. Collectivistic (Interdependent)
    Cultures

3. Triads

F. Evaluation of the Social Cognitive
    Approach

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