Introduction to Personality Theories and Issues

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Decks in this class (19)

1. Introduction
Personality,
Theory,
Five perspectives on personality ...
31  cards
2. Freud (Psychoanalysis)
Name of freud s psychological soc...,
How was freud s relationship with...,
How was freud s relationship with...
115  cards
3. Adler (Individual Psychology)
What is the central assumption of...,
Striving for success,
Striving for superiority
17  cards
4. Jung (Analytical Psychology)
Basic assumption,
Collective unconscious,
Personal unconscious
32  cards
5. Klein (Object Relations Theory)
Basic assumption,
Psychic representations of extern...,
Ego
24  cards
6. Horney (Psychoanalytic Social Theory)
Basic assumption,
Cause of basic anxiety,
How to combat anxiety
20  cards
7. Erikson (Post-Freudian Theory)
Epigenetic principle,
Components of stages of development,
1 infancy
15  cards
8. Fromm (Humanistic Psychology)
Basic assumption,
Relatedness,
Transcendence
25  cards
9. Maslow (Holistic-Dynamic Theory)
Basic assumption,
Hierarchy of needs,
Non conative needs
18  cards
10. Rogers (Person-Centered Theory)
Positive regard,
Positive self regard,
Formative tendency
20  cards
11. May (Existential Psychology)
Basic tenet of existentialism,
Dasein being in the world,
Umwelt
29  cards
12. Allport (Psychology of the Individual)
Definition of personality,
Common traits,
Individual traits personal dispos...
15  cards
13. McCrae and Costa (Five Factor Theory)
Factor analysis,
Five factor traits,
Components of five factor theory ...
11  cards
14. Eysenck (Biologically Based Factor Theory)
Three dimensions of personality,
Evidence of dimensions of persona...,
Biological cause of extraversion
6  cards
15. Buss (Evolutionary Theory of Personality)
Three outcomes of evolutionary pr...,
Adaptations,
By products
21  cards
16. Skinner (Behavioural Analysis)
Type of behaviour that can be stu...,
Human behavior shaped by three fo...,
Operant conditioning
12  cards
17. Bandura (Social Cognitive Theory)
Criteria for observational learni...,
Enactive learning,
Triadic reciprocal causation model
15  cards
18. Rotter and Mischel (Cognitive Social Learning Theory)
Rotter s theory of behaviour,
Basic prediction formula,
General prediction formula
14  cards
19. Kelly (Personal Constructs)
Constructive alternativism,
Basic postulate,
Construction corollary
18  cards

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