Psychology - Chapter 14 - Important Concepts - Part 2

Neo-Freudian theories share what with Freud’s original theory?

How do Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud’s original theory?

For Adler, the principle motive in human personality was what?

Inferiority complex is a popular term coined by who?

What was an issue with Adler’s theory?

Freud’s version of the unconscious for Jung was called what?

This theory accounts for cultural similarities in myths and legends.

These explain the similarities across people in their emotional reactions to many features of the world, such as the mother, godess, mandala.

What was an issue with Jung’s theory?

First major feminist personality theorist.

Instead of penis envy, Karen Horney believed that women’s sense of inferiority stemmed from what?

When does Horney believe the Oedipus complex occurs?

Behavioural theories of personality were pioneered by who??

What was a major corroborance between behavioural theories of personality and psychoanalytic theory?

What do behaviourists reject from Freud’s theory?

Behaviourists do not beliee that personality plays a role in ________ behaviour, but rather that personality ________ of behaviours

For radical behaviourists, our personalities are bundles of _______ acquired by _______ and ________ conditioning.

Radical behavioursists view personality as under the control of what two major influences?

Although Skinner and Freud would have agreed that we are unconscious of the reasons we do what we do, how did they differ on this point?

These theorists emphasize thinking as a cause of personality

Social learning theorists emphasize ________ ________ - the tendency for people to mutually influence each otehr’s behaviour.

Social learning theorists propose that much of the learning that occurs is due to ____________ learning.

People with an ______ locus of control believe that life events are due largely to their own efforts and personal characteristics.

People with an _________ locus of control believe that life events are largely a product of chance and fate.

A person with an internal locus of control is more likely to suffer emotional upset after life's stressors. True or False?

For social learning theorists, all forms of psychological distress are associated with an locus of control.

How does the claim of observational learning being a major driver of personality match up?

What is the third fore of personality?

Purported to detect people's personality traits by measuring the patterns of bumps on their heads.

claimed to detect people's personality traits from their facial characteristics.

Who came up with the somatypes?

Describe Sheldon's mesomorphs.

Describe Sheldon's ectomorphs?

Refers to the consistency of measurments.

Extent to which a test measure what it purports to.

The building of the MMPI, was done with which method of test construction?

Tendencies to distort responses to items.

making ourselves look better than we really are

making ourselves appear psychologically disturbed

What is the use of validity scales?

What is the most widely administered personality test in the world?

Projective tests apparently circumvent respondent's _ - provide valuable information concerning unconscious conflicts.

Which projective test uses impressionistic basis for evaluation?

Inspecting the content of the examinee's story and analyzing it using clinical intuition alone

Psychological interpretation of handwriting.

What is a major common pitfall of personality assessment?

What is a major reason why some practitioners believe projective tests are effective?