On your turkey or a piece of paper1. What characteristics define you?

2. How are you different from others

3. What is most important to you

4. How did you develop your personality?

Complete this test

http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/psych101/LittleBig5B.htm

Link is on my webpage make sure you rate it!

Describe your personality

Personality

Definition of personality A. Organization of an individual’s distinguishing characteristics, traits, or

habits

B. Includes the individual’s unique way of

1. Thinking 2. Feeling 3. Behaving4. Experiencing the

environment

Tasks

1. analyze groups2. understand individuals3. study the personality process4. develop theories

A. Basic tools1. Observation2. interview3. peer rating4. self report personality tests

Objective tests

- individual answers questions with response options

Examples-

Projective tests

- individual answers questions with no response restrictions

Examples-

How accurate are personality tests?

Barnum principle

Listing general traits so that almost everyone who reads them thinks that the traits apply specifically to him or her.

( the traits are so general that they apply to everyone)

Validity VS Reliability

Validity measures what it is supposed to

measure

Reliability a person’s score on a test at one

point should be the similar to the score obtained by the same person on a similar test

 

Are the SAT’s valid and reliable?

AssignmentGoogle personality tests

Complete 2 personality testsOn a piece of paper1. Identify the test( name and

explanation) 2. identify if the tests were projective

or objective, 3. Is the test valid and reliable- explain

Answer two of the following

If you were an article of clothing- what would you be

If you were a natural scene- what would you be

If you were a means of conveyance- what would you be

If you were a plant- what would you be If you were a food item- what would you

be?

Make your own test

3 projective questions

3 objective questions

10 people must answer them by Friday, December 2

( get your relatives to do this!)

Overview of Theories

Psychoanalytic- we are who we are because of our childhood - we are ruled by our unconscious

Humanism

We have the freedom to grow and choose our own destiny

Social Cognitive Theories Personality is shaped by the

environment, cognitive personal factors, and behaviors. These things interact and influence how we evaluate, interpret, organize and apply information

Learning/Behaviorists

We are controlled by rewards and punishments

Trait theories

Personality is analyzed by measuring, identifying, and classifying similarities and differences in personality characteristics or traits

Psychoanalytic Theory

We are who we based on our childhood experiences and our unconscious mind

Instinctual Energy

Life Instinctself preservation

Death Instinct– Leads us to aggression and

destruction

– Write 2 examples of each

Levels of consciousness Conscious thought

– Thoughts that we are aware of

Preconscious thought– Thoughts that we are not

immediately aware of but can retrieve at will

Unconscious thought– Thoughts wishes and desires that we

cannot voluntarily access

Freudian Slips-– Mistakes we make when talking

which reflect our unconscious thoughts

Ways of understanding the mind Free Association

– Free flowing uncensored talk to provide clues to unconscious thought

Dream interpretation

based on the assumption that dreams have meaning that provide clues to the unconscious mind– Manifest content- actual images

– Latent content- what they mean

Common themesDeath-

Birth-

Running away-

Being in a car

Failing

Tuesday’s quiz

Projective vs objective tests Validity and reilabilityBarnum principleFreud’s psychoanalytic focus

- unconscious, preconscious, conscious thoughtLife and death instinct

Do this now…

Read page 436 and highlight

Rewrite highlighted information on top of page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnMGCUH-lLY

Personality structures

Id- – Demands immediate gratification– Operates on the pleasure principle– If it is not satisfied you feel like you

are missing out on things in life

Ego– Rational buffer between the id and

the super ego– Operates on the reality principle

Super Ego-– Incorporates morals, values and

standards– If it is not satisfied, you feel guilty

Defense Mechanisms

Defending the ego from experiencing anxiety about failing in its task

Displacement

Taking your feelings out on someone or something less threatening

Examples…

Repression

Blocking out unacceptable feelings or experiences and pushing them into the unconscious

Reaction Formation

Substituting unacceptable behaviors, thoughts or feelings with acceptable ones

Regression

Going back to an earlier less mature state

ex

Projection

Inner personal feeling are placed onto someone else

ex

Rationalizing

Covering up the true reason for doing things with excuses and incorrect explanations

Intellectualizing

Separating thought from feeling so feelings are not overwhelming

Complete defense mechanism I have used…

Demonstrate your understanding of defense mechanisms by…

Preparing a role play for 3 different defense mechanisms

You will be asked to act out one of the defense mechanisms for the class

How will you be graded? 5 points completed worksheet

5 points for being prepared when called on

5 points for properly demonstrating your defense mechanism

- extra credit will be given for humor

Psycho sexual stages of development

A. Biologically determined stages driven from birth by sexual instinct

B. Different zones of the body become sources of pleasure during different stages

C. Mal adaptive behavior in adults results from unresolved conflicts that originate at any of the stages

D. At any time in these stages, a conflict could cause fixation-

Oral Stage (birth – 18 months) - Sexual pleasure focuses on sucking, biting and chewing fixation is linked to excessive

drinking, gum chewing, biting nails, pencil chewing , excessive eating

Anal stage 18 months- 3 years

- sexual pleasure is derived during elimination of feces

If conflict is not resolved you become

Anal expulsiveMessy disorganized adults

Anal retentivehighly controlled, excessively neat

Phallic stage 3-6

- children seek genital stimulation and develop unconscious...desires towards the parent of the opposite sex

- children have feelings of ...hatred and jealousy for the rival parent of the same sex

Oedipus Complex

- found in boys, due to feelings of guilt and fear of the rival parent

- boys fear castration by their father

Electra Crisis

- penis envy which symbolically translates into wanting to have a child with their father

How do kids deal with this?

repression and trying to become like the rival parent

This provides gender identity and strengthens the super ego

IV. Latency ( 6- puberty) -the period of sexual repression in

late childhood

Genital Stage ( puberty – adulthood)

maturation of sexual interestmost choose sexual intercourse for

gratification

Using the magazines

Find a picture to represent each of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development

Identify the stage age Label the stage Explain why it demonstrates the

stage- I should be able to tell that you understand the stage