PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Barnum Effect, Existentialism, Heritability
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Psychodynamics: psychoanalysis, personality theory and method of psychotherapy, emphasis on unconscious motives and conflicts, psychodynamic: explains personality in terms of dynamics of unconscious energy within the individual, how our unconscious thoughts affect our behaviour. I(cid:374)ter(cid:374)alizatio(cid:374) of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s rules a(cid:374)d restri(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s: violations of rules produce moral anxiety and guilt, ex: the guilt you feel after eating a bag of chips ego. Just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g happe(cid:374)ed (cid:271)efore so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g else does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) it caused it. Modern study of personality: many unscientific tests of personality still exist today- e. g. the myers-briggs type. Indicator: objective inventories, standardized questionnaires requiring written responses, scales on which people are asked to rate themselves, minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi, multidimensional personality questionnaire (mpq) Genetic influences on personality: genetic contributions to personality are measured by, studying personality traits in other species, studying temperaments of infants and children, heritability studies of twins and adopted individuals.
