PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Tantrum, Intellectualization, Reality Principle
Document Summary
Unique and relatively stable pattern of thoughts, feelings and actions. Personality: develops overtime, both learned and genetic, consistency over situations and time. Observations: direct observation with set of evaluation guidelines. Objective tests: test takers self-report on paper and pencil questionnaires. Projective tests: test takers respond to ambiguous stimuli. Take an empirical approach to personality test development. Questions are chosen because previous research has shown that questions were answered differently by groups of people who differ in personality characteristics. Uses ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots, which allow the test taker to project his/her unconscious thoughts onto the test material. Personality is rooted in unconscious conflicts between our desires and our actual experiences. 4 key concepts: levels of consciousness, personality structure, defense mechanisms, psychosexual stages of personality development. Conscious mind: open and easy to see. Preconscious mind: contains info that can be viewed with a little extra effort. Unconscious mind: completely hidden from personal inspection.
