PSY230H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thematic Apperception Test, Defence Mechanisms, Experience Sampling Method
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Ego forces: things that provide a sense of identity or self". Biological being: we each have a unique genetic, physical, physiological, and temperament. Conditioning and shaping: our experiences and environments change us. Traits, skills, and predispositions: differ among individuals. Spiritual dimension: makes us consider our own existence. Interaction: ongoing process between the person and everything else. Relative self: the philosophical idea that there is no underlying self but that the true self is composed merely of masks. Idiographic: involved in the study of individual cases. Barnum effect: the tendency to believe in the accuracy of vague generalities about one"s personality. On overview of the eight basic aspects of personality: Psychoanalytic: attention to unconscious influences, importance of sexual drives even in non-sexual spheres. Neo-analytic/ego: emphasis on the self as it struggles to cope with emotions and drives on the inside and demands of others on the outside. Biological: focus on the tendencies and limits imposed by biological inheritance.
