PSY 110 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Test Cricket, Sigmund Freud, Classical Conditioning
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Personality is the scientific study of stable characteristics that differentiate people. Trait/state distinction: personality psychology: trait, internal, stable, typical, social psychology: state, external, unstable, situational, there is the trait or state of aggressiveness. Freud (brief history): an austrian born in 1856 (american civil war time). Austria became partly anti-semitic, since he was a jew he was able to flee to london. Id (pleasure principle): completely unconscious, baby is motivated by id completely. Id means you seek pleasure and avoid pain; very emotional: ego (reality principle): mostly unconscious; guided by the id. It attracts us because it pushes us to wholeness, like the mandala: anima: feminine side, animus: masculine side. Personality is learned through: classical conditioning, you"re aggressi(cid:448)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause your dad (cid:449)as aggressi(cid:448)e. Carl rogers (2 big ideas): one of the first to not be a medical doctor. Biological approach to personality (more genetics than environment) Twins: same genetics different environments yet same traits.
