Psych 331 Final Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

Psych 331 Final Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ -Intro to theories and personality- Define personality • no single definition of personality • "persona" -- Latin for "mask" came from theater • "personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person's behavior" • defined in terms of social attractiveness • personality is the dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that unique influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations. -Intro to theories and personality- Why multiple theories? -Intro to theories and personality- List and describe the criteria of a useful theory • Generates: a good theory provides researches with new questions to formulate more research • Falsifiable: a good theory is precise enough that researches can generate research that can either confirm or deny it • Organize: a good theory should also help coordinate all compatible data • Guides action: provides structure to answer practical questions • Internally consistent: a good theory does not use two separate terms to refer to the same concept • Parsimonious: good theories use the simplest complete explanation Sigmund Freud What type of theorist was Sigmund Freud? Sigmund Freud Describe the 3 conflicting components of the personality: ID, EGO, SUPEREGO ID • drive to bring please • bio component • governed by the pleasure principle • demand to take care of the organism immediately • satisfy basic urges: eat, drink, sex • ex hungry infant crying head off but knows it wants food and wants it now • immediate gratification • this don't satisfy actual organism so the need gets stronger and the wish keeps coming for food or something you want or need so it demands more and more of your attention to where you can't think about anything else. this drive is breaking into your consciousness. Some of the ID becomes ego. • act on ID alone when born• we learn to suppress this desire of the ID and realize that a person can't have whatever they want whenever they want • we learn we need to act and behave in accordance with reality • ex of product of ID = spontaneous, self-centered, hedonistic • inability or unwillingness to suppress desires of ID ego • works to control ID impulses • relates organism to reality by means of the consciousness and awareness and the ID is 100% unconscious but the EGO is conscious and aware • EGO searches for objects that satisfy wishes or needs that the ID creates for the organism. problem solving = secondary processing