Psychology of Personality Exam 1 (Shim) Questions
and Answers
Psychology Personality - Answers-The scientific study of the psychological forces that
make people uniquely themselves
.anti wish - Answers-when you have a dream that is the opposite of what you want and
this dream keeps you in check (for example, "I had a dream about stealing. I will never
do that!")
.bereavement exclusion - Answers-A stipulation in which people who have experienced
the loss of a significant loved one would not be given the diagnosis of major depression
within the first 2 months of the loss. This exclusion was removed from the DSM-5.
.paradigm - Answers-a model; an example
.Public Self - Answers-The personality or traits you wish to convey to the rest of the
world; how you want to be seen
the awareness of the self as seen by the world
.Private Self - Answers-The personality or traits you keep within; the side of you, you
may deem unfit for the rest of society to view
the tendency to introspect and reflect on thoughts/feelings
.Creative Illusionism - Answers-Observing a particular behaviors or traits, and proposing
a theory from these observations, often self-reflective. Theorists then look to validate
these theories by observing them in others (consensual validation)
.Components of Adequate Theories - Answers-"Reality", "Normal" & Pathological
Processes, Change Process & Development. Serve as a "road map" to the human
psyche
.Personality/Character - Answers-includes (but not limited to): behavior, thoughts,
feelings
a reliable set of characteristics that dictate how you interact with the world
.nomothetic - Answers-Seeking to formulate laws; can describe a wide range of people.
Aristole had this type of theory
.idiographic - Answers-pertaining to an individual case; describes a single person. May
be enough to refute a common law. Galileo has this type of theory
, .psychic determinism (FREUD) - Answers-Events have observable and non-observable
characteristics; everything happens with a reason, known or unknown, especially
related to psychological events
The idea that the mind is an active system
Every action is determined by unconscious mental processes!
.parapraxis - Answers-Everyday psychosis; something irrational that has some
unconscious reasoning and is unknown unless further explored; reveals repressed
motives (eg. slip of a tongue)
.Free association - Answers-Method of psychoanalysis in which an individual says
everything that comes to mind, and the therapist is out of view. Helps uncover the
unconscious meanings of things.
.Topographical Theory - Answers-One of Freud's Theory involving the different mental
processes including: Conscious, Preconscious, Censor System (Defense Mechanisms),
Unconscious & Repressed
.Conscious - Answers-The thoughts of your brain that you are currently aware of
.Unconscious - Answers-Majority of your brains thoughts; involves those thoughts you
are not conscious of, and are not easily brought into consciousness
(the deeper part of the mind, where useless and scary deep dark things are stored here
--- has defense mechanisms here: 1) REPRESSION 2) DENIAL)
.Repressed Content - Answers-Part of your unconscious where painful events are
stored, very DEEP in your unconscious (basically forget that this area exists)
.Defense Mechanisms - Answers-the brain's censor system; that distorts reality, and
prevents unconscious thoughts from surfacing in an unacceptable way ( rather alternate
routes are formed). Part of censorship
.Denial - Answers-A type of defense mechanism in which unconsciously motivated
negation occurs. People convince themselves that something did not happen and truly
believe it. Children deal with trauma in this way
.Repression - Answers-A type of defense mechanism in which you suppress negative
emotions or painful moments so far into your unconscious, that you no longer remember
the event, unless extensive therapy is done.
.Unacceptable Impulse - Answers-A thought or urge you have that is so abhorrent it is
immediately repressed; sometimes the repression results in physical symptoms
and Answers
Psychology Personality - Answers-The scientific study of the psychological forces that
make people uniquely themselves
.anti wish - Answers-when you have a dream that is the opposite of what you want and
this dream keeps you in check (for example, "I had a dream about stealing. I will never
do that!")
.bereavement exclusion - Answers-A stipulation in which people who have experienced
the loss of a significant loved one would not be given the diagnosis of major depression
within the first 2 months of the loss. This exclusion was removed from the DSM-5.
.paradigm - Answers-a model; an example
.Public Self - Answers-The personality or traits you wish to convey to the rest of the
world; how you want to be seen
the awareness of the self as seen by the world
.Private Self - Answers-The personality or traits you keep within; the side of you, you
may deem unfit for the rest of society to view
the tendency to introspect and reflect on thoughts/feelings
.Creative Illusionism - Answers-Observing a particular behaviors or traits, and proposing
a theory from these observations, often self-reflective. Theorists then look to validate
these theories by observing them in others (consensual validation)
.Components of Adequate Theories - Answers-"Reality", "Normal" & Pathological
Processes, Change Process & Development. Serve as a "road map" to the human
psyche
.Personality/Character - Answers-includes (but not limited to): behavior, thoughts,
feelings
a reliable set of characteristics that dictate how you interact with the world
.nomothetic - Answers-Seeking to formulate laws; can describe a wide range of people.
Aristole had this type of theory
.idiographic - Answers-pertaining to an individual case; describes a single person. May
be enough to refute a common law. Galileo has this type of theory
, .psychic determinism (FREUD) - Answers-Events have observable and non-observable
characteristics; everything happens with a reason, known or unknown, especially
related to psychological events
The idea that the mind is an active system
Every action is determined by unconscious mental processes!
.parapraxis - Answers-Everyday psychosis; something irrational that has some
unconscious reasoning and is unknown unless further explored; reveals repressed
motives (eg. slip of a tongue)
.Free association - Answers-Method of psychoanalysis in which an individual says
everything that comes to mind, and the therapist is out of view. Helps uncover the
unconscious meanings of things.
.Topographical Theory - Answers-One of Freud's Theory involving the different mental
processes including: Conscious, Preconscious, Censor System (Defense Mechanisms),
Unconscious & Repressed
.Conscious - Answers-The thoughts of your brain that you are currently aware of
.Unconscious - Answers-Majority of your brains thoughts; involves those thoughts you
are not conscious of, and are not easily brought into consciousness
(the deeper part of the mind, where useless and scary deep dark things are stored here
--- has defense mechanisms here: 1) REPRESSION 2) DENIAL)
.Repressed Content - Answers-Part of your unconscious where painful events are
stored, very DEEP in your unconscious (basically forget that this area exists)
.Defense Mechanisms - Answers-the brain's censor system; that distorts reality, and
prevents unconscious thoughts from surfacing in an unacceptable way ( rather alternate
routes are formed). Part of censorship
.Denial - Answers-A type of defense mechanism in which unconsciously motivated
negation occurs. People convince themselves that something did not happen and truly
believe it. Children deal with trauma in this way
.Repression - Answers-A type of defense mechanism in which you suppress negative
emotions or painful moments so far into your unconscious, that you no longer remember
the event, unless extensive therapy is done.
.Unacceptable Impulse - Answers-A thought or urge you have that is so abhorrent it is
immediately repressed; sometimes the repression results in physical symptoms
