Monday, October 16th

Good morning!

Good news – you’re NOT testing – my fourth block is testing and that’s why we’re still in testing rows.

As you come in, please:Choose your seat wisely (sit next to someone you can get

your work done next to)

Pick up a Unit Six Overview with Vocabulary off the Front Table

Get started with your Vocabulary definitions using our class-set-Psychology Textbook.

Class UpdatesUnit 5 Scores are in Synergy

Test Scores

Unit Papers

Test Make-ups – during Tutoring on Tuesday and Thursday

1B – Alexis, Janay, Katie and Reyna

2B – Eddson, Juan, Louis, Nakiya, Jazzmine

Tutoring – 3:40 – 4:40pm – Tuesdays and Thursdays – Room 238

Tuesday Tutoring Bus

Sign up by 10/20

Will begin the week of 10/30

Unit Six Overview

Personality

A PERSON’S PATTERN OF THINKING, FEELING AND ACTING

Psychoanalyze Yourself

Read the following questions, imagining the scenes in your mind, and write down the FIRST thing that you visualize.

Do not think about the questions excessively.

1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who are you walking with?

2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal is it?

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing and before you is your dream

house. Describe its size?

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?

6. You enter the house. You walk to the dining area and see the dining room table.

Describe what you see on AND around the table.

7. You exit the house through the back door. Lying in the grass is a cup. What

material is the cup made of?

8. What do you do with the cup?

This has been a relational psychology test. The answers given to the questions have been shown to

have a relevance to values and ideals that we hold in our personal lives. The analysis follows:

1. The person who you are walking with is the most important person in your life.

2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems.

3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal

with your problems. (passive/aggressive)

4. The size of your dream house is representative of the size of your ambition to resolve your

problems.

5. No fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The

presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not to drop by

unannounced.

6. If your answer did not include food, people, or flowers, then you are generally unhappy.

7. The durability of the material with which the cup is made of is representative of the

perceived durability of your relationship with the person named in number 1. For example,

Styrofoam, plastic, and paper are all disposable, Styrofoam, paper and glass are not durable,

and metal and plastic are durable.

8. Your disposition of the cup is representative of your attitude towards the person in number

Psychoanalytic Theory of Personalitycrash coursekhanacademy

Sigmund Freud

Idea of the Libido moving to different parts of our body

Stages of Psycho-Sexual Development

1. Oral

2. Anal

3. Phallic

4. Latent

5. Genital

What’s on our minds!!!

Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality

•Sigmund Freud

•Main figure head and describes levels of consciousness

•Draws conclusions based on desire and aggression.

Freud’s View of Consciousness

Conscious- things we are aware of right now

Preconscious- things we can be aware of if we wanted to be

Unconscious- deep hidden reservoir that holds the true “us”; all of our desires and fears

Freud’s Concept of Personality (Psyche)

Id

Ego

Superego

IdExists entirely in the unconscious (so we are never aware of it)

Our hidden true animalistic wants and desires

Works on the Pleasure Principle◦ avoid pain and receive instant

gratification

Superego

Develops last; about age 5

It is our conscience (tells us the difference between right and wrong)

The Ego often mediates between the Superego and Id.

Ego

Develops after the Id

Works on the Reality Principle

Negotiates between the Id, the environment, and Superego

In our conscious and unconscious minds

It is what everyone sees as our personality

Movie QuizExplain the Usage of the ID in these movies

Explain how the ego may respond to the ID’s instinctive nature in the clips.

Last explain how the superego might negotiate.

Remember: This is a quiz so any talking will be considered cheating. Watch the clip then respond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HNOBhsGW0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-sKP17xTw• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndItN7hhtII

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgpFnycZCg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmPpnGuyEak

Comic StripsUsing what you know about the Id, Ego, and Superego create a comic strip. The comic strip must have a clear story line and demonstrate the Id, Ego, and Superego being used. Remember always be professional, so the comic strip should be appropriate for school. You will be graded on your story line, your correct usage of the Id, Ego, and Superego, creativity, and presentation.

Tuesday, October 17th

Good morning!

Good news – back to Quads!

As you come in, please:Teacher’s Choice on Seating – choose wisely or I’ll help you

Pull out your Id, Ego and Superego Comic Strip and turn it in on the front table

Hold on for instructions – we’ll get started in a moment!

Class Updates Unit 5 Test Make-ups – during Tutoring today and Thursday

1B – Alexis, Janay, Katie and Reyna

2B – Eddson, Juan, Louis, Nakiya, Jazzmine

Tutoring – 3:40 – 4:40pm – Tuesdays and Thursdays – Room 238

Tuesday Tutoring Bus

Sign up by 10/20

Will begin the week of 10/30

What Have We Learned So Far?

https://study.com/academy/lesson/id-ego-and-superego.html

Defense Mechanisms

The Ego protects us from threatening thoughts in our unconscious

Defense MechanismsoOur conscious self is usually

unaware of the use of defense mechanisms

Richard is dating Jasmine.

Jasmine dumps Richard and starts dating Andrew.

Andrew Richard Jasmine

RepressionPushing thoughts into our unconscious

When asked about Jasmine, Richard may say “Who?, I have not thought about her for awhile.”

Why don’t we remember our Oedipus and Electra complexes?

Denial

Not accepting the ego-threatening truth.

Richard may act like he is still together with Jasmine. He may hang out by her locker and plan dates with her.

DisplacementRedirecting one’s feelings toward another person or object.

Often displaced on less threatening things

Richard may take his anger/frustration out on another kid by bullying

ProjectionBelieving that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at oneself.

Richard insists that Jasmine still cares for him.

Reaction FormationExpressing the opposite of how one truly feels

Cootie stage in Freud’s Latent Development

Richard claims he hates Jasmine.

RegressionReturning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior.

Richard begins to sleep with his favorite childhood stuffed animal.

RationalizationComing up with a beneficial result of an undesirable situation

Richard thinks he will find a better girlfriend. “Jasmine was not all that great anyway!”

“I really didn’t want to go to _______ anyway, it was too ________.”

IntellectualizationUndertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic.

Richard starts doing a research paper on failed teenage romances.

SublimationChanneling one’s frustration toward a different goal.

Sometimes a healthy defense mechanism

Richard learns how to play the guitar and writes songs (or starts to body build).

Criticisms of FreudHe really only studied wealthy woman in Austria.

His results are not empirically verifiable (really hard to test).

No predictive power

Scientific/research problems with defense mechanisms (i.e. repression)

Neo-FreudianPsychodynamic Theories

Carl Jung - concept of the “collective” unconscious (a common reservoir of memory traces).

Alfred Adler - studied superiority and inferiority (inferiority complex).

Karen Horney - said Freud was sexist and countered “penis envy” with “womb envy”; childhood anxiety triggers desire for love and security

Psychoanalysis, Past & Present

Hypnosis

Dream Interpretation

Free Association (having patients talk to themselves…and then interpreting the conversation)

Projective Tests (tests that delve into the unconscious)Examples are TAT and Inkblot Tests.

TAT Test(Thematic Apperception Test)

Give the subject a picture that is ambiguous (can have several meanings) and ask him what is occurring.

His answers are the manifest content, supposedly revealing the latent content.

Rorschach Inkblot TestThe most widely used projective test

A set of ten inkblots designed to identify people’s inner feelings, thoughts, etc

Subjects are asked to interpret what they see in the inkblots.

Defense Mechanism Practice

Work with a partner and read each scenario to correctly identify which

defense mechanism is being exhibited.

Using our laptops…

Log on to - Rorschach & Freudians: Crash Course Psychology #21• Watch the video and then answer the Quiz Questions –

you’ll turn it in for a grade

Wednesday, October 18th

Good morning!

Humanistic PsychologyKhan academy

•In the 1960’s people became sick of Freud’s negativity, trait psych’s objectivity, and behaviorist psych’s determinism.

• Along came psychologists who wanted to focus on “healthy” people and how to help them strive to “be all that they can be”.

• Key Figures: A. Maslow / C. Rogers

Humanistic Personality Theory

Rejects determinism (your actions are dictated by your past).

Humans have free will (ability to choose their own destiny).

Humans are innately good and as long as their self-esteemand self-concept are positive, they will be happy.

Abraham MaslowKhan academy

•Hierarchy of Needs

•Humans ultimately seek self- actualization (the process of fulfilling our potential; becoming our ideal self).

Carl Rogers

The objective of humans is to become self-actualized.

Compared human potential to that of acorns

For Humans to “grow” they need:• Genuineness• Acceptance (Unconditional Positive

Regard)• Empathy

Criticism of Humanistic Psychology

Reflects Western Cultural Values

Extreme Individualism leads to Narcissism

Fails to Account for Immense Evil (People are basically good?)

Trait Theory of Personality

Describe people’s personalities by specifying their main characteristics (traits – patterns of behavior or disposition to feel/act).

Traits like honesty, laziness, ambition, outgoing are thought to be stable over the course of your lives.

Often use Personality Inventories (Factor Analysis is used to cluster items and score personality “tests”.

First developed by Gordon Allport (interviewed Freud).

Trait Theory of Personality

MMPI – Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – most widely researched/used trait personality inventory

Introversion-Extroversion/Emotional Stability Scale (Eysenck)

BIG FIVE Personality Traits:1. Extraversion (how outgoing or shy one is)2. Agreeableness (how easy to get along with one is)3. Conscientiousness (hardworking, responsible, organized)4. Openness to Experience (creativity, curiosity, etc.)5. Emotional Stability (Neuroticism; consistency of mood) OCEAN or CANOE

Trait Theory CriticismKhan academy

• Person-Situation Controversy – while there’s been some evidence of persistence of traits with age, they seem to vary by situation and circumstance

• Consistency of Expressive Style – some traits seem more easily judged or pervasive than others

Social-Cognitive Personality TheoriesKhan Academy

Focus on how we interact with our culture and environment

Albert BanduraReciprocal Determinism (traits,

environment, and behavior all interact and influence each other to form personality)

Social-Cognitive Personality Theories

Rotter - “Locus of Control”◦ External

◦ Internal

Seligman - “Learned Helplessness”, Optimism, & Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman (1942- )American psychologist

Proponent of positive psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEO3sJdoNV8song

Behaviorist Perspective on Personality TheoriesKhan Academy

The way most people think of personality is meaningless.

Personality changes according to the environment (rein forcers and punishments).

If you change environment then you change the personality.

Biological Perspective on Personality Theories

What % of personality variance can be attributed to genetics (heritability)?

We are not sure BUT temperaments do seem to be stable from infants to old age.

Somatotype Theory

An early biological theory by William Sheldon.

Endomorphs (Fat) tend to be friendly and outgoing.

Mesomorphs (muscular) tend to be more aggressive.

Ectomorphs (thin) tend to be more shy and secretive.

Sheldon’s research was coorelative only and has not been replicated.

Beware of the Barnum Effect !

People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality.

Horoscopes, astrologists, psychics, and short “personality tests” all take advantage of this tendency.

What your favorite color

says about you!!!

Exploring the Self

Markus & “Possible Selves” Research

Spotlight Effect – overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating one’s appearance, performance, etc.

Exploring the SelfSelf-Esteem – one’s feelings of high or low self worth◦ High self esteem correlates with better sleep, more resistance to

peer pressure, less drug use, persistence, happiness, etc.

Exploring the SelfSelf-serving Bias – a readiness to perceive oneself favorably◦ People accept responsibility more readily for good vs. evil, success

vs. failure

◦ People view themselves as better than average

---and “self efficacy” is----http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzzbaomLmc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHA5gEbusE

Exploring the SelfCulture & Self

Finish this sentence… ◦ “I am....”

Individualism – emphasis on one’s own goals and defining one’s identity in terms of self rather than the group

◦ KEY WORD – “ME”

Collectivism – emphasis on one’s group and defining one’s identify accordingly

◦ KEY WORD – “WE”