Psychology 1 - Introductory Psychology
Dr. Kent T. Yamauchi
Chapter 11: PERSONALITY: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND ASSESSMENT
(Psychology: Themes & Variations, Briefer Version 8th Edition by Dr. Wayne Weiten)
The Nature of Personality
Defining Personality: Consistency and Distinctiveness
Personality Traits: Dispositions and Dimensions
The Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits
Figure 11.1: The Five-Factor Model of Personality
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Psychodynamic Perspectives
Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
Structure of Personality
Id
Ego
Superego
Levels of Awareness
Figure 11.2: Freud’s Model of Personality Structure
Conflict and the Tyranny of Sex and Aggression
Anxiety and Defense Mechanisms
Figure 11.3: Freud’s Model of Personality Dynamics
Table 11.1: Defense Mechanisms, with Examples
Concept Check 11.1: Identifying Defense Mechanisms
Development: Psychosexual Stages
Oral Stage
Anal Stage
Phallic Stage
Latency and Genital Stage
Table 11.2: Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development
Jung’s Analytical Psychology
Figure 11.4: Jung’s Vision of the Collective Unconscious
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Evaluating Psychodynamic Perspectives
Concept Check 11.2: Comparing Psychodynamic Theorists
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Behavioral Perspectives
Skinner’s Ideas Applied to Personality
Personality Structure: A View from the Outside
Figure 11.5: A Behavioral View of Personality
Personality Development as a Product of Conditioning
Figure 11.6: Personality Development and Operant Conditioning
Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
Observational Learning
Self-Efficacy
Mischel and the Person-Situation Controversy
Evaluating Behavioral Perspectives
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
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Humanistic Perspectives
Roger’s Person-Centered Theory
The Self
Figure 11.7: Roger’s View of Personality Structure
Development of the Self
Anxiety and Defense
Figure 11.8: Roger’s View of Personality Development and Dynamics
Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization
Hierarchy of Needs
Figure 11.9: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
The Healthy Personality
Figure 11.10: Maslow’s View of the Healthy Personality
Evaluating Humanistic Perspectives
Concept Check 11.3: Recognizing Key Concepts in Personality Theories
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Biological Perspectives
Eysenck’s Theory
Figure 11.11: Eysenck’s Model of Personality Structure
Behavioral Genetics and Personality
Figure 11.12: Twin Studies of Personality
The Evolutionary Approach to Personality
Evaluating Biological Perspectives
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Concept check 11.4: Understanding the Implications of Major Theories: Who Said This?
A Contemporary Empirical Approach: Terror management Theory
Essentials of Terror Management Theory
Figure 11.13: Overview of Terror Management Theory
Applications of Terror Management Theory
REIVEW of Key Leaning Goals
Illustrated Overview of Major Theories of Personality (pages 400-401)
Culture and Personality
Figure 11.14: An Example of Inaccurate Perceptions of National Character
Figure 11.15: Culture and Conceptions of Self
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Concept Check 11.5: Identifying the Contributions of Major Theorists and Researchers
Reflecting on the Chapter’s Themes
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Personal Application: Understanding Personality Assessment
Self-Report Inventories
The MMPI
Figure 11.16: MMPI Profiles
The 16PF and NEO Personality Inventory
Figure 11.17: The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
Strengths and Weaknesses of Self-Report Inventories
Projective Tests
Figure 11.18: The Thematic Apperception Test
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The Projective Hypothesis
Strengths and Weaknesses
Personality Testing on the Internet
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Critical Thinking: Hindsight in Everyday Analyses of Personality
The Prevalence of Hindsight Bias
Hindsight and Personality
Other Implications of “20-20 Hindsight”
Concept Check 11.3: Critical Thinking Skill Discussed in this Application
REVIEW of Key Learning Goals
Chapter 11 Recap
Chapter 11 Practice Test
Psych 1 Ch 11 Outline - Weiten 8th Edition
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