Personality

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Personality

• Consistent pattern of thought, feeling and
  behavior that originates within the individual.

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Approaches to Personality

• Psychodynamic Approach
• Humanistic Approach
• Trait Approach
• Social Cognitive Approach

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Psychodynamic Approach

• Emphasizes the importance of childhood
  experiences, unconscious mental processes and
  conflict with shaping ones personality.

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Sigmund Freud
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Freuds Components of Personality

• Id
• Ego
• Superego

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Id

• Unconscious forces

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Ego

• Mediator

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Superego

• Moral

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Freuds Defense Mechanism

• Repression
• Regression
• Reaction formation
• Displacement
• Projection

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Repression

• Pushing back unacceptable thoughts and feeling
  into the unconscious.

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Regression

• Acting in ways characteristic of earlier life
  stages.

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Reaction formation

• Replacing an anxiety-producing feeling with its
  exact opposite, typically going overboard.