April 8, 2109

Monday April 8, 2019

Circle: Do you think people would still like you if you were completely open with them?  Do you ever show your true self?

Slideshow: Personality

Learning Target: Students will understand the Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Trait and Social Cognitive Perspective and how it views personality.

Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole.

Question you should be able to answer:

What was Freud’s view of personality and its development?
How did Freud think people defended themselves against anxiety?
What are projective tests, and how are they used?
How do contemporary psychologists view Freud and the unconscious?
How did humanistic psychologists view personality, and what was their goal in studying personality?
How did humanistic psychologists assess a person’s sense of self?
How do psychologists use traits to describe personality?
What are personality inventories, and what are their strengths and weaknesses as trait-assessment tools?
In the view of the social-cognitive psychologists, what mutual influences shape an individual’s personality?
Are we helped or hindered by high self-esteem?

Homework:  Please read the Unit on Personality in the textbook.  This is now on your own.  We will not be assessing over this unit but it will appear on the AP exam.  Got it?

Video's you should watch!
Crash Course: Rorschach and the Freudians
Crash Course: Measuring Personality
Mr. Burns High School Freud Video
Zimbardo: The Mind, Hidden and Divided

If we have time: The Big Five Personality Test

Vocabulary: Note Cards: On this paper is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example. 

Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Id
Ego
Superego
Oedipus complex
defense mechanisms
collective unconscious
projective test
unconditional positive regard
self-actualization
self-concept
trait
reciprocal determinism
external/internal locus of control
individualism vs. collectivism