Personality

• Personality 


  characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behavior
• self-concept 


  your perception (+ or -) of you, of your unique traits and attributes
• self esteem 


  your evaluation of yourself based on all + and - self concepts
• psychometric trait theory


  OCEAN

  the big five
• psychometric trait theory is 


  genetically based
• psychometric trait theory believes


  personality can be measured
• The 'Big Five'

  • openess
  • conscientiousness
  • extraversion
  • agreeableness
  • neuroticism (emoitonal stability)
• openess to experience 


  imaginative vs pratical

  preference for variety versus preference for routine

  independent versus conforming
• conscientiousness 


  organized vs disorganized

  careful vs careless

  disciplined vs impulsive
• extraversion - introversion 


  sociable vs retiring

  fun-loving vs sober

  affectionate vs reserved
• agreeableness 


  soft-hearted vs ruthless

  trusting vs suspicious

  helpful vs uncooperative
• neuroticism (emotional stability) 


  calm vs anxious

  secure vs insecure

  self satisfied vs self pitying
• Big Five assessed by

  personality inventories, peer ratings, factor analysis
• big five personality tests

  Myers-Briggs (normal)

  MMPI (disorders)
• Erik Erikson


  psychosocial
• psychosocial - Erikson


  formed in stages, continue through adulthood

  optimistic, healthy view of human development
• psychosocial personality is a result of

  • maturational forces
  • social demands
  • desire to be social and affiliate
• each stage of eriksons theory has two stages

  healthy vs less healthy
• each stage has a

  struggle

  crisis: unique developmental task

  point of vulnerability but also potential for growth
• stage 1 age

  0-1

  infants
• stage 1

  trust vs mistrust

  needs met and attachment formed
• stage 1 adaptive strength 


  hope
• stage 5 age

  12-20

  adolescence
• stage 5 


  identity vs role confusion

  develop a consistent sense of self
• eriksons identity 


  who are you

  where are you going

  where do you fit in society
• eriksons identity includes

  roles we have

  groups we are memebers of

  a synthesis and integration of your understanding of 'self'
• identity crisis


  honesty in expressing your values, attitudes, and beliefs may be difficult when your beliefs are different from those around you and likley would create conflict if you do so
• stage five adaptive strength

  fidelity
• stage 6 age

  20-40 years

  young adults
• stage 6

  intimacy vs isolation

  emotional closeness- adult attachment

  trust and vulnerability
• stage 6 adaptive strength

  mature love

  supports and is supportive

  gives and takes

  is constant and true
• if intimacy

  • formed their own identity
  • comfortable in relationships
  • trust themselves and others
  • form close emotional ties without fear
  • give freely of themselves
  • more cooperative
• if isolation

  • hesitant to form close relationships
  • low tolerance for differences
  • afraid of closeness, do not trust others
  • give little of themselves
  • competitive
• stage 7 age

  40-65

  middle adulthood
• stage 7

  generatively vs stagnation

  sense of purpose and productivity
• G's of stage 7

  • genes- am i producing something that lives after me
  • generation- universal sense of responsibility toward all humans, support to the next generation
  • generate- am i being a productive human being or stagnating
• stage 7 adaptive strength


  care
• stage 8 age

  65 +

  late adulthood
• stage 8

  integrity vs despair

  evaluation of life: satisfaction or failure
• achieving integrity

  • content with life and approach it with gratefulness and gratitude
  • self-confident; not pushed around
  • life story synthesized; generated meaning and purpose