Superfast Summary of Perspectives

Psychoanalytic – personality is determined by how our ego mediates unconscious conflicts between pleasure-seeking impulses and social restraints - Freud and neoFreudians (Jung, Adler, Horney)

Trait – Personality is the expression of biologically influenced dispositions. (Hippocrates, Eyesenck, Cattell, McCrae and Costa, Allport)

Humanistic – Personality is how each person attempts to meet their needs, especially the need for self-actualization. (Maslow and Rogers)

Social-cognitive – Personality is influenced by how we interpret external events. (Bandura, Kelly, and Rotter)

Biological - William Sheldon and Body Types / Hippocrates and the Four Humors

Psychoanalytic

Freud

Hysteria and Conversion Disorders

Id, ego, superego / Libido /

Defense mechanisms - repression, regression, projection, compensation, reaction formation, displacement, sublimation, rationalization, hypochondriasis

Psychosexual stages

Fixation

Projective tests - Rorshach / TAT / Draw a Person /Tell a Story

Adler- inferiority/superiority complex / sibling rivalry

Horney- basic anxiety, womb envy

Jung-collective unconscious

Trait

Allport

Eysenck

Jung

The Big Five - OCEAN

Heritability

Personality inventories

MMPI / California Inventory

Myers-Briggs

Inborn temperament

Factor analysis

Enduring characteristics

Humanism Maslow RogersHierarchy of needs Self-actualizationSelf-esteemSelf-conceptUnconditioned positive regard / Conditioned positive regardSelf EfficacyGenuineness, empathy, and acceptanceIndividualism vs. collectivism Social-Cogntive

Bandura

Reciprocal determinism / Triadic Reciprocity

Self-efficacy

Internal locus of control

External locus of control

Learned helplessness

Personal Construct Theory

Overconfidence