Psychology Chapter 3 cont 3 27 15 Challenges of adulthood Health heart disease diabetes cancer o How they respond life satisfaction o Declines happen gradually so one can adjust Work Family o Only way to support yourself o Stressful o Satisfaction from relationships o Stress Midlife crisis o Only about 25 of adults experience this o Major change in your life o Most adults reevaluate their lives Old age Successful aging 1 Optimism hope for the future 2 Gratitude and forgiveness 3 Empathy 4 Having connections with others Chapter 12 Personality Goals Describe different approaches to understand personality Psychodynamic Humanistic Trail Psychodynamic theories our personality is based on hidden or unconscious thoughts needs and emotions Freud personality comes from relationships of 3 mental structures o Id made up of innate biological instincts and urges self serving irrational impulsive unconscious o Ego direct energies supplied by the Id System of thinking planning problem solving and deciding Conscious control delays Id till more practical or appropriate o Superego acts as a judge or sensor for the thoughts and actions of the ego Includes your conscious cause s guilt when standards aren t met Creates pride when standards are met o Personality development core is formed before age 6 o Psychosexual stages o Areas of frustration and self expression o Adult personality traits come from fixation Fixation unresolved conflicts or emotional hang ups caused by over indulgence or frustration o Oral stage first year of life The mouth is the first source of pleasure babies put everything in their mouth o Oral fixations o Oral indulgence oral dependent personality gullible passive need a lot of attention o Oral aggressive cynical argumentative exploit others
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