Personality

Personality

ID- This is an important part of our personality because newborns ' needs are constantly being met. it is the pleasure principle and is in no consideration of the rest. For example when a child is hungry, cries, and wants food, it always gets it.
Ego- This is when personality begins to develop and when the ego understands the needs of others. This is the reality principle where one notices that being selfish is bad and is trying to meet the needs of the id.
Superego- It is the moral part of the three and this is the stage where the person notices its restraints and knows between good an evil.

Regression-When a person goes back to the previous stage of psychological development. Projection-When a person's is unacceptable to another person and that other person is affected. Repression- When a threatening though is blocked from consciousness.
BIG FIVE- Extroversion vs. introversion, neuroticism vs. emotional stability, agreeableness vs. antagonism, conscientiousness vs. impulsiveness, openness to experience vs. resistance to new experience.
Twin studies- Researches have been comparing identical twins with fraternal twins.

Oedipus Complex- Where the personality develops in psycho sexual stages where the energy takes different forms as the child grows.
Psychodynamic Theories- Freud's followers that broke away from him developed their own schools. The most popular psychodynamic approaches are from Carl Jung and of the object-relations theorists.
Displacement- A defense mechanism where people's emotions are directed towards others such as anger.
Reaction formation- A feeling where the unconscious is produced and becomes conscious. Denial- When a person refuses to acknowledge an unpleasant happening.

Dreams

DREAMS

Interpretation

Dreams are interpreted in many different ways depending on every web page. The website we used in order to interpret our dreams was www.dreammoods.com . It has an extensive glossary of dream symbols that can help one understand their dreams.

Analysis ( Coding of Dreams)

1. Characters: They are people, things, and mythical figures that are coded by number, sex, identity, and age.

2. Actions: It can be social interactions and activities such as talking, walking, aggression, or friendliness.

3. Emotions: There are five classes of emotion. They are anger, apprehension, sadness,confusion and happiness.

4. Objects: There are 27 classes ranging from money, food, entertainment, travel, etc.

Examples:

1. My three classmates(2IKA).

2. My sister and I were walking

(D + 1FTA D).

3. I was very sad (HA,D).

4. My mom's new car (TR).

Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY

What is psychology?
Psychology is the scientific study of the human behavior, in specific, the study of the mind and soul. In addition it's the study of the relation by a person's behavior to a particular activity. The eight main areas of psychology are perception,cognition, attention, emotion,motivation, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships.

Perception: The process of being aware and understanding of sensory information.

Cognition: The processing of information, applying knowledge, and changing preferences.

Attention: Selectively concentrating on a certain aspect and ignoring the rest.

Emotion: An experience that is related to the feeling of a person. One's mood, temperament, personality, and habits.

Motivation: A goal-oriented behavior and state of mind rooted by a desired object, hobby, or goal.

Personality: The characteristic a person obtains that is unique to their cognitions, motivations, and behavior.

Behavior: Refers to the way a person acts, thinks and feels in relation to their environment.

Interpersonal Relationships: A relationship between two or more people based upon love, liking, business and can take place in friends, family , work, etc.

Top 5 Good Reasoners

1. Reasoning has a purpose.

2. Reasoning is an attempt to figur something out, to settle a question, to solve a problem.

3. Reasoning is done from some point of view.

4. All reasoning is based on data, information, evidence.

5. Reasoning is expressed through, and shaped by concepts and ideas.

Top 5 Critical Thinkers

1. Ask questions; be willing to wonder

2.Define the problem.

3.Examine the evidence.

4. Analyze assumptions and biases.

5. Avoid emotional reasoning.