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Clinical Psychologist
SEM: 3, SPH,DIMC,DUHS
Personality
Personality can be defined as a dynamic and
2. Psychoanalytic Theory
3. Social-Cognitive Theories
4. Humanistic Theories
Trait Theory
The Big Five Theory of Personality (OCEAN)
Openness:
Conscientiousness: attention to detail
Extraversion: Social, Out spoken
Agreeable: Friendly
Neuroticism: anxiety, fear, worry
Psychoanalytic Perspective of Personality
SIGMUND FREUD
Topology theory of Freud
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• Primary component of • Responsible for dealing Holds of our internalized
personality with reality moral standards that we
Rotter’s Social-Cognitive
Mischel’s Cognitive-Affective Model
Bandura’s Reciprocal Determinism
He proposed the concept of reciprocal determinism, in
which cognitive processes, behavior, and context all
interact, each factor simultaneously influencing and being
influenced by the others.
He described in his theory that how individuals view
their relationship to the environment.
locus of control refers to our beliefs about the power we
have over our lives, and is a cognitive factor that affects
personality development.
Fully Functioning Person: Lives in harmony with his/her deepest feelings and
impulses
Conditions of Worth: behaviors and attitudes for which other people give us
positive regard.
Behavioral theories suggest that personality is a
result of interaction between the individual and the
environment. Behavioral theorists study observable
and measurable behaviors, rejecting theories that
take internal thoughts and feelings into account.
A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as
malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts such as:
(1) suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her
(2) is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates
(3) is reluctant to confide (reveal ) in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be
used maliciously against him or her
(4) reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events
(6) perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to
react angrily or to counterattack
(7) has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner