Flashcards: Understanding Self and Personality Development — 22 cards

Personal identity — definition?

Factors and forces shaping who you are.

Identity development — process?

How influences shape and stabilize personal identity.

Intended Learning Outcomes — purpose?

Skills students should demonstrate after the course.

Assessment criteria — components?

Activities, outputs, exams for grading.

Personality traits — stable?

Yes, they show consistent individual differences.

Big Five — traits?

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

Facets — role?

Subcomponents providing detailed trait descriptions.

Self-concept — meaning?

Mental picture of who you are.

Neurophilosophy — focus?

Neural basis of mind and self.

Materialistic view — self?

Mental states are reducible to brain states.

Eliminative materialism — claim?

Mental vocabulary should be replaced by neuroscience.

Merleau-Ponty — view?

Self as embodied, inseparable from perception.

Self-concept — age change?

More detailed and stable with age.

William James — self?

I-Self (subject) and Me-Self (object).

Rogers — self?

Real self vs. ideal self.

Incongruence — meaning?

Mismatch between real and ideal self.

Body image — influence?

Shapes self-worth and feelings about appearance.

Self-extension — concept?

Identity includes possessions and relationships.

Reproductive system — parts?

Male: sperm-producing; Female: eggs, pregnancy support.

Memory formation — mechanisms?

Synaptic activity, emotion, brain change, distributed storage.

Self-care — benefits?

Improves mood, reduces anxiety, prevents burnout.

Wellness — definition?

Active process of making healthy lifestyle choices.