of the following characters would you see yourself portraying? The Lawyer The Accused The Detective The Witness LA W You normally keep your cool under fire andYER rarely let others see you sweat. But you also have a different face that surfaces only under the most intense pressure –a hotheaded fighter who’s able to forget restraint and explode when the case demands it. This combination of cool readiness and fiery passion carries you through even the most desperate situations. V E TI EYou C don’t get swept away by chaos and D ET confusion and always keep your head while others around you lose theirs. People sense and respect that imperturbability and tend to turn to you for help when they’re in distress. This means that trouble seems to follow you, but you don’t mind the added stress –in fact it only makes you calmer. AtE D first glance you seem tough and U S C A unconcerned, but underneath, you lack C what it takes to see your battles through to the end. When things get tough, you waste time second guessing and judging yourself instead of addressing the problems at hand. It’s probably in your own best interest to ally yourself with someone who handles things more practically. W IT You may look cooperative and helpful in ES N S any given situation but your flexibility and eagerness to please also make you a source of another kind of trouble. By trying to get along with everyone all the time, you end up being inconsistent and even a little untrustworthy. Don’t worry so much about whether your statements are making people happy or upset. The only thing you really have to prove is yourself PERSON ALITY PERSONALIT Y A pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior. Sigmund Freud Early childhood experiences that create high levels of anxiety are repressed into the unconscious, where they may influence behavior, Id •Contains our basic instinct •Raw and savage part of the personality •Operates on the pleasure principle Superego •Serves as the moral and idealistic principles •It has two subsystems: Conscience Tells us what not to do Ego Ideal Tells us what we should do Ego •Governed by the reality principle •Is responsible for reconciling the unrealistic demands of the id and the superego. Defense Mechanis •Defense mechanisms operate at an unconscious level and help ward off unpleasant feelings (i.e.anxiety) or make good things feel better Repression •Burying a painful feeling or thought from your awareness though it may resurface Example: in symbolic form. You can't remember your father's funeral. Suppressio n •We consciously choose to not indulge in a conscious thought, feeling or action even though Example: we are aware of it You constantly make yourself busy to avoid thinking about Denial •Not accepting reality because it is too painful. Example: You are arrested for drunk driving several times but don't believe you have a problem Projection •Attributing your own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone or something Example: else You get really mad at your husband but scream that he's Regression •Reverting to an older, less mature way of handling stresses and feelings Example: You and your roommate have get into an argument so you stomp off into another room Displaceme nt •Channeling a feeling or thought from its actual source to something or someone else. Example: When you get mad at your sister, you break your drinking glass by throwing it against the wall. Sublimatio n •Redirecting unacceptable, instinctual drives into personally and socially acceptable channels Example: Intense rage redirected in the form of participation in sports such as boxing or football Reaction Formation •Adopting beliefs, attitudes, and feelings contrary to what you really believe Example: Even though an atheist, a man goes to mass on Sundays. Rationaliza tion • Justifying one's behaviors and motivations by substituting "good", acceptable reasons for these real motivations Example: Justifying one's behaviors and motivations by substituting "good", acceptable reasons for Undoing • Trying to reverse or "undo" a thought or feeling by performing an action that signifies an opposite feeling than your Example: original thought or feeling You have feelings of dislike for someone so you buy them a gift Compensati on People overachieve in one area to compensate for failures in another Humor •Focusing on funny aspects of a painful situation. Example: A person's treatment for cancer makes him lose his hair so he makes jokes about Alfred Adler Adler believed that people are basically self- determined and that they shape their personalities from the meaning they give to their experiences. Alfred Adler Although people’s perception of the situation is more important than numerical rank, Adler formed general hypothesis about birth order OLDEST CHILD Positive Traits: Negative Traits: • Nurturing and • Highly anxious protective of others • Exaggerated feelings of • Good organizer power • Unconscious hostility • Must always be right whereas other must always be wrong • Highly critical of other SECOND CHILD Positive Traits: Negative Traits: • Highly motivated • Highly competitive • Cooperative • Easily discouraged • Moderately cooperative YOUNGEST CHILD Positive Traits: Negative Traits: • Realistically • Pampered lifestyle ambitious • Dependent on others • Wants to excel in everything • Unrealistically ambitious ONLY CHILD Positive Traits: Negative Traits: • Socially mature • Exaggerated feelings of inferiority • Low feelings of cooperation • Inflated self-esteem • Pampered style of life