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personality
a pattern of behaviour and emotions that characterizes someone
traits
behaving, thinking and feeling habits
psychoanalysis theory
theory of personality that shows unconscious motives
three systems of personality and describe
id - meeting basic needs
ego - dealing with reality
superego - adding morals
defence mechanisms are used by — to do what
used by your ego to prevent unconscious anxiety from entering consciousness
5 defence mechanisms and explain
repression - threatening idea is blocked from memory
projection - a person’s own feelings are put onto someone else
displacement - people direct their feelings towards something that is not the real object of their feelings
regression - person goes back to previous phase of psychological development
denial - person refuses to admit