Chapter 10: Personality Flashcards
1
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What is personality?
A
a pattern of enduring, distinctive:
-thoughts
-emotions
-behaviors
2
Q
What is the main determinant of personality development?
A
sex drive
3
Q
What does Id mean?
A
Your ‘Id’ is your animal instinct.
-also called the pleasure principle
4
Q
What is your ego?
A
-deals with the demands of reality
-reality principle
5
Q
What does superego mean?
A
Moral branch of personality
“Conscience”
6
Q
The iceberg analogy of human personality:
A
Top of the iceberg is ego
Middle is superego
And bottom is Id
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