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Chapter 10 - Personality Flashcards

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character

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characteristics that are judged/evaluated

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personality

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a person’s UNIQUE and stable patterns of behaviour

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personality trait

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stable quality

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personality type

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made up of personality traits

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intovert

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person whose attention is directed inward (shy)

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extrovert

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person whose attention is directed outward (outgoing)

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self-concept

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person’s perception of his own traits

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self-esteem

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regarding oneself as a good person

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personality theory

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any system of ideas used to explain personality

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trait theorists

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classify traits in order to understand personality

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biological predisposition

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hereditary readiness of humans to behave in particular ways

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common traits

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shared by members of a culture (competitiveness)

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individual traits

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individual qualities

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cardinal traits

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basic trait of a person (compassion for Mother Teresa)

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central trait

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building block of personality (honest, cheerful)

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secondary traits

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inconsistent, superficial

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Surface Traits

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Visible traits of one’s personality

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Source traits

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Basic underlying traits of personality

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Five-factor model

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Proposes that there are five universal dimensions of personality

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Big five personality traits

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Extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience

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Conscientiousness

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Self discipline, responsibility, etc

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Extroversion

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How introverted and extroverted someone is

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Agreeableness

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Friendly, caring, nurturing

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Neuroticism

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Negative emotions

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Openness to experience

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Intelligence, open to new ideas

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Anal stage

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Psychosexual stage corresponding roughly to the period of toilet training

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Anal-expulsive personality

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A disorderly, destructive, cruel, or messy person

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Anal retentive personality

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A person who is obstinate stingy, or compulsive and generally has difficulty letting go

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Conscience

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The part of the superego that causes guilt when its standards are not met

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Conscious

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Region of the mind that includes all mental contents a person is aware of at any given moment

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Ego

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Executive part of personality that directs rational behavior

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Ego ideal

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The part of the superego representing ideal behavior; a source of pride when its standards are met

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Electra concflict

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A girl’s sexual attraction to her father and feelings of rivalry with her mother

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Erogenous zone

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Any body area that produces pleasurable sensations

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Eros

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Freud’s name for the life instincts

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Fixation

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A lasting conflict developed as a result of frustration or overindulgence

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Genital stage

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Period of full psychosexual development, marked by attainment for mature adult sexuality

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Id

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Primitive part of personality that remains unconscious, supplies energy, and demands pleasure

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Latency

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According to Freud, a period in childhood when psychosexual development is more or less interrupted

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Libido

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In Freudian theory, the force, primarily pleasure oriented, that energizes whe personality

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Moral anxiety

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Apprehension felt when thoughts, impulses, or actions, conflict with the superego’s standards

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Neurotic anxiety

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Apprehension felt when the ego struggles to control id impulses

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Oedipus conflict

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A body’s sexual attraction to his mother, and feelings of rivalry with his father

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Oral stage

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The period when infants are preoccupied with the mouth as a source of pleasure and means of expression

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Oral-aggressive personality

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A person who uses the mouth to express hostility by shouting, cursing, biting, etc. Also, one who actively exploits other

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Oral-dependent personality

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A person who wants to passively receive attention, gifts, love, etc

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Phallic personality

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A person who is vain, sensitive, and narcissistic

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Phallic stage

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Psychosexual stage when a child or preoccupied with the genitals

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Pleasure principle

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Desire for immediate satisfaction of wishes, desires, and needs

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Preconscious

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An area of the mind containing information that can be voluntarily brought to awareness

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Psyche

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Mind, mental life, and personality as a whole

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Psychosexual stages

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The oral, anal, phallic, and genital staes, during which various personality traits are formed

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Reality principle

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Delaying action until it is appropriate

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Superego

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A judge or censor for thoughts and actions

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Thanatos

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The death instinct

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Unconscious

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Region of the mind that is beyond awareness, especially impulses and desires not directly known to a person

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