Chapter 15 (Part 2)

Question 1

Psychoanalysis

Answer 1

(Freud’s) Attributes thoughts & actions to the unconscious

Question 2

Psychobiography

Answer 2

use psychological to explain a persons course of life

Question 3

Psychodynamic Personality Theories

Answer 3

inner forces shape our personality and behavior

Question 4

Psychosexual Stages

Answer 4

(Freud) ids pleasure seeking focus on distinct erogenous zones

Question 5

Rationalization

Answer 5

Self-justifying explanations of real reasons

Question 6

Reaction Formation

Answer 6

ego switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites

Question 7

Reciprocal Determinism

Answer 7

interacting influences between personality & environmental factors

Question 8

Regression

Answer 8

faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile stage

Question 9

Repression

Answer 9

banishing painful memories, thoughts, memories from consciousness

Question 10

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 10

identifies inner feelings by analyzing interpretations of the blots

Question 11

Self- actualization

Answer 11

constant striving to realize his/her potential

Question 12

Self-serving Bias

Answer 12

A readiness to to perceive oneself favorably

Question 13

Self-Concept

Answer 13

thoughts or feelings about ourselves

Question 14

Self-Efficacy

Answer 14

beliefs that one can perform adequately in a situation

Question 15

Self- esteem

Answer 15

one’s feelings of high or low self-worth

Question 16

Self-handicapping

Answer 16

in anticipation of failure,minimizes ones own ability

Question 17

Shyness

Answer 17

discomfort and/or inhibition in interpersonal behaviors