Chapter 2 Flashcards
Brent is an overweight man who eats, drinks, and smokes too much. He chews on his pencils and fingernails, and spends hours talking on the phone with his friends and family. He also tends to be depending and demanding in his relations with others. Freud might say that Brent is fixated at the ____ stage.
Oral
According to ___, there is a collective unconscious shared by all human beings containing universal memories, symbols, and images that are legacy of human history.
Jung
Gloria is described as uptight and ridged by others. She gets extremely upset when she is faced with events that are beyond her control, and insists on following an organized protocol or plan each day of the week. She is stubborn and controlling in her relations with others. Freud would probably describe Gloria and being
anal-retentive
Tim and Sarah have been dating for 5 years. He is ambivalent about making a serious commitment to Sarah. Out of anxiety one night he accuses her of not wanting a commitment. What defense mechanism?
Projection
The ___ school believes the central problem In life is balancing the need for others with the need for independence.
Object relations.
After 6 year old Lauren’s baby brother was born she reverted to thumb sucking to deal with her unconscious anxiety about being unloved now that there was another child besides herself. What defensive mechanism ?
Regression.
Freuds theory is called psychodynamic because it emphasizes the
Movement of psychological energy within the person , in the form of attachments, conflicts, and motivations.
Jason wanted to hit his younger brother but feelings of guilt kept him from doing so. His internalization of right and wrong comes from his
Super ego
According to Freud , what to major instincts motivate the ID?
Love and death.
To what does the concept of reciprocal determinism refer ?
The two way interaction between aspects of an individual and aspects of the environment.
Humanist psychologists believe personality is influenced by
Freedom of choice
Who introduced the concept of unconditional positive regard ?
Carl Rogers
Which statement about parental influence is wrong ?
Parents remain the most important influence on children until young adult hood
Dispositions to respond to the environment in certain ways (our characteristic style of responding) observed in babies and infants are also referred to as
Temperaments
Based on info you have learned in this chapter, what source of support or academic achievement would have the strongest correlation with GPA for high school students ?
Peers
