Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards
Defensiveness
—an excessive concern with protecting oneself from being hurt.
Collectivism
involves putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the groups to which one belongs
Displacement
involves diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target.
Ego
is the decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle.
Incongruence
to refer to the disparity between one’s self-concept and one’s actual experience.
Individualism
involves putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group memberships.
personality trait
is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations.
Projection
involves attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another.
rationalization
which involves creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior.
Repression
involves keeping istressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious.
Regression
involves a reversion to immature patterns of behavior.
Reaction formation
involves behaving in a way that is exactly the opposite of one’s true feelings.
self-concept
is a collection of beliefs about one’s own nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior.
self-efficacy
is one’s belief about one’s ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes.
self-report inventories
are personality scales that ask individuals to answer a series of questions about their characteristic behavior.
