Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the superego?
Right and wrong consciousness, the part of your brain that tells you you “should” or “shouldn’t” do something
What is the ego?
Everyday personality
What is the id?
Pleasure center
What is compensation?
an unconscious process in which a person makes up for his or her perceived shortcomings by strongly developing an asset that will strengthen his/her self-image
What is denial?
inability to acknowledge an objectionable impulse, or unacceptable thought, face, behavior, or situation or its effects or importance
What is displacement?
The release of feelings and impulses on a safe person or object as a replacement for the person that provoked the feelings
What is dissociation?
Experiencing a break in the functions of memory, consciousness, and perceptions. Blocking an anxiety provoking event from the conscious mind.
What is identification?
An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires
What is intellectualization?
Expresses logic, reasoning, and analysis as a method to avoid all emotions
What is introjection?
integrating the beliefs and values of another into one’s own identity
What is isolation of affect?
separating a thought or memory from the feeling tone or emotion associated with it
What is passive aggressive?
Indirectly expressing aggression, or resistance towards others
What is projection?
Attributes one’s own unacceptable feelings or impulses to another person
What is rationalization?
Attempting to make excuses to justify feelings or behaviors
What is reaction formation?
Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors
What is regression?
Responding to stress by retreating to an earlier level of development
What is repression?
Involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness
What is splitting?
View others or situations as either all god or all bad and cannot incorporate mixed feelings