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Exam 2 Flashcards

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Self

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The entire system of an individual’s knowledge, evaluation, and self-regulation

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Twenty Statements Test

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Response shows how one perceives themselves and their social environment in different ways

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Individualist Culture

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Values own needs over the needs of the group

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Collectivist Culture

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Values the group ahead of self

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Self-Concept

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The image that you have of yourself

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“I”

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The part of you that describes you. Biologically, your brain does the describing

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“Me”

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The part that is described. Self-concept

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Material Self

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Self that extends into our body and our possessions

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Social Self

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The part of the self related to group membership/ social behavior

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Self-Monitoring

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Adapting behaviors to fit situations

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Spiritual Self

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Person’s moral center and inner being. Includes ways that you describe yourself. The “I” is part of the spiritual self

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True Self

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Real, authentic self. Authenticity, awareness of motives & strengths & weakness, unbiased processing of information in the world, behavior that reflects true emotions & values & beliefs, authentic relationships with others

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Authenticity

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How close a person is to their true self

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Imposter Phenomenon

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Feeling like a phony, fraud, or fake. Common when taking on a new social role. Usually lessens as you get comfortable

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Self-esteem

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A person’s attitude toward the self

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Implicit Self-Esteem

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Feelings about the self that the person is unaware of

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Explicit Self-Esteem

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Feelings about the self that the person is aware of

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Donut-personality

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Feels good about self on the outside but is “hollow” on the inside

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Self-enhancement

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The desire to maintain and increase the self-concept

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Self-esteem regulation

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The actions involved in maintaining high self-esteem

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Sociometer Theory

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When belongingness is low, self-esteem drops. (Loneliness)

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Self-serving bias

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Attribute success to the self and failure to everything else

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Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model

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Performance: how well you do.
Relevance: how important performance is to identify
Closeness: how close you are to the other doing the same thing

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Self-compassion

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Being kind to yourself and treating yourself with the same compassion with which you treat others. Components: Self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness

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Self-kindness

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Being kind to yourself, especially when you make mistakes

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Common Humanity

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Understanding that everyone has problems

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27
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Mindfulness

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Being aware of your feelings without being attached to them

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28
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Self-Efficacy

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The belief that one will be effective and work toward goals

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29
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Narcissism

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Grandiose view of the self

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30
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Grandiose narcissism

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Self-centered, vain, egotistical personality

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Vulnerable narcissism

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Narcissism that is a cover for low self-esteem-linked to anxiety and depression

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32
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Self-Regulation

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Guiding and directing the self to a desired state

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Possible selves

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Selves that we could be

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Ought self

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Person we think we should be

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Ideal self

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Person we actually want to be `

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Self-discrepancy theory

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Difference between the actual self and the ought or ideal self

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Self-control

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Ability to control one’s own behavior

38
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Ego depletion

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A state of exhausted self-control

39
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Psychodynamic Approaches

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Approaches that focus on interplay between conscious and unconscious impulses

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Psychoanalysis

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Pioneered by Freud, model for analyzing the unconscious

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Neo-analytical theories

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Built on Freud

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Unconscious

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Part of the mind outside awareness

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Conscious

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Part of mind one is aware of

44
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Hysteria

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Disorder only affected women

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Free association

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Way of bringing unconscious thought to the surface

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Topographical Model

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Model of the mind that emphasizes conflict between pleasure and reality

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Pleasure Principle

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The unconscious mind is governed by pleasure

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Reality Principle

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The conscious mind is governed by reality

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Structural Model

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Expansion of the topographical model

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Id

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Unconscious; motivated for pleasure. Pleasure principle. Drives towards food, sex, and aggression. Urges we know we shouldn’t have

51
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Ego

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Conscious; mediates between id and superego. Operates on reality, helps us control impulses. Related to conscientiousness. Freudian slip

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Super-ego

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Strict part of the mind. Seat of conscience. Related to guilt, shame, and anxiouness. Rule-driven and cultural.

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Freudian Slip

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Failure of the ego in which one says something from deep in conscious

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Libido

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Sexual psychic energy

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Cathexis

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When the libido becomes become attached to a thought, object, or part of the body

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Oral stage

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Libido attached to the mouth (0-2years). Infants put things in their mouths. Oral Fixation.

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Anal Stage

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Libido attached to the anus (2-4years). Children potty training at this time. Anal retention, anal expulsion

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Phallic Stage

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Libido attached to the genitals (4-6years). Children interested in the idea that boys and girls are different. Oedipus Complex. Castration anxiety.

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Latent Stage

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Libido is dormant (6years-puberty)

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Genital Stage

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Libido attached to the genitals (Puberty-adulthood)

61
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Oral Fixation

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When putting things in the mouth extends past two years. Children using pacifiers. Adults chewing pens.

62
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Anal retention

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Pleasure from holding in bowels

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Anal expulsion

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Pleasure from releasing bowels

64
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Oedipus Complex

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Boys sexually attracted to mothers and see fathers as rivals

65
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Castration anxiety

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Fear that father will castrate boy if he finds out desires

66
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Electra Complex

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Girls want to marry their fathers

67
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Penis Envy

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Women want to be men and have penises.

68
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Manifest Content

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Part of dreams that we see and remember

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Latent Content

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What the dream means

70
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Wish fulfillment

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Idea the dreams are based on unconscious wishes

71
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Day Residue

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Mixed in with wishes to keep from waking up

72
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Dream Interpretation

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Uncovers the hidden meaning of dreams

73
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Talking Cure

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Talking can reveal unconscious and solve problems

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Defense Mechanism

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Psychological process that keeps person from experiencing something that will be painful

75
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Denial

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Not acknowledging unconscious impulses

76
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Reaction formation

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Turning unconscious impulse into its opposite

77
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Projection

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Projecting feeling onto someone else

78
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Repression

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Keeping impulses out of consciousness

79
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Repressive Coping

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Coping by not allowing anxiety to be conscious

80
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Displacement

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Moving an impulse onto a less threatening object

81
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Sublimation

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Turning unacceptable desires into admirable ones

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Affiliative Humor Style

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Uses humor to bring people

83
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Self-Enhancing Humor Style

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Use humor to cheer themselves up

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