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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
Being kind to yourself, especially when you make mistakes
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Common Humanity
Understanding that everyone has problems
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Mindfulness
Being aware of your feelings without being attached to them
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Self-Efficacy
The belief that one will be effective and work toward goals
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Narcissism
Grandiose view of the self
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Grandiose narcissism
Self-centered, vain, egotistical personality
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Vulnerable narcissism
Narcissism that is a cover for low self-esteem-linked to anxiety and depression
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Self-Regulation
Guiding and directing the self to a desired state
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Possible selves
Selves that we could be
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Ought self
Person we think we should be
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Ideal self
Person we actually want to be `
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Self-discrepancy theory
Difference between the actual self and the ought or ideal self
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Self-control
Ability to control one's own behavior
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Ego depletion
A state of exhausted self-control
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Psychodynamic Approaches
Approaches that focus on interplay between conscious and unconscious impulses
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Psychoanalysis
Pioneered by Freud, model for analyzing the unconscious
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Neo-analytical theories
Built on Freud
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Unconscious
Part of the mind outside awareness
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Conscious
Part of mind one is aware of
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Hysteria
Disorder only affected women
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Free association
Way of bringing unconscious thought to the surface
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Topographical Model
Model of the mind that emphasizes conflict between pleasure and reality
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Pleasure Principle
The unconscious mind is governed by pleasure
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Reality Principle
The conscious mind is governed by reality
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Structural Model
Expansion of the topographical model
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Id
Unconscious; motivated for pleasure. Pleasure principle. Drives towards food, sex, and aggression. Urges we know we shouldn't have
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Ego
Conscious; mediates between id and superego. Operates on reality, helps us control impulses. Related to conscientiousness. Freudian slip
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Super-ego
Strict part of the mind. Seat of conscience. Related to guilt, shame, and anxiouness. Rule-driven and cultural.
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Freudian Slip
Failure of the ego in which one says something from deep in conscious
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Libido
Sexual psychic energy
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Cathexis
When the libido becomes become attached to a thought, object, or part of the body
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Oral stage
Libido attached to the mouth (0-2years). Infants put things in their mouths. Oral Fixation.
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Anal Stage
Libido attached to the anus (2-4years). Children potty training at this time. Anal retention, anal expulsion
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Phallic Stage
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
Libido is dormant (6years-puberty)
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Genital Stage
Libido attached to the genitals (Puberty-adulthood)
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Oral Fixation
When putting things in the mouth extends past two years. Children using pacifiers. Adults chewing pens.
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Anal retention
Pleasure from holding in bowels
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Anal expulsion
Pleasure from releasing bowels
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Oedipus Complex
Boys sexually attracted to mothers and see fathers as rivals
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Castration anxiety
Fear that father will castrate boy if he finds out desires
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Electra Complex
Girls want to marry their fathers
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Penis Envy
Women want to be men and have penises.
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Manifest Content
Part of dreams that we see and remember
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Latent Content
What the dream means
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Wish fulfillment
Idea the dreams are based on unconscious wishes
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Day Residue
Mixed in with wishes to keep from waking up
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Dream Interpretation
Uncovers the hidden meaning of dreams
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Talking Cure
Talking can reveal unconscious and solve problems
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Defense Mechanism
Psychological process that keeps person from experiencing something that will be painful
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Denial
Not acknowledging unconscious impulses
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Reaction formation
Turning unconscious impulse into its opposite
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Projection
Projecting feeling onto someone else
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Repression
Keeping impulses out of consciousness
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Repressive Coping
Coping by not allowing anxiety to be conscious
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Displacement
Moving an impulse onto a less threatening object
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Sublimation
Turning unacceptable desires into admirable ones
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Affiliative Humor Style
Uses humor to bring people
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Self-Enhancing Humor Style
Use humor to cheer themselves up

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