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Module 3: Personality Flashcards

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psychosexual stage in which children experience pleasure in their bowel and bladder movements

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anal stage

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Jung’s theory focusing on the balance of opposing forces within ones personality and the signifcance of the collective unconscious

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analytical psychology

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pattern that exists in our collective unconscious across cultures and societies

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archetype

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theory that personality is composed of five factors, including openess, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

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Big Five

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common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next

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collective unconscious

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state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar

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congruence

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mental activity (thoughts, feelings, and memories) that we can access at any time

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conscious

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projective test designed to be culturally relevant to African Americans, using images that relate to African-American culture

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Comtemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB)

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all of the beliefs, customs, art, and traditions of a particular society

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culture

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unconscious protective behaviors designed to reduce ego anxiety

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defense mechanism

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ego defense mechanism in which a person transfers inappropriate urges or behaviors toward a more acceptable or less threatening target

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displacement

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aspect of personality that represents the self, or the part of ones personality that is visible to others. The mediator, tries to resolve conflict between the ID and superego. Operates by the reality principle. Inability to compromise results in anxiety

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ego

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psychosexual stage in which the focus is on mature sexual interests

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genital stage

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proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics

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heritability

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aspect of personality that consists of our most primitive drives or urges, including impulses for hunger, thirst, and sex

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id

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person we would like to be

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ideal self

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state of being in which there is a great discrepancy between our real and ideal selves

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incongruence

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school of psychology proposed by Adler that focuses on our drive to compensate for feelings of inferiority

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individual psychology

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refers to a persons feelings that they lack worth and dont measure up to others or to societys standards

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inferiority complex

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psychosexual stage in which sexual feelings are dormant

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latency period

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beliefs about the power we have over our lives; an external —— is the belief that our outcomes are outside of our control; an internal —— is the belief that we control our own outcomes

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locus of control

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personality test composed of a series of true/false questions in order to establish a clinical profile of an individual

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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tendency to experience negative emotions

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neurosis

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psychosexual stage in which an infants pleasure is focused on the mouth

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oral stage

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long-standing traits and patterns that propel indivduals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specfic ways

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personality

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psychosexual stage in which the focus is on the genitals

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phallic stage

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ego defense mechanism in which a person confronted with anxiety disguises their unacceptable urges or behaviors by attributing them to other people

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projection

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persoanlity assessment in which a person responds to ambiguous stimuli, revealing hidden feelings, impulses, and desires

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projective test

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stages of child development in which a childs pleasure seeking urges are focused on specific areas of the body called erogenous zones

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psychosexual stages of development

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ego defense mechanism in which a person confronted with anxiety makes excuses to justify behavior

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rationalization

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ego defense mechanism in which a person confronted with anxiety swaps unacceptable urges or behaviors for their opposites

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reaction formation

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person who we actually are

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real self

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belief that ones environment can determine behaviour, but at the same time, people can influence the environment with both their thoughts and behaviours

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reciprocal determinism

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ego defense mechanism in which a person confronted with anxiety returns to a more immature behavioural state

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regression

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ego defense mechanism in which anxiety-related thoughts and memories are kept in the unconscious

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repression

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projective test that employs a series of symmetrical inkbot cards that are presented to a client by a psychologist in an effort to reveal the persons unconscious desires, fears, and struggles

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Rorschach Inkblot Test

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projective test that is similar to a word association test in which a person completes sentences in order to reveal their unconcious desires, fears, and struggles

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Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)

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concept that people choose to move to places that are compatible with their personalities and needs

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selective migration

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our thoughts and feelings about ourselves

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self concept

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someones level of confidence in their own abilities

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self-efficacy

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Banduras theory of personality that emphasizes both cognition and learning as sources of indivdual differences in personality

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social cognitive theory

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ego defense mechanism in which unacceptable urges are channeled into more appropriate activities

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sublimation

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aspect of the personality that serves as ones moral compass or conscience

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superego

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projective test designed to be culturally relevent to minority groups, especially Hispanic youths, using images and storytelling that relate to minority culture

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TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test

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how a person reacts to the world, including their activity level, starting when they are very young

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temperament

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projective test in which people are presented with ambiguous images and they then make up stories to go with the images in an effort to uncover their unconscious desires, fears, and struggles

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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characteristic ways of behaving

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traits

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mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access

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unconscious

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