Peronality Flashcards
Id
Follows the pleasure principle
Ego
Follows the reality principle
Superego
Acts as a conscience
Reaction formation
Expressing the opposite of how you really feel
Sublimation
Channeling ones frustration toward a different goal
Reciprocal determinism
a concept that opposes exclusive emphasis on environmental determination of responses and asserts that a reciprocal relationship exists among environment, behavior, and the individual.
Internal locus of control
Feel as if they are responsible for what happened to them
External locus of control
Believe that luck and other outside forces control or determine their destinies
Determinism
Is the belief that what happens is dictated by what happened in that past
Unconditional positive regard
expressing empathy, support, and acceptance to someone, regardless of what they say or do. Needed to achieve self-actualization
Thematic apperception test
Consist of people or a person in an ambiguous situation. Up to interpretation
The Barnum effect
describes how people are often willing to believe personality descriptions as specific to them