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Personality Flashcards

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an individual’s unique set of consistent behavioral traits

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personality

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a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations

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personality trait

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correlations among many variable are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables

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factor analysis

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the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle

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the id

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demanding immediate gratification of its urges

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pleasure principle

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decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle

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the ego

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the moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what represents right and wrong

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the superego

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whatever one is aware of at a particular point in time

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the conscious

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material just beneath the surface of awareness that can easily be retrieved

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the preconscious

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contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness, but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior

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the unconscious

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largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions

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defense mechanism

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creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior

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rationalization

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keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious

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repression

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attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another

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projection

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diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target

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displacement

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behaving in a way that’s exactly the opposite of one’s true feelings

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reaction formation

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reversion to immature patterns of behavior

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regression

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bolstering self-esteem by forming an imaginary or real alliance with some person or group

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identification

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developmental periods with a characteristic sexual focus that leave their mark on adult personality

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psychosexual stages

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involves a failure to move forward from one stage to another

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fixation

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Psychosexual stage: the main source of erootic stimulation is the mouth; year 0-1

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oral stage

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psychosexual stage: children get their erotic pleasure from their bowel movements, through either the expulsion or retention of feces; significant event at this time is toilet training; year 2-3

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anal stage

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the genitals become the focus for the child’s erotic energy, through self-stimulation; oedipus complex emerges; year 4-5

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phallic stage

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no erotic focus; main task is expanding social contacts; year 6-12

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latency

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erotic focus is being sexually intimate; establishing intimate relationships; contributing to society through working; puberty onward

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genital stage

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storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from people’s ancestral past

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collective unconscious

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emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meaning

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archetypes

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efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing one’s abilities

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compensation

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a person whose behavior is observed by another

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model

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one’s belief about one’s ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes

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self-efficacy

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the degree of disparity between one’s self-concept and one’s actual experience

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incongruence

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personality trait marked by an inflated sense of importance, a need for attention and admiration, a sense of entitlement, and a tendency to exploit others

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narcissism

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the degree to which subjects’ mortality is prominent in their minds

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morality salience

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