personality Flashcards

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personality

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a persons characteristic and consistent pattern of thinking feeling and behaving

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free association

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a patient talks w/o sensor in order to uncover unconscious motive

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cinscious

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current awareness

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preconcious

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not currently aware but could be

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unconscious

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part of mind typically unreachable unless through free association

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id

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what we want to do

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ego

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mediator between id and superego

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superego

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what we should do

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repression

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forcefully forget bad things that happen

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regression

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retreat to more infantile stage of life when anxieties are not existant

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denial

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refusing to admit something obvious had happened

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reaction formation

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treat someone the opposite of how you actually feel

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projection

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call out your own faults in other people

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rationalizing

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making up excuses for yourself

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displacement

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take out anger on people you perceive as less than you

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sublimation

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when you want to do something not socially appropriate, so the id changes it into something more socially acceptable

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identification of the aggressor

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when a person adopts behavior of a person hostile towards them in hopes of avoiding abuse

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collective unconscious

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storehouse of latent memories inherited from people’s ancestral past we all share

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archetypes

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emotionally charged thought forms that have universal meaning amongst various cultures

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inferiority complex

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we dont feel we are as good as other people

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overcompensation

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girls who dont feel pretty wear too much makeup

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personality is shaped by

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striving towards self actualization

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acceptance

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being loved for who you are

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genuineness

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being truthful and open about emotions

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self concept

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collection of beliefs about ones own nature, unique qualities and typical behavior

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incongruence of self

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ones real self is different from ideal self

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congruence of self

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no difference between real self and ideal self

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conditional regard

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people love you IF

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unconditional positive regard

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love you no matter what