personality Flashcards
personality
a persons characteristic and consistent pattern of thinking feeling and behaving
free association
a patient talks w/o sensor in order to uncover unconscious motive
cinscious
current awareness
preconcious
not currently aware but could be
unconscious
part of mind typically unreachable unless through free association
id
what we want to do
ego
mediator between id and superego
superego
what we should do
repression
forcefully forget bad things that happen
regression
retreat to more infantile stage of life when anxieties are not existant
denial
refusing to admit something obvious had happened
reaction formation
treat someone the opposite of how you actually feel
projection
call out your own faults in other people
rationalizing
making up excuses for yourself
displacement
take out anger on people you perceive as less than you
sublimation
when you want to do something not socially appropriate, so the id changes it into something more socially acceptable
identification of the aggressor
when a person adopts behavior of a person hostile towards them in hopes of avoiding abuse
collective unconscious
storehouse of latent memories inherited from people’s ancestral past we all share
archetypes
emotionally charged thought forms that have universal meaning amongst various cultures
inferiority complex
we dont feel we are as good as other people
overcompensation
girls who dont feel pretty wear too much makeup
personality is shaped by
striving towards self actualization
acceptance
being loved for who you are
genuineness
being truthful and open about emotions
