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Personality Flashcards

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What is the psychodynamic theory?

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When behavior is motivated by inner forces deep in conscience

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What is the conscious mind?

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Holds everything a person is aware of right at this moment

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The conscious mind is also known as?

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The working memory

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What is the preconsious mind?

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Information your not actively aware of but its pretty easy to bring to awareness

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What is the unconscious mind?

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Information buried at a deeper level

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What are the 3 components of freud’S psychoanalytic theory?

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Conscious mind
preconscious mind
unconscious mind

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What are 3 parts of a personality?

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Id
Ego
Superego

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What is an id?

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Pleasure principle: if it feels good then its the right thing to do

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9
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The id is also known as?

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Intuitive thoughts

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10
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How you handle situations is directly connected to who you are and your_______.

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Ego

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What is an ego?

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A person’s rational/logical thought

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What is the superego?

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Watches over the thoughts of the id and egos. Steps in to evaluate situations

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13
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What 2 parts are associated with the superego?

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Conscience
Ego ideal

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14
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What is the conscience?

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When you feel bad after taking action

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15
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The conscience is also known as_________

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Negative evaluation

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16
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What is the ego ideal?

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Feeling proud of how you handled certain things

17
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The ego ideal is also known as

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Positive evaluation

18
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What are the ego defense mechanisms?

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Projection
Regression
Denial
Repression

19
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What is projection?

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Putting own issues on other people

20
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What is an example of projection?

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Person who’s cheating in a relationship accuses other person of cheating

21
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What is regression?

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coping strategies that returns to less mature and earlier stages of development

Ex. Failing an exam so you go to bed hugging childhood stuffed animal

22
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What is denial?

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Not accepting it happened

23
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What is repression?

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Accepting it happened but not thinking about it or not dealing with it

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