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an individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

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personality

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coined by freud, unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences

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psychoanalytic

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operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification

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Id

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our morals and sense of right and wrong; your concerns

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super ego

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children incorporate their parents’ vales into their developing superegos

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identification

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its our job to satisfy the Id while understanding the limitations, reality principle

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ego

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when conflicts are not resolved and we become preoccupied with that stage later in life

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fixation

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pleasure focuses on the mouth; sucking, biting, chewing

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oral stage

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occurs if deprived of using their mouth later in life, ex nail biting

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oral fixation

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pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control

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anal stage

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occurs if parents are demanding on potty training; obsession with being neat and tidy (if parent enforced early) or super messy (if parent is laid back)

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anal fixation

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pleasure focuses in the genitals, coping with incestuous sexual feelings

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phallic stage

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occurs as a boys sexual desires towards his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father

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oedipus complex

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occurs as a girls sexual desires towards her father and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival mother

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elytra crisis

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relationship issues later in life

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crisis for phallic stage

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format sexual feelings, identify with same sex peers

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latency

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maturation of sexual interests

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genital

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how many defense mechanisms are there

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9

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protective method of reducing anxiety unconsciously

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defense mechanisms

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banish painful thoughts/feelings from memory, completely forget

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repression

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retreats to a more infantile stage

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regression

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7 year old gets baby brother, is upset so begins to pee the bed again

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regression

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expressing feelings that are the opposite of their feelings

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reaction formation

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a boy likes a girl and picks on her

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reaction formation

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project own thoughts onto others

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projection

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self justifying explanations in place of the more painful reality

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rationalization

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saying im way better off anyway after a breakup

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rationalization

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shifts aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable object or person, who is less threatening

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displacement

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taking aggression on student rather than back on a mean boss

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displacement

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refusing to accept that something unpleasant is happening, even though you are aware

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denial

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channeling frustration toward a healthier goal

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subliminal

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working out a lot after a breakup

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subliminal

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behavior where people overachieve in one area to compensate for failures in another

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compensation

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explore the unconscious, release and say whatever comes to mind

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free association

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personality test designed to trigger ones unconsciousness

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projective tests

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look at a picture and makeup a story, therapist interprets

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thematic apperception test (TAT)

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most widely used, set of D inkblot, coined by Herman Rorchach, identify with inner feelings by analyzing their interpretation

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Rorshach Inkblot Test

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problems with projective tests

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inconsistent results by interpretation

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focus should be on social factor, not sexual one, birth order plays a role in

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Alfred Adlee

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sought to balance freud masculine bias

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Karen Horney

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we all have a collective unconscious, something shared and inherited

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Carl Jung

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behavior is influenced by interactions and our interpretations

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social cognitive interpretation

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interaction in which the environment, ones behavior, and personal factors influence one another

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reciprocal determinism

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getting mad at someone bc you think they’re mad at you, then they get mad at you

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reciprocal determinism

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chance or outside forces beyond ones personal control determine ones fate

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external locus of control

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can control/determine ones fate

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internal locus of control

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hopelessness a human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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learned helplessness

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who coined learned helplessness

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Martin seligman

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classify personality in terms of traits; born with personality; allport came up w

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the trait perspective

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test to determine which personality group you are

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personality inventory test

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Hans and Sybil Eysernck Personality traits

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Unstable or stable
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extraverted or introverted

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the most used of all personality traits; originally developed to identify emotional disorders and mental illness

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Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPII)

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The Big 5 Personality Factors

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Openness
Concientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neurotic (emotional stability)
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personality/satisfaction is based on weight
if you are heavy you are happy
if you are muscular you are aggressive
if you are skinny you are quiet

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Somatotype theory

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personality is formed by developing self actualization and improving self image

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humanistic perspective

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Hierarchy of needs

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Maslow

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based on growth and fulfillment of individuals

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Carl Rogers

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Rogers said we need 3 things:

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Acceptance, empathy, geniuness

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total acceptance

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unconditioned positive regard

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feelings of self worth

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self esteem

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understanding and recognizing your own abilities

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self concept

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overestimating others noticing and evaluating or appearance, performance, and blunders

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spotlight effect

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readiness to perceive oneself favorably; blame others

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self serving bias

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