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instincts and urges present at birth found here (in your unconscious); the devil on your shoulder

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id

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this has conscious control of your personality; the mediator

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ego

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your conscience; the angel on your shoulder

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superego

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everything we are aware of at a given moment is found here

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conscious

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material that can readily be brought to awareness is located here

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preconscious

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weaning is the main task at this Freudian stage

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oral stage

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being fixated at this Freudian stage may result in you being overly stingy

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anal stage

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you focus on forming adult relationships in this Freudian stage

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genital stage

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conflicts from earlier stages remain hidden in this Freudian stage

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latent stage

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identify with adult role models your main task in this Freudian stage; Oedipus complex occurs here

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phallic stage

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when you block events from awareness (defense mechanism)

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denial

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motivated forgetting; don’t remember threatening situation (defense mechanism)

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repression

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moving back in psychological time to a place you feel safe (defense mechanism)

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regression

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you don’t see desires as your own; you see them as others (defense mechanism)

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projection

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when you redirect an impulse on to a substitute target (defense mechanism)

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displacement

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Karen Horney believed anxiety comes from this

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lack of love

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Adler believed that we all struggle with feelings of …

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inferiority

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Jung’s term for the conscious mind

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ego

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Jung’s term for anything that is not presently conscious, but can be

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personal unconscious

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our psychic inheritance according to Jung is called this

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collective unconscious

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the unlearned tendency to experience things in a certain way (according to Jung)

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archetypes

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meaningful coincidences (beyond chance) by Jung

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synchronicity

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the self each person would like to be according to Rogers

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ideal self

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school of thought that emphasizes the positive potential of a person

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humanism

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Rogers contends that we all strive to become this when we unite our real self with our ideal self

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fully functioning individuals

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the gap between the real and the ideal self is called (according to Rogers)

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incongruity

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the built in motivation we all have to develop our potential to the fullest extent possible (according to Rogers)

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actualizing tendency

28
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name the psychologist who believed traits can be divided into three categories; cardinal, central and secondary

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Gordon Allport

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this psychologist believed that people can be categorized in to two basic traits: extraversion and emotional stability

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Hans Eysenck

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this psychologist believed that everyone has source traits which result in behaviors we can see

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Raymond Cattell

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the number of traits most psychologists agree are inherited at birth

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five

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relatively few people develop this kind of trait

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cardinal trait

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these are the traits that are the building blocks of our personality

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central traits

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these are the traits we seldom see, but could come out in certain situations (ex: a mother may get very aggressive if her child is threatened)

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secondary traits

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the Big 5 personality traits are …

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Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability)

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according to birth order theories, this child would be most agreeable and most of risk taker

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last born

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according to birth order theories, this child is most likely to be responsible and get along well with adults; they are organized and a rule follower

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first born

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a defense mechanism where you turn the feeling in to the opposite

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reaction formation

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you strip away emotion from an event (defense mechanism)

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isolation

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you take on the personality characteristics of someone else (defense mechanism)

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introjection

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you become your own substitute target (defense mechanism)

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turning against the self

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Erikson stage: Conflict centered on learning to trust others and the world

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Trust vs. Mistrust

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Erikson stage: conflict is created when growing self control is against feelings of shame and doubt

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

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Erikson stage: conflict centered on learning to take the initiative rather than feeling guilty about one’s actions

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Initiative vs. Guilt

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Erikson stage: conflict arises when feelings of inferiority develop if industrious behavior is discouraged

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Erikson stage: conflict involves establishing a consistent personal identity

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Erikson stage: conflict centered on establishing intimacy with others

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Erikson stage: conflict between stagnant self interest and interest in future generations

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Erikson stage: conflict between sense of personal integrity and despair over regretted life events

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Integrity vs. Despair

50
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a person’s broad, long lasting pattern of behavior

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personality

51
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this technique allows a person to bring ideas from their unconscious that may be influencing their behavior

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free association

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Adler’s idea of your unique style of life

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personality pattern

53
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Adler’s idea of creating your personality through your choices and experiences

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creative self

54
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the four parts of Jung’s ego

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sensing, intuiting, feeling, thinking

55
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Review all examples and activities in your notes

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Mrs.Ceh's Psychology Class (9 decks)

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