personality pt 1 Flashcards
personality
long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways
individual psychology
school of psychology proposed by Adler that focuses on our drive to compensate for feelings of inferiority
inferiority complex
refers to a person’s feelings that they lack worth and don’t measure up to others’ or to society’s standards
analytical psychology
Jung’s theory focusing on the balance of opposing forces within one’s personality and the significance of the collective unconscious
collective unconsciousness
common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next
archetypes
pattern that exists in our collective unconscious across cultures and societies
social-cognitive theory
Bandura’s theory of personality that emphasizes both cognition and learning as sources of individual differences in personality
reciprocal determinism
belief that one’s environment can determine behavior, but at the same time, people can influence the environment with both their thoughts and behaviors
self-efficacy
someone’s level of confidence in their own abilities
locus of control
beliefs about the power we have over our lives; an external locus of control is the belief that our outcomes are outside of our control; an internal locus of control is the belief that we control our own outcomes