Psychology 8 Flashcards

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Most popular personality test?

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, feeling/thinking

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id

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socially developed, present at birth. biological drives that energize us. hunger, sex, thirst. devil on shoulder

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pleasure principle

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id’s boundless drive for immediate gratification. tension builds until satisfied

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superego

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socially developed, motivates us to behave in ways that are moral ideal or perfect

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ego

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mediates conflict between wants of id and shoulds of superego

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reality principle

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goal is to reduce tension but at an appropriate time and place

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extravert

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person who seeks stimulation and is sociable and impulsive

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introvert

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kind of person who avoids stimulation and is lowkey and cautious

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locus of control

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expectancy that one’s reinforcements are generally controlled by internal or external factors

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fixation

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tendency to get stuck at a immature stage of psychosexual stages

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oral fixation

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if weaned off too early or late as a baby you might bite your nails chew gum or smoke

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defense mechanism

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unconscious methods of minimizing anxiety by denying or distorting reality

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self actualization

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a drive to behave in ways that are consistent with one’s conscious identity

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self efficacy

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belief that you are capable of performing the behaviors required to produce a desired outcome. believing that you can achieve goals.

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unconditional positive regard

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situation where the love and acceptance someone gives if unconditional no matter what someone does no judgement or criticism

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conditional positive regard

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love and acceptance someone gives is based on one’s behavior acceptance only when standard is met

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repression

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threatening thoughts memories impulses are banned from awareness blocking things out

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denial

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form of repression where anxiety filled external events are banned from mind

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projection

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people project their own unacceptable impulses onto others

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reaction formation

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converting an unacceptable feeling into its opposite

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rationalization

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making excuses for one’s failure/shortcomings

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sublimation

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channeling repressed sexual or aggressive urges into socially acceptable outlets

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Carl Jung theory

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same as freud unconscious is repressed material from one’s personal life and believe in the collective unconscious

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Alfred Adler theory

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personality comes from social conflicts rather than sexual tension ex; sibling rivalry

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projective tests
allows people to project unconscious needs wishes onto ambiguous stimuli
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Thematic appreciation test
Projective test that asks people to make up stories about ambiguous pictures
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rorschach test
people are asked to report what they see in inkblots
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cognitive social learning approach
focuses on social learning (modeling) and expectancies behaviorism basically idk
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reciprocal determinism
view that personality emerges from a mutual interaction of individuals actions environments
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humanistic theory
focuses on the self subjective experience and capacity for fulfillment
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carl roger's theory
we are social creatures dependent on others for love and acceptance
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abraham maslow
self actualized people have more peak experiences least important to most: psychological needs, love and belonging, self esteem, self actualization