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Unit 9 Flashcards

1
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personality

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a person’s broad, long-lasting patterns of behavior

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free association

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a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind

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psychoanalysis

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personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts

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4
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unconscious

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a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings

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ego

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mediates id and superego

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id

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completely unconscious wants, needs, desires

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superego

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morality,angel

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identification

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children incorporate parents’ values into developing superego

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repression

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pushing things back into mind because they cause guilt

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regression

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retreat to child-like behavior

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reaction formation

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ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites

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defense mechanism

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ego distorts things to accept us

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projection

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disguise own problems issues by attributing them to others

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14
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fixation

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lingering focus on pleasure-seeking in the early stages

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rationalization

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one makes excuses instead of focusing on the real issue

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16
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displacement

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shifts sexual impulses toward a less-threatening person

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17
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sublimation

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re channel unaccepted impulses into socially approved activities

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18
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oral

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pleasure centers on mouth (0-18 months)

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anal

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pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination (18-36 months)

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phallic

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pleasure zone on genitals (3-6 years)

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latency

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dormant sexual feelings (6 to puberty)

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genital

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maturation of sexual interests (puberty +)

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23
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archetypes

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inherited universal concepts appearing all throughout history

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collective unconscious

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all archetypes taken together

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terror management theory

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thinking about our own morality living in a threatening world

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Rorschach inkblot test

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inkblots shown and you say how you feel and it reveals your feelings

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TAT

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make up a story based on the picture shown

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projective test

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a stimulus is shown and you tell a story

29
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gender identy

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a person’s innate sense of their gender

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preconcious area

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latent parts of the brain that are readily available to the conscious mind

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Oedipus complex

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a desire for sexual involvement with parent

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self-actualization

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psychological need that arises after basic needs are met and self-esteem is achieved

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unconcious positive regard

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an attitude of total acceptance of another person

34
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self-concept

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all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves

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individualism

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putting self-goals over others

36
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collectivism

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putting team goals over self-goals

37
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possible self

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individual ideas of what they might become

38
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personality inventory

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long sets of questions covering a wide range of feelings and behaviors

39
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MMPI

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able to weed out emotional disorders in people

40
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trait

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characteristic pattern of behavior or tendency to act in a certain way

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conscientiousness

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level of awareness, careful, disciplined

42
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agreeableness

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adaptability, trusting, helpful

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neuroticism

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level of emotion, calm, secure

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openmindedness

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new ideas, imaginative, independent

45
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extraversion

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outgoing, sociable, fun-loving

46
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factor analysis

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identifies components and traits

47
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esysenck circle

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many normal human variations can be reduced to extraversion- introversion, emotional stability, and instability

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hans and sybil eysenck

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made the esyenck circle, gender traits will fall waiting 4 dimensions

49
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empirically derived test

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testing a pool of items and selecting those that discriminate between groups

50
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personal situation controversy

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personality traits stable with age

51
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Jerome kagan

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psychologist that found emotions are controlled by brain states

52
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reciprocal determination

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the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors

53
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personal control

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our sense of controlling our environment

54
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internal locus of control

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the perception that one controls one’s own fate

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external locus of control

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the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our control determine our fate

56
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optimism

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hopefulness and confidence about the future

57
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learned helplessness

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the idea that one cannot avoid repeated adverse events

58
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martin seligman

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psychologist who created the theory of learned helplessness

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self-esteem

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one’s feelings of high or low self-worth

60
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self serving bias

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tendency to perceive oneself as favorability

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spotlight effect

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

62
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self-efficacy

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one sense of competence and effectiveness

63
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narcissism

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excessive self absorption and self love

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