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Vocab 351-400 Flashcards

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1
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Freud believed that much of people’s behavior is controlled by what region of the mind?

A

Unconscious

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According to Freud, the part of the mind which contains everything we are aware of at any given moment is called what?

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Conscious Mind

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According to Freud, the part of the mind which contains everything we could potentially summon to conscious awareness with ease is called what?

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Preconscious Mind

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What part of the personality follows the Pleasure Principle?

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Id

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What part of the personality follows the Reality Principle

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Ego

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What part of the personality follows the Morality Principle?

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Superego

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What are the two parts of the Id?

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Eros
Thanatos

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According to Freud, the primitive, instinctive component of personality

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Id

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According to Freud, the decision-making component of personality

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Ego

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According to Freud, the part of the personality that helps us understand right from wrong

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Superego

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Defense Mechanism: Not accepting the truth or the reality of a situation

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Denial

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Defense Mechanism: Pushing painful thoughts or memories out of the conscious mind

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Repression

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13
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Defense Mechanism: Taking out your anger on a less powerful person

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Displacement

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Defense Mechanism: Denying the existence of an unpleasant quality in one’s self while attributing the quality to others

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Projection

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Defense Mechanism: Creating a reason or excuse to make a wrong act seem right

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Rationalization

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Defense Mechanism: Replacing an unacceptable feeling by stating belief in an opposite belief

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Reaction Formation

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Defense Mechanism: Going back to an earlier, less mature pattern of behavior

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Regression

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Defense Mechanism: Redirecting a forbidden desire into a socially acceptable desire

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Sublimation

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Name the Defense Mechanism - Tom is not strong academically, so he puts extra effort into sports

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Compensation

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Name the Defense Mechanism - Whenever things became too stressful at work, Mr. Jones stops at the park to play with his children

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Regression

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Name the Defense Mechanism - After being fired from his job, Bill says, “All these foreigners are taking the good jobs.”

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Displacement

22
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Name the Defense Mechanism - Mrs. Jones goes to church every Sunday and strongly opposes gay marriage as sinful. All the while she is cheating on her husband with another woman

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Reaction Formation

23
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Danny has a lot of energy and can’t stay in his seat at school, so his teacher has Danny pass back papers and deliver messages to the school office

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Sublimation

24
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What is the ONLY kind of psychology that uses projective personality tests?

A

Psychoanalytic

25
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Two projective personality tests are:

A

The Rorshach Inkblot Test
The TAT

26
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What word is basically synonymous with psychoanalytic?

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Psychodynamic

27
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What term is defined as an inherited idea?

A

Archetype

28
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What part of the mind contains our archetypes?

A

The Collective Unconscious

29
Q

Who coined the term inferiority complex?

A

Alfred Adler

30
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Comparing yourself to others and always feeling inferior or less than others

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Inferiority Complex

31
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Defense Mechanism: Maintaining an attitude of superiority which conceals actual feelings of inferiority and failure

A

Superiority Complex

32
Q

Which kind of psychology believes in free will?

A

Humanism

33
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What is the Humanist term for your image of yourself developed through interaction with others?

A

The Self

34
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What term refers to the conditions a person must meet in order to regard themselves positively?

A

Conditions of Worth

35
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The process of being loved for who you really are

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Unconditional Positive Regard

36
Q

What is Abraham Maslow’s term for a person realizing their unique potential?

A

Self-Actualization

37
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What is Carl Rogers’ term for a person who continually works towards self-actualization?

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Fully Functioning

38
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According to Abraham Maslow, what are the 5 levels of his Hierarchy of Needs?

A

Self-Actualization
Self-Esteem
Love
Safety
Physiological

39
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Kind of person who likes to think; gets over stimulated

A

Introvert

40
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Kind of person who likes to do; likes stimulation

A

Extrovert

41
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Kind of personality assessment where a person provides answers about themselves by filling out a questionnaire

A

Self-Report Inventory

42
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Name the most widely used self-report inventory

A

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

43
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A pattern of behavior which is stable over time

A

Trait

44
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Who is considered the father of Trait Theory?

A

Gordon Allport

45
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Gordon Allport organized traits into what three levels?

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Cardinal
Central
Secondary

46
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Trait that dominates a person’s behavior

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Cardinal Trait

47
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Trait found to some degree in every person

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Central Trait

48
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Trait seen only in certain circumstances

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Secondary Trait

49
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Who came up with the 16 PF Trait Theory?

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Raymond Cattell

50
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What are the Big Five personality traits?

A

Openness
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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