Ch. 11 Flashcards

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A theory that attempts to describe and explain similarities and differences in people’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

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Personality theory

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An individual’s unique and relatively consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

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Personality

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Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality which emphasizes unconscious determinants of behavior, sexual and aggressive instinctual drives, and the enduring effects of early childhood experiences on later personality development

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Psychoanalysis

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A psychoanalytic technique in which the patient spontaneously report all thoughts, feelings, and mental images as they come to mind

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Free association

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Freud’s theory, a term used to describe thoughts, feelings, wishes, and drives that are operating below the level of conscious awareness

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Unconscious

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Latin for the it, and Freud’s theory, the completely unconscious, irrational component of personality that seeks immediate satisfaction of instinctual urges and drives; ruled by the pleasure principle

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id

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The self preservation of life instinct, reflected in the expression of basic biological urges that perpetuate the existence of the individual and the species

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Eros

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The psychological any motional energy associated with expressions of sexuality; the sex drive

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Libido

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The death instinct, reflected in aggressive, destructive, and self-destructive actions

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Thanatos

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The motive to attain pleasure and avoid tension or discomfort; the most fundamental human motive in the guiding principle of the id

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Pleasure principle

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Latin for I; in Freud’s theory, the partly conscious rational and component of personality that regulates thoughts and behavior, and is most in touch with the demands of the external world

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Ego

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The capacity to accommodate external demands by postponing gratification until the appropriate time or circumstances exist

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Reality principle

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In Freud’s theory the partly conscious, self evaluative, moralistic component of personality that is formed through the internalization of parental and societal rules

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Superego

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Largely unconscious distortions of thoughts or perceptions that act to reduce anxiety

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Ego defense mechanisms

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The unconscious exclusion of anxiety provoking thoughts, feelings and memories from conscious awareness; the most fundamental ego defense mechanism

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Repression

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The ego defense mechanism that involves unconsciously shifting the target of an emotional urge to a substitute target that is less threatening or dangerous

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Displacement

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An ego defense mechanism that involves redirecting sexual urges towards productive, socially excepted bowl, non-sexual activities; a form of displacement

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Sublimation

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Invoice theory, age-related developmental periods in which the child sexual urges are focused on different areas of the body and are expressed through the activities associated with those areas

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Psychosexual stages

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In Freud’s theory a child’s unconscious sexual desire for the opposite sex parent, usually accompanied by hostile feelings towards the same-sex parent

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Oedipus complex

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In psychoanalytic theory, and ego defense mechanism that involves reducing anxiety by imitating the behavior and characteristics of another person

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Identification

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In Jungs theory, the hypothesized part of the unconscious mind that is inherited from previous generations in that contains universally shared ancestral experiences and ideas

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Collective unconscious

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In Jungs theory the inherited mental images of universal human instincts, themes,’s and preoccupations are the main components of the collective unconscious

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Archetypes

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The theoretical viewpoint on personality that generally emphasizes the inherent goodness of people, human potential, self actualization, the self-concept, and healthy personality development

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Humanistic psychology

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In Rogers theory, the innate drive to maintain and enhance the human organism

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Actualizing tendency

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The set of perceptions and beliefs that you hold about yourself

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Self-concept

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In Rogers theory, the sense that you will be valued and loved only if you behave in a way that is acceptable to others; conditional love or acceptance

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Conditional positive regard

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In Rogers theory, the sense that you will be valued in love even if you don’t conform to the standards and expectations of others; unconditional love or acceptance

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Unconditional positive regard

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Albert Bandura’s theory of personality, which emphasizes the importance of observational learning, conscious cognitive processes, social experiences, self efficacy beliefs, and reciprocal determinism

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Social cognitive theory

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A model proposed by psychologist bandura that explains human functioning and personality as caused by the interaction of behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors

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Reciprocal determinism

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He believes that people have about their ability to meet the demands of a specific situation; feelings of self-confidence or self-doubt

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Self efficacy

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A relatively stable, enduring predisposition to consistently behave in a certain way

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Trait

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A theory of personality that focuses on identifying, describing, and measuring individual differences in behavioral predispositions

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Trait theory

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Personality characteristics or attributes that can easily be inferred from observable behavior

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Surface traits

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The most fundamental die mentions of personality; the broad, basic traits that are hypothesized to be universal and relatively few in number

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Source traits

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A trait theory of personality that identifies extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, consciousness, and openness to experience as the fundamental building blocks of personality

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Five factor model of personality

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In interdisciplinary field that studies the effects of genes and heredity on behavior

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Behavioral genetics

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A test that assesses a person’s abilities, aptitudes, interests, or personality on the basis of eight systematically obtained sample of behavior

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Psychological test

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A type of personality test that involves a person’s interpreting an ambiguous image; used to assess unconscious motives, conflicts, psychological defenses, and personality traits

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Projective test

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A projective test using inkblots, developed by Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach

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Rorschach inkblot test

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A pseudoscience that claims to assess personality, social, and occupational attributes based on a person’s distinctive handwriting, doodles, and drawing style

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Graphology

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A projective personality test that involves creating stories about each of the series of ambiguous scenes

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Thematic apperception test (TAT)

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A type of psychological test in which a person’s responses to standardize questions are compared to established norms

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Self-report inventory

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A self-report inventory that assesses personality characteristics and psychological disorders; used to assess both normal and disturbed populations

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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)

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A self-report inventory that assesses personality characteristics in normal populations

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California psychological inventory or CPI

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A self-report inventories developed by Raymond cattell that generates a personality profile was ratings on 16 trait dimensions

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16 personality factor questionnaire or 16PF

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The aspect of the self-concept that includes images of the selves that you hope, fear, or expect to become in the future

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Possible selves