4.4 Psychodynamic & HumanisticTheories of Personality

Question 1

• Psychodynamic Theory
  Freuds

Answer 1

a collection of psychological theories that focus on the unconscious mind and its influence on behavior and personality

Question 2

• Preconscious

Answer 2

the part of the mind that holds information, thoughts, and memories that are not actively in consciousness but can be easily recalled and brought into conscious awareness. (hold the name of your childhood pet, the location of a restaurant you visited last week, or the details of a past experience)

Question 3

• Unconscious

Answer 3

Without our awareness, a reservoir of thoughts, wishes, memories, that are hidden from awareness because they feel unacceptable
(I dont know why I feel anxious but I do).

Question 4

• Ego Defense Mechanisms

Answer 4

unconscious process to avoid anxiety

Question 5

• Denial

Answer 5

refuse to believe something is happening (partner denies evidence of his gfs affair)

Question 6

• Displacement

Answer 6

taking frustrations out on someone else (bad practice, yell at my mom)

Question 7

• Projection

Answer 7

hipocracy, say something to another person that they are doing but really youre the one doing it (jack youre mean, but im really being mean)

Question 8

• Rationalization

Answer 8

Self justifying excuse (An alcoholic says he drinks just to be sociable because everyone else drinks)

Question 9

• Reaction Formation

Answer 9

Act in their opposites (If you like somebody you might act like you dont like them)

Question 10

• Regression

Answer 10

People dont act their age (Little boy sucks his thumb on first day of school)

Question 11

• Repression

Answer 11

pushing hurtful memories out of awareness (forgetting about a car accident)

Question 12

• Sublimation

Answer 12

taking anger out in an healthy way (rage room)

Question 13

• Projective tests

Answer 13

structured, systematic exposure to a standardized set of ambiguous prompts, designed to reveal inner dynamics, bringing the unconscious to preconscious to .conscious awareness

Question 14

• Humanistic theory

Answer 14

perspective in psychology, emphasizes the inherent goodness of individuals and their potential for growth and self-actualization

Question 15

• Unconditional Regard

Answer 15

the acceptance and support of an individual, regardless of their actions or thoughts

Question 16

• Self-Actualization

Answer 16

the realization or fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.