Big 5 and Ego Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
Conscientiousness
efficient and organized OR easygoing and careless:
tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for achievement
planned rather than spontaneous behavior
Agreeableness
friendly and compassionate OR cold and unkind:
tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others
Neuroticism
sensitive and nervous OR secure and confident:
tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily, such as anger, anxiety, depression, or vulnerability
Openness to experience
inventive and curious OR consistent and cautions:
Had an appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, curiosity, and variety of experience
Extraversion
outgoing and energetic OR prefers solitary and reserved:
Associated with energy, positive emotions, surgency, and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others
Sublimation
transforming a socially unacceptable anxiety into a source of energy that produces no adverse consequence and is socially acceptable
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humor
capacity to not take oneself too seriously, as in accepting ones shortcoming and talking about it in a socially acceptable way
Anticipation
forcasting future danger in small steps to cope with the danger gradually
Rationalization
justifying a disturbing or unacceptable thought or feeling by selecting a logical reason to think or feel that way
Reaction Formation
adopting or expressing the opposite of ones true feelings or motives
Regression
returning to an earlier stage of development
Identification
Taking on the characteristics of someone viewed as successful
Displacement
Releasing one’s anxiety out on a substitute as releasing on the source of the true source could be harmful
Projection
Attributing ones own unacceptable behavior onto someone else
Fantasy
Gratifying frustrated desires by imaginary achievements
