Chapter 14

Question 0

aspect of personality considered to be reasonably stable

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trait

Question 1

Pattern of feelings, motive, and behavior that set people apart from one another

Answer 1

personality

Question 2

psychologist who suggested that traits can be inherited and are fixed in the nervous system

Answer 2

Gordon Allport

Question 3

tendency to go along with what other people want

Answer 3

agreeableness

Question 4

psychologist who proposed the “inner conflict” approach to personality theory

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

psychologist who proposed 2 personality dimensions: introversion-extroversion and stability-instability

Answer 5

Hans Eysenck

Question 6

Structure of mind demanding instant gratification

Answer 6

id

Question 7

structure of mind that demands morality

Answer 7

superego

Question 8

defense mechanism that removes anxiety-causing ideas from conscious awareness by pushing them into the unconscious

Answer 8

repression

Question 9

defense mechanism where a person refuses to accept the reality of anything that is bad

Answer 9

denial

Question 10

stages of psychological development

Answer 10

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Question 11

a store of human concepts shared by all people across all cultures

Answer 11

collective unconscious

Question 12

the psychiatrist who proposed the idea of collective unconscious

Answer 12

Carl Jung

Question 13

ideas and images of the accumulated experience of all human beings

Answer 13

archetypes

Question 14

psychologist who believed people are motivated by a need to overcome the feelings of inferiority

Answer 14

Alfred Adler

Question 15

psychologist who proposed 8 stage theory of psychological development

Answer 15

Erik Erikson

Question 16

personality theory that teaches environmental forces shape peoples behavior

Answer 16

behaviorism

Question 17

use of reinforcers to influence people to perform socially desirable behaviors

Answer 17

socialization

Question 18

personality theory that focuses on learning by observation and on role of cognitive processes that produce individual differences

Answer 18

social learning

Question 19

approach to personality development that maintains that people are free to make conscious choices and are responsible for their choices

Answer 19

humanistic

Question 20

psychologist who believed people wish to reach their full potential but just follow individual paths to do so

Answer 20

Abraham Maslow

Question 21

a view as oneself as an individual

Answer 21

self concept

Question 22

psychologist who developed the self theory which asserts that people have a need for consistency between self concepts and experiences

Answer 22

Carl Rogers

Question 23

the belief in oneself or self respect

Answer 23

self esteem

Question 24

process of adopting to a new/different culture

Answer 24

acculturation

Question 25

defense mechanisms

Answer 25

repression, rationalization, displacement, regression, projection, reaction formation, denial, sublimation

Question 26

Gordon Allport

Answer 26

said traits are fixed, list of 18000 dictionary words

Question 27

who made 5 factor model

Answer 27

Eysenck

Question 28

limitations to trait theory of personality

Answer 28

pigeonholing ppl bc of oversimplified characteristics

Question 29

how was psychoanalytic theory revised

Answer 29

less emphasis on sexual/aggressive drives and unconscious motives, more in social relationships

Question 30

Alfred Adler

Answer 30

inferiority complex

Question 31

Karen horney

Answer 31

importance of parent child relationships

Question 32

do you think humans have a "true-self"?

Answer 32

If we do, we will not be able to realize it. It is not within our scope to grasp this knowledge of ourselves.

Question 33

Hans Eysenck

Answer 33

intro-extroversion and stability-instability

Question 34

Sigmund Freud

Answer 34

"inner conflict" approach

Question 35

id

Answer 35

instant gratification

Question 36

ego

Answer 36

reality principle

Question 37

superego

Answer 37

morality

Question 38

repression

Answer 38

pushing anxiety causing thoughts into subconscious

Question 39

rationalization

Answer 39

justify unacceptable behavior

Question 40

displacement

Answer 40

transfer idea/impulse into less threatening object

Question 41

regression

Answer 41

return to earlier stage of development

Question 42

projection

Answer 42

project impulses outward (see faults on other ppl)

Question 43

reaction formation

Answer 43

act contrary to genuine feelings

Question 44

denial

Answer 44

refuse to accept negative reality

Question 45

sublimation

Answer 45

channel impulses into socially acceptable behavior

Question 46

Carl Jung

Answer 46

collective unconscious

Question 47

Alfred Adler

Answer 47

ppl motivated to overcome feelings of inferiority

Question 48

Erik Erikson

Answer 48

8 stage development

Question 49

behaviorism

Answer 49

environment shapes people

Question 50

socialization

Answer 50

reinforcement influences ppl

Question 51

humanistic

Answer 51

ppl free, make choices and are responsible

Question 52

Carl Rogers

Answer 52

self theory