Chapter 14.1

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

consists of all the consistent ways in which the behavior of one person differs from that of others, especially in social situations.

Question 2

Psychodynamic theory

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relates personality to the interplay of conflicting forces, including unconscious ones, within the individual

Question 3

Catharsis

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a release of pent-up emotional tension

Question 4

Psychoanalysis

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Referred to his method of explaining and dealing with personality , based on the interplay of conscious and unconscious forces.

Question 5

Unconscious

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a repository of memories, emotions, and thoughts, many of them illogical, that affect our behavior even though we cannot talk about them.

Question 6

Oedipus Complex

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when he develops a sexual interest in his mother and competitive aggression toward his father.

Question 7

Psychosexual pleasure

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all strong, pleasant excitement arising from body stimulation.

Question 8

Libido

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Psychosexual energy. from a latin word meaning desire

Question 9

Fixated

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person continues to be preoccupied with the pleasure area associated with that stage.

Question 10

Oral Stage

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From birth to 1 1/2 years, the infant derives intense psychosexual pleasure from stimulation of the mouth, particularly while sucking at the mothers breast

Question 11

Anal Stage

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At about 1 1/2 children enter the anal stage, when they get psychosexual pleasure from the sensations of bowel movements.

Question 12

Phallic Stage

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beginning at about 3, children begin to play with their genitals.

Question 13

Latent Period

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From about 5 - 6 until adolescence, in which they suppress their psychosexual interest. Play with mostly peers of their own sex.

Question 14

Genital Stage

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Beginning at puberty, young people take a strong sexual interest in other people

Question 15

Ego

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is the rational, decision- making aspect of the personality.

Question 16

Id

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consists of sexual and other biological drives. that demand immediate gratification

Question 17

Superego

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contains the memory of rules and prohibitions we learned from our parents and others, such as nice little boys and girls don’t do that.

Question 18

Defense Mechanisms

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The ego defends itself against anxieties by relegating unpleasant thoughts and impulses to the unconscious mind (such as repression denial rationalization displacement regressions projection reaction formation and sublimation)

Question 19

Repression

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is motivated removal of something to the unconscious

Question 20

Denial

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the refusal to believe unpleasant information

Question 21

Rationalization

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attempt to prove that their actions are justifiable

Question 22

Displacement

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by diverting a behavior or thought away from its natural target toward a less threatening target

Question 23

Regression

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a return to a more immature level of functioning

Question 24

Projection

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attributing ones own undesirable characteristics to other people ( thinking the people have your faults seems less threatening)

Question 25

Reaction formation

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to present themselves as the opposite of what they really are. ( a man trouble by doubts about his religious faith might try to convert others to the faith)

Question 26

Sublimation

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The transformation of sexual or aggressive energies into culturally acceptable, even admirable behaviors.

Question 27

Neo-Freudians

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Psychologist that kept parts of Freud's theory while modifying other aspects

Question 28

Collective unconscious

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Present at birth, relates to the cumulative experience of preceding generations.

Question 29

Archetypes

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which are vague images or at least the predisposition to form images that have always been part of the human experience.

Question 30

Individual Psychology

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Indivisible psychology, a psychology of the person as a whole rather than parts such as id, ego and superego.

Question 31

Inferiority Complex

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an exaggerated feeling of weakness, inadequacy and helplessness.

Question 32

Striving for superiority

Answer 32

A desire to seek personal excellence and fulfillment

Question 33

Social Interest

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a sense of solidarity and identification with other people

Question 34

Gender Role

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the pattern of behavior that a person is expected to follow because of being male or female

Question 35

Humanistic Psychology

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deals with consciousness, values and abstract beliefs, including spiritual experiences and the beliefs that people live and die for. (according to H.P. peoples personality depends on peoples beliefs and perceptions of the world.

Question 36

Self-concept

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An image of what they really are,

Question 37

Ideal self

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an image of what they would like to be.

Question 38

Unconditional Positive Regard

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(Im ok your ok) the complete, unqualified acceptance of another person as he or she is. much like the love of a parent for a child.

Question 39

Self-actualization

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the achievement of one's full potential.