Unit 9 Vocabulary (Personality)

Question 1

Anal stage

Answer 1

The anus is the primary erogenous zone (psychosexual stages)

Question 2

Archetypes

Answer 2

Typical example of a certain person or thing

Question 3

Big five

Answer 3

Basic structures behind all personality tests

Question 4

Collective

Answer 4

Shared inherited memories

Question 5

Defense mechanism

Answer 5

Ego’s protective methods

Question 6

Displacement

Defense mechanism

Answer 6

Redirecting sexual or agressive behavior on a more acceptable or safer target

Question 7

Ego

Answer 7

Executive part of personality and consciousness

Question 8

Fixation

Answer 8

Lingering focus in psychosexual stages

Question 9

Genital stage

Answer 9

Libido and interest is outside the family (Psychosexual stages)

Question 10

Humanistic psychology

Answer 10

Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people

Question 11

Id

Answer 11

Unconscious drive for basic desire

Question 12

Latency stage

Answer 12

Libido is dormant (Psychosexual stages)

Question 13

Locus of control

Answer 13

Degree to which people think they have control

Question 14

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

Answer 14

Widely used for emotional disorders (Projective test)

Question 15

Oedipus complex

Answer 15

Sexual desires for parent of opposite sex

Question 16

Oral stage

Answer 16

First stage where her mouth is erogenous zone (psychosexual stages)

Question 17

Personality

Answer 17

The unique sum of your psychological qualities that consistently influences your behavior across time and situation

Question 18

Phallic stage

Answer 18

Third stage where Jenna Tallia is erogenous zone (psychosexual stages)

Question 19

Pleasure principle

Answer 19

Id demands immediate gratification

Question 20

Projection

Answer 20

Feelings are displaced on to someone else

Question 21

Projective test

Answer 21

Shows projection of one’s inner dynamics

Question 22

Psychodynamic theories

Answer 22

Focus on unconscious

Question 23

Psychosexual stages

Answer 23

Childhood stages of development during which the id’s pleasure seeking energies focused on distinct erogenous zones

Question 24

Rationalization

Answer 24

Creating false but credible justifications in place of real more threatening unconscious reasons for an action

Question 25

Reaction formation

Answer 25

Repressed wishes are at contradicting form on conscious level

Question 26

Reality principle

Answer 26

Ego let’s id be satisfied but in a socially accepted way

Question 27

Reciprocal determinism

Answer 27

Interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment

Question 28

Repression

Answer 28

Pushing uncomfortable thoughts into the subconscious | *underlies all other defense mechanisms*

Question 29

Self actualization

Answer 29

Maslow‘s biggest goal and motivation to fulfilling one’s potential

Question 30

Self-concept

Answer 30

All her thoughts and feelings about ourselves

Question 31

Self efficacy

Answer 31

Sense of competence and effectiveness

Question 32

Super ego

Answer 32

Part of personality that gives standards for judgment

Question 33

Temperament

Answer 33

Persons characteristic emotional maturity - Activity level - Persistence - Distractability - Initial reaction - Adaptability - Mood - Intensity - Sensitivity - Regularity

Question 34

Trait

Answer 34

A distinguishing quality belonging to a person

Question 35

Transference

Answer 35

Giving emotions to a therapist about childhood

Question 36

Unconscious

Answer 36

Inaccessible to conscious mind but effects behavior

Question 37

Personality trait

Answer 37

A stable characteristic

Question 38

Personality state

Answer 38

Temporary emotional condition influencing your thoughts and behaviors

Question 39

Objective test

Answer 39

“Self-reports” You answer questions on a true/false or sliding scale basis (MMPI, Meyers-Briggs Typology test, Jung typology)

Question 40

Validity test

Answer 40

Refers to the degree to which the test actually measures what it claims to measure

Question 41

Reliability test

Answer 41

A test is reliable if it is consistent within itself and across time

Question 42

Cardinal traits

Answer 42

Extremely prominent to ones personality. We don’t all have cardinal traits

Question 43

Central traits

Answer 43

Major characteristics of our personality

Question 44

Secondary traits

Answer 44

Important but can’t explain our general behavior patterns (preferences like reading books)

Question 45

Heritability

Answer 45

Variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes (similar environments so they attribute variations to genes)