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Ap Psych 10
personality
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| personality | individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting |
| 3 parts of mind | conscious, preconscious, unconscious |
| unconscious | reservoir of unacceptable thoughts |
| free association | exploring the unconscious by relaxing and saying what comes to mind |
| psychoanalysis | attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives |
| 3 parts of personality | id, superego, ego |
| id | pleasure principle (unconscious) |
| superego | ideals, standards, morals for judgement (preconscious) |
| ego | reality principle/mediator (conscious) |
| oral stage (1) | 0-18 months: mouth |
| anal stage (2) | 18-36 months: control/bladder |
| phallic stage (3) | 3-6 years: genitals/jealousy |
| latency stage (4) | 6-puberty: dormant sexual feelings |
| genital stage (5) | puberty-death: maturation of sexual interests |
| erogenous zones | zones for pleasure |
| oedipus complex | boy's sexual desire to mother/jealousy towards father |
| electra complex | girl's sexual desire to father/jealousy towards mother |
| identification | kids incorporate parent's values into superego |
| fixation | lingering focus of pleasure/stay at earlier stage |
| defense mechanisms | ego's protective methods to reduce anxiety unconsciously by distorting reality |
| repression | banish anxiety arousing thoughts |
| regression | retreating to a more infantile stage |
| reaction formation | switch unacceptable thoughts to their opposites |
| projection | disguise own threatening impulses by attributing them to others |
| rationalization | self-justifying explanation for real reasons |
| displacement | shift-aggressive energy to less threatening objects |
| sublimation | channel unacceptable impulses into socially approved activities |
| denial | refuse to believe painful realities |
| projection test | provides stimuli that triggers a projection of one's inner dynamics |
| TAT test | express feelings through stories they make up about pictures of scenes |
| Inkblot test | identifies one's inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations |
| terror management | explores people's emotional/behavioral responses to reminders of their death |
| self-actualization | an ultimate psychological need that arises after basic needs are met (self-esteem) |
| unconditional positive regard | attitude of total acceptance of others |
| self-concept | all thoughts of ourselves |
| trait | characteristic pattern of behavior |
| Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | ISTJ |
| personality inventory | designed to gauge a wide range of personalities |
| MMPI | most used personality test |
| empirically derived test | test a pool of items and then selects those that discriminate between groups |
| the Big Five | "canoe" |
| CANOE | conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism(stability), openness, extraversion |
| social-cognitive perspective | behaviors influenced by traits and social context |
| reciprocal determinism | interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment |
| self-serving bias | perceive oneself favorably |
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