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Ch. 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carl Jung | (Introvert vs. Extrovert) human behavior determined by goals |
| Segmund Freud | anything with the unconscious |
| Alfred Adler | "creative self" strives to achieve goals, overcome inferiority, motivated by social interaction |
| B.F. Skinner | (behavior) outside factors effects of personality environmental cause and effect |
| Albert Bandura | observation and imitation |
| Abraham Maslow | perfect person *unattainable |
| Life Instinct | erotic + pleasure urges |
| Death Instinct | desire for final end through self-destructiveness and aggression |
| Introvert | responds mainly to inner stimuli; shy, quiet, stable, poor at making decisions |
| Extrovert | responds to external stimuli; "life of the party", outspoken, ringleader |
| Freudian Slip | mishear or miss say phrases are not mistakes but relative to ones unconscious feelings |
| Collective Unconscious | universally inherited from ancestors |
| Defense Mechanism | certain specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances |
| Denial | refuse to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious |
| Sublimation | redirect forbidden desire into socially acceptable desire |
| Projection | believe impulses from within are really coming from other people |
| Repression | push thoughts out of the consciousness down to the unconscious |
| Regression | Revert back in time to past successful reactions when under pressure |
| Rationalization | make up acceptable excuses for behaviors that cause us to feel anxious |
| Displaced Aggression | take out frustration on less powerful opponent |
| Id | what a person WANTS to do (devil) |
| Ego | what a person CAN do (human) |
| Superego | what a person SHOULD do (angel) |