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(TAMUCC) Psych Ch.11
Psychology Terms Ch. 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an individual's characteristic style of behaving, thinking, and feeling | personality |
| a series of answers to a questionnaire that asks people to indicate the extend to which sets of statements or adjectives accurately describe their own behavior or mental state | self-report |
| a well-researched clinical questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems | Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
| a standard series of ambiguous stimuli designed to elicit unique responses that reveal inner aspects of an individuals' personality Ex: Rorschach Inkblot Test, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) | projective techniques |
| a relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way | trait |
| "a temporary trait" | state |
| Name The Big Five | Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (OCEAN) |
| personality is formed by needs, strivings, and desires largely operating outside of awareness | psychodynamic approach |
| Psychoanalysis: 3 Levels of Thought | -Conscious -Preconscious -Unconscious |
| Psychoanalysis: 3 Basic Structures | -ID -Ego -Superego |
| completely unconscious; contains all of our animalistic, irrational desires | the ID |
| irrational, instinct driven, unrealistic | primary process thought |
| seeks immediate satisfaction of needs and desires. The id "wants what it wants when it wants it." | pleasure principle |
| develops from ID: finds acceptable ways to satisfy the id's impulses | the ego |
| rational and realistic | secondary process thought |
| seeks satisfaction of needs in a rational and realistic way; but, the ego is AMORAL | reality principle |
| contains the moral sense of right and wrong | the superego |
| commands us to strive for moral perfection; however, the superego is NOT rational | idealistic principle |
| unconscious coping mechanisms that reduce anxiety generated by threats from unacceptable impulses | defense mechanisms |
| mind prevents us from consciously attending to unpleasant thoughts. Ex: It's not really happening | denial |
| unknowingly block any potentially dangerous impulses form the id. Ex: Don't even think about it | repression |
| attribute our own unacceptable thoughts to someone else. Ex: Say Susie likes Johnny when you actually like Johnny. | projection |
| redirect impulse toward less threatening targets. Ex: punch the wall | displacement |
| transform unacceptable impulses into acceptable behavior. Ex: working out when angry | sublimation |
| transform unacceptable impulses into their opposite. Ex: acting happy around someone you hate | reaction formation |
| merging our identity with that of the threatening individual. Ex: acting like the person you hate | identification |
| a positive, optimistic view of human nature that highlights people's inherent goodness and their potential for personal growth | Humanistic Psychology |
| individuals are responsible agents who are free to create and live life while negotiating the issue of meaning and the reality of death | Existentialist Psychology |
| person feels he/she IS in control of their life | internal locus of control |
| person feels he/she ISN'T in control of their life | external locus of control |
| a person's explicit knowledge of his or her own behaviors, traits, and other personal characteristics | self-concept |
| the tendency to seek evidence to confirm the self-concept | self-verification |
| the extent to which an individual likes, values, and accepts the self. | self-esteem |
| people's tendency to take credit for their successes but downplay responsibility for their failures | self-serving bias |
| a trait that reflects a grandiose view of the self combined with a tendency to seek admiration from and exploit others | narcissism |
| chart that lists emotional, stable, introverted, and extraverted traits | Eysenck's Depiction of Trait Dimensions |
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