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personality

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