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The Human Puzzle Chapter 8 Study Material

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show A “Big Five” personality factor that includes the traits friendly, compassionate, and cooperative.  
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show Literally, the first or original model. In Jung’s theory, a sort of universal thought, present in all our minds throughout history, but largely unconscious. Common archetypes relate to god, birth, marriage, even snakes—all stimuli to which we often respond in similar ways.  
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show The tendency to accept vague personality descriptions of oneself as accurate.  
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show A widely accepted personality typology that includes extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism.  
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Conscientiousness   show
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show A mental tactic (like repression or denial), usually unconscious, designed to avoid conflict and anxiety.  
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Ectomorph   show
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show In Freud’s theory, the rational, reality-oriented level of human personality. It develops as the child becomes aware of what the environment makes possible and impossible.  
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Electra Complex   show
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show Sheldon’s large somatotype, believed to love comfort, be relaxed and sociable, and love eating.  
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Eros   show
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show A “Big Five” personality factor that includes the traits outgoing, energetic,and positive.  
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show A statistical procedure for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions by grouping closely related variables.  
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show The stoppage of development at an immature developmental stage, sometimes manifested in personality characteristics and emotional disorders relating to the earlier stage.  
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Genome   show
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show The discipline that studies genomes in an attempt to establish relationships between genes and characteristics.  
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show In Freudian theory, all the instinctual urges that humans inherit, including eros and thanatos.  
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show Refers to the process of assuming the goals, ambitions, mannerisms, and so on of another person.  
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Introversion   show
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Libido   show
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show Sheldon’s moderate somatotype, believed to love adventure, exercise, and activities that demand boldness and courage.  
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show A “Big Five” personality factor that includes the traits nervous, sensitive, and moody.  
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Oedipus Complex   show
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show A “Big Five” personality factor that includes the traits inventive, curious, and unconventional.  
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show The set of attributes that characterize an individual, including temperamental, emotional, mental, and behavioral tendencies.  
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Phenomenology   show
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Psychodynamic Theory   show
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Regression   show
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show The personality structure that defines the moral or ethical aspects of personality.  
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Thanatos   show
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show Any distinct, consistent characteristic that can vary from one person to another.  
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Type   show
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