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Psych 199-Personality

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the distinctive patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings that characterize a person's adjustments to the demands of life   show
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show psychodynamic theories  
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show preconscious  
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in psychodynamic theory, the part of the mind whose contents are not available to ordinary awareness   show
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in psychodynamic theory, a defense mechanism that protects the self from anxiety by keeping unacceptable wishes, impulses, and ideas out of awareness   show
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Freud's method of exploring personality   show
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a blocking of thoughts whose awareness could cause anxiety   show
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show psychic structures  
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show Id  
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the guiding principle of the id, directing pursuit of instant gratification of instinctual demands without regard to social requirements or the needs of others   show
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show Ego  
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show reality principle  
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show defense mechanism  
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the third psychic structure, which functions as a moral guardian and sets forth high standards for behavior   show
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show identification  
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show eros  
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show libido  
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show erogenous zones  
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show psychosexual development  
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the first stage of psychosexual development, during which gratification is hypothesized to be attained primarily through oral activities   show
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show fixation  
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show anal stage  
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the third stage of psychosexual development, characterized by a shift of libido to the phallic region   show
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show oedipus complex  
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a conflict of the phallic stage in which the girl longs for her gather and resents her mother   show
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show displaced  
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a phase of psychosexual development characterized by repression of sexual impulses   show
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the mature stage of psychosexual development, characterized by preferred expression of libido through intercourse within the context of marriage   show
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Jung's psychodynamic theory, which emphasizes the collective unconscious and archetypes   show
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show collective unconscious  
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show archetypes  
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feelings of inferiority hypothesized by Adler to serve as a central motivating force in the personality   show
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show Drive for superiority  
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Adler's term for the self-aware part of the personality that directs goal-seeking efforts   show
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show individual psychology  
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Erikson's theory of personality and development, which emphasizes social relationships and eight stages of personal growth   show
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Erikson's term for a period of serious soul-searching about one's beliefs, values, and direction in life   show
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show ego identity  
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show behaviorism  
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show classical conditioning  
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show unconditioned stimulus  
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an unlearned response; a response to an unconditioned stimulus   show
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show conditioned stimulus  
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a response to a conditioned stimulus   show
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in classical conditioning, repeated presentation of the coordinated stimulus in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus, leading to the suspension of the conditioned response   show
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in classical conditioning, the eliciting of an extinguished conditioned response by a conditioned stimulus after some time has elapsed   show
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show operant conditioning  
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show positive reinforcer  
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show negative reinforcer  
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an unlearned reinforcer (i.e. food, water, warmth or pain)   show
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show secondary reinforcer  
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show punishment  
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show social-cognitive theory  
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show reciprocal determinism  
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learning by observing the behavior of others   show
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show person variables  
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factors in the environment (i.e. rewards & punishments) that influence behavior   show
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show competencies  
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to symbolize, transform, or represent events or information   show
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personal predictions about the outcome of events   show
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beliefs about one's ability to perform specific tasks successfully   show
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the view that people are capable of free choice, self-fulfillment, & ethical behavior   show
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show existentialism  
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in humanistic theory, an innate tendency to strive to realize one's potential. self-initiated striving to become all one is capable of being   show
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show Hierarchy of needs  
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show self  
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one's unique patterning of perceptions & attitudes, according to which one evaluates events   show
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show unconditional positive regard  
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show standards by which the value of a person is judged  
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one's concepts of what one's capable of being   show
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a relatively stable aspect of personality that is inferred from behavior & assumed to give rise to consistent behavior   show
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Eysenck's term for emotional instability   show
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a trait characterized by preference for solitary activities & tendencies to inhibit impulses   show
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a trait characterized by tendencies to be socially outgoing & to express feelings & impulses freely   show
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show neurotransmitters  
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show sociocultural theory  
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