Personality Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Vocabulary from Textbook Psychology Around Us Chapter 12 pages 450-470
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Personality The unique characteristics that account for enduring patterns of inner experience and outward behaviour
Reality Principle The awareness that it is not always possible or acceptable to have all wants and desires met
Conscience entity that leads us to feel guilt and sometimes anxiety
Id Psychoanalytic Theory personality element representing basic instinctual drives, such as those related to eating, sleeping, sex, and comfort
Ego Psychoanalytic Theory the personality element that works to help satisfy the drives of the id while complying with the constraints placed on behaviour by the environment
Superego Psychoanalytic Theory the personality element in charge of determining which impulses are acceptable to express openly and which are unacceptable; develops as we observe and internalize the behaviours of others in our culture
Psychosexual Stages Psychoanalytical Theory stages in the development of personality labelled oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital. Primarily influenced by sexuality and agression
Neurosis an abnormal behaviour pattern caused by unresolved conflict between the id, ego, and superego
defense mechanisms unconscious tactics employed by the ego to protect the individual from anxiety
Repression the most basic defense mechanism; the process of keeping unpleasant memories or thoughts buried deep within the unconscious mind
Denial a defense mechanism; the process of refusing to recognize an existing situation
self- actualization the need of humans to fulfill their full and special potential; the highest level of need in Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Positive Psychology an area of psychology focusing on positive experience and healthy mental health functioning
self-concept a pattern of self-perception that remains consistent over time and can be used to characterize an individual
unconditional positive regard acceptance without terms or conditions
personality traits tendencies to behave in certain ways that remain relatively constant across situations
superfactor a fundamental dimension of personality made up of a related cluster of personality traits
five-factor theory An empirically derived trait theory that proposes 5 major trait categories: agreeableness/disagreeableness extroversion/introversion neuroticism/stability conscientiousness/irresponsibility openness to experience/unimaginativeness
Situationism the view that behaviour is governed primarily by the variables in a given situation rather than internal traits
interactionism a view emphasizing the relationship between a person's underlying personality traits and the reinforcing aspects of the situations in which they choose to put themselves
personality inventory a questionnaire designed to assess various aspects of personality
Collective Unconscious Inherited memories shared by all of mankind also known as archetypes (Jung)
Self Our current "whole" - we seek to integrate the minds various conscious and unconscious elements into the coherent whole known as the "self"
Self Concept a pattern of self perception that remains consistent over time and can be used to characterize an individual (how we see ourselves and how others see us) Carl Rogers

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