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Myers 9 Chapter 13

Bell West / Personality

personality an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
free association in phychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.
unconscious according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes,feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologist, information processing of which we are unaware.
ego the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, mediates among demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desire in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
superego the part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the Conscience) and for future aspirations.
psychosexual stages the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genitak) during which the id's pleasure seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.
Oedipus complex a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
identification the process by which children incorporate their parents' values into their developing superegos.
defense mechanisms in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.
regression psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated.
projection psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threating impluses by attributing them to others.
rationalization defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threating, unconscious reasons for one's actions.
denial defense mechanism by which people refuse to believe or even to perceive painful realities.
collective unconscious Carl Jung's concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history
Thematic Apperception Test a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes.
Rorschach inkblot test the most widely used projective test, a set of 10 inkblots, designed by Hermann Rorchach; seeks to identify people's inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots.
terror-management theory a theory of death-related anxiety; explores people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death.
unconditional positive regard according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person.
self-concept all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests. Originally developed to identify emotional disorders, this test is now used for many other screening purposes.
empirically derived test a test developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups.
social-cognitive perspective views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people's traits (including their thinking) and their social context.
reciprocal determinism the interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment.
personal control the extent to which people perceive control over thier environment rather than feeling helpless.
external locus of control the perception that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate.
internal locus of control the perception that you control your own fate.
positive psychology the scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.
spotlight effect overestimating other's noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blundrers.
self-esteem one's feeling of high or low self-worth.
self-serving bias a readiness to perceive oneself favorably.
Created by: rkratina on 2011-11-18
