Myers Psychology for AP 1e - Chapter 10
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personality
an individual's characteristic pattern of
thinking, feeling, and acting. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 479)
free
association
in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the
unconscious in which the person relaxes
and says whatever comes to mind, no matter
how trivial or embarrassing. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 480)
psychoanalysis
Freud's theory of personality and therapeutic
technique that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and
conflicts. Freud believed the patient's free
associations, resistances, dreams, and
transferences—and the therapist's
interpretations of them—released previously
repressed feelings, allowing the patient to
gain self-insight. (Myers Psychology for AP
1e pp. 480, 606)
unconscious
id
ego
superego
according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly
unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings,
and memories. According to contemporary
psychologists, information processing of
which we are unaware. (Myers Psychology
for AP 1e p. 480)
a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy
that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy
basic sexual and aggressive drives. It
operates on the pleasure principle,
demanding immediate gratification. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 481)
the largely conscious, "executive" part of
personality that, according to Freud,
mediates among the demands of the id,
superego, and reality. It operates on the
reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in
ways that will realistically bring pleasure
rather than pain. (Myers Psychology for AP
1e p. 481)
the part of personality that, according to
Freud, represents internalized ideals and
provides standards for judgment (the
conscience) and for future aspirations.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 482)
psychosexual
stages
the childhood stages of development (oral,
anal, phallic, latency, genital) during
which, according to Freud, the id's pleasureseeking energies focus on distinct erogenous
zones. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 482)
Oedipus
complex
according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires
toward his mother and feelings of jealousy
and hatred for the rival father. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 482)
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identification
the process by which, according to Freud,
children incorporate their parents' values
into their developing superegos. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 482)
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fixation
(1) the inability to see a problem from a new
perspective, by employing a different mental
set. (2) according to Freud, a lingering
focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an
earlier psychosexual stage, in which
conflicts were unresolved. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e pp. 303, 483)
defense
mechanisms
in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's
protective methods of reducing anxiety by
unconsciously distorting reality. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 483)
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repression
in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense
mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing
thoughts, feelings, and memories from
consciousness. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e
pp. 284, 483)
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regression
psychoanalytic defense mechanism in
which an individual faced with anxiety
retreats to a more infantile psychosexual
stage, where some psychic energy remains
fixated. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 483)
reaction
formation
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by
which the ego unconsciously switches
unacceptable impulses into their opposites.
Thus, people may express feelings that are
the opposite of their anxiety-arousing
unconscious feelings. (Myers Psychology
for AP 1e p. 483)
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projection
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by
which people disguise their own
threatening impulses by attributing them to
others. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 483)
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rationalization
psychoanalytic defense mechanism that
offers self-justifying explanations in place
of the real, more threatening, unconscious
reasons for one's actions. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 483)
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displacement
psychoanalytic defense mechanism that
shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward
a more acceptable or less threatening object
or person, as when redirecting anger
toward a safer outlet. (Myers Psychology for
AP 1e p. 483)
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sublimation
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by
which people re-channel their unacceptable
impulses into socially approved activities.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 484)
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denial
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which
people refuse to believe or even to perceive
painful realities. (Myers Psychology for AP
1e p. 484)
collective
unconscious
Carl Jung's concept of a shared, inherited
reservoir of memory traces from our species'
history. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 485)
projective test
a personality test, such as the Rorschach or
TAT, that provides ambiguous stimuli
designed to trigger projection of one's inner
dynamics. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p.
486)
Thematic
Apperception
Test (TAT)
Rorschach
inkblot test
a projective test in which people express their
inner feelings and interests through the
stories they make up about ambiguous
scenes. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 486)
the most widely used projective test, a set of
10 inkblots, designed by Hermann
Rorschach; seeks to identify people's inner
feelings by analyzing their interpretations of
the blots. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p.
486)
terrormanagement
theory
a theory of death-related anxiety; explores
people's emotional and behavioral responses
to reminders of their impending death.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 489)
selfactualization
according to Maslow, one of the ultimate
psychological needs that arises after basic
physical and psychological needs are met
and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation
to fulfill one's potential. (Myers Psychology
for AP 1e p. 491)
unconditional
positive
regard
a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude,
which Carl Rogers believed would help
clients to develop self-awareness and selfacceptance. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e pp.
491, 610)
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self-concept
all our thoughts and feelings about
ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who
am I?" (Myers Psychology for AP 1e pp. 432,
492)
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trait
a characteristic pattern of behavior or a
disposition to feel and act, as assessed by
self-report inventories and peer reports.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 494)
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personality
inventory
a questionnaire (often with true-false or
agree-disagree items) on which people
respond to items designed to gauge a wide
range of feelings and behaviors; used to
assess selected personality traits. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 496)
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Minnesota
Multiphasic
Personality
Inventory
(MMPI)
the most widely researched and clinically
used of all personality tests. Originally
developed to identify emotional disorders
(still considered its most appropriate use),
this test is now used for many other
screening purposes. (Myers Psychology for
AP 1e p. 496)
empirically
derived test
a test (such as the MMPI) developed by
testing a pool of items and then selecting
those that discriminate between groups.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 496)
socialcognitive
perspective
views behavior as influenced by the
interaction between people's traits (including
their thinking) and their social context.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 503)
reciprocal
determinism
the interacting influences of behavior,
internal cognition, and environment. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 503)
personal
control
the extent to which people perceive control
over their environment rather than feeling
helpless. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p.
505)
external locus
of control
the perception that chance or outside forces
beyond your personal control determine your
fate. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 505)
internal locus
of control
the perception that you control your own fate.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 505)
positive
psychology
the scientific study of optimal human
functioning; aims to discover and promote
strengths and virtues that enable individuals
and communities to thrive. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 508)
self
in contemporary psychology, assumed to be
the center of personality, the organizer of our
thoughts, feelings, and actions. (Myers
Psychology for AP 1e p. 511)
spotlight
effect
overestimating others' noticing and
evaluating our appearance, performance,
and blunders (as if we presume a spotlight
shines on us). (Myers Psychology for AP 1e
p. 512)
self-esteem
one's feelings of high or low self-worth.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 512)
self-serving
bias
a readiness to perceive oneself favorably.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 513)
individualism
giving priority to one's own goals over group
goals and defining one's identity in terms of
personal attributes rather than group
identifications. (Myers Psychology for AP 1e
p. 516)
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collectivism
giving priority to goals of one's group (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly.
(Myers Psychology for AP 1e p. 516)