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16 Cards in this Set
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repression
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A defence mechanism used to bury anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings in the unconscious
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Rorschach test
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A projective test that requires people to interpret ambiguous inkblots
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secondary traits
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The less obvious characteristics of an individual’s personality that do not always appear in his or her behaviour, such as grouchiness at morning meetings
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self-actualization
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The ingrained desire to reach our true potential as human beings
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self-concept
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An organized set of perceptions that we hold about our abilities and characteristics
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self-efficacy
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The beliefs that we hold about our own ability to perform a task or accomplish a goal
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self-monitoring
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The degree to which a person monitors a situation closely and changes his or her behaviour accordingly; people who are high self-monitors may not behave consistently across situations
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self-report questionnaires
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Personality tests that ask the person of interest a set of questions about how he or she thinks, acts, or feels
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social learning theory
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The idea that most important personality traits come from modelling, or copying, the behaviour of others
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socially desirable responding
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The tendency to describe ourselves as having positive, or at least normal, traits
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sublimation
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A defence mechanism used to channel unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable activities
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superego
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In Freud’s theory, the portion of personality that motivates people to act in a proper fashion, that is, in accordance with the moral customs defined by parents and culture
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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A projective personality test that requires people to make up stories about the characters in ambiguous pictures
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trait
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A distinguishable characteristic of an organism
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trait taxonomies
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Systems for distinguishing the most important individual differences in personality; these traits taxonomies are usually associated with an inventory of psychometric tests designed to measure these traits
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unconscious mind
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The part of the mind that Freud believed housed all the memories, urges, and conflicts that are truly beyond awareness
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