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23 Cards in this Set
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Define personality.
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An individual's pattern of thinking, feeling & acting.
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What is psychoanalysis?
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Thoughts & actions attributed to unconscious motives & conflicts.
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What did Freud say about 'free association?'
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A method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes & says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial. |
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What did Freud say about 'unconscious processing?'
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A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, feelings, wishes & memories.
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What did Freud say about childhood experiences?
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Painful memories , often from childhood, can be retrieved from the unconscious & into awareness.
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Define id.
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Psychosexual energy; pleasure principle & drive.
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Define ego.
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Decider; executer; reality principle..,YOU!
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Define superego.
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Rules - discipline; conscious.
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What Freud's psychosexual stages?
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Oral; Anal; Phallic; Latency; & Genital.
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What is fixation?
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Means you are stuck.
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Why do we employ defense mechanisms?
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A way to dodge something we don't like.
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Why do we employ repression?
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Banishes anxiety-arousing wishes & feelings from the consciousness.
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Name one distinction of Adler.
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Usefulness to others.
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Name one distinction of Horney.
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Women are infantile & emotional, & incapable of responsibility & independence.
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Name one distinction of Jung.
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The unconscious is the very source of creative impulse.
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Who is Maslow?
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Self-Actualization.
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What are beliefs of humanistic psychology?
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View personality with a focus on the potential for healthy personal growth.
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Describe self-actualization.
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Process of fulfilling our potential.
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What are characteristics of self-actualization.
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Self-aware, self-accepting, open, spontaneous, loving, caring & not paralyzed by other's opinions.
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What were Rogers 3 conditions for growth?
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Acceptance, Genuineness & Empathy.
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What is the role of self-concept to Rogers?
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All the thoughts & feelings we have in response to the question, "Who am I?"
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What leads to dissatisfaction & unhappiness?
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A self-concept that is negative.
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How does our level of self-esteem affect our behavior?
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Very important for motivating a person to work & succeed.
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