Psych Vocab Chapter 12

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An individual's unique set of consistent behavioral traits

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Personality

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A durable disposition to behave in a particular Way in a variety of situations

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Personality trait

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I. D.

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The primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle.

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Superego

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The moral component of a personality that incorporate social standards about what represents right and wrong.

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Conscious

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Consist of whatever one is aware of at a particular point in time.

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Pre-conscience

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Contains material just been Neath the surface of awareness that can easily be retrieved.

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Unconscious

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Contains thoughts memories in his eyes that are well below the surface of conscious awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior

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Defense mechanisms

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Unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt

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Rationalization

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Creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior

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Archetype

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Emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meeting

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Fixation

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A failure to move forward from one stage to another as expected

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Repression

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Keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in unconscious

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Projection

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Attributing one's own thoughts feelings or motives to another

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Reaction formation

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Behaving in a way that's exactly the opposite ones true feelings

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Humanism

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A theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and the potential for personal growth

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Hierarchy of needs

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A systematic arrangement of needs, according to priority, in which basic needs must be met before less basic needs are aroused.

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Individualism

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Putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defending one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group memberships

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Narcissism

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Personality trait marked by an inflated sense of importance, a need for attention and admiration, a sense of entitlement, and tendency to exploit others.

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Model

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A person whose behavior is observed by another

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Self-effacy

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One's belief about one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes

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Ego

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The decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle

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Reality principle

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Which seeks to delay gratification of the IDs urges until appropriate outlets and situations can be found

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Pleasure principle

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Demands immediate gratification of it's urges

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Collectivism

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Involves putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defending one's identity in terms of the group one belongs to

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Regression

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A reversion to immature patterns of behavior

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Identification

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Bolstering self-esteem by forming an imaginary or real alliance with some person or group

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Oedipal complex

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Children manifest erotically tinged desires for their opposite sex parent accompanied by feelings of hostility toward their same sex.

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Personal unconscious

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Houses material that is not within one's conscience awareness because it is been repressed or forgotten

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Collective unconscious

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Is a storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from peoples ancestral past

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Compensation

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Involves efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing one's abilities

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Behaviorism

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A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior

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Self-concept

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A collection beliefs about ones own nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior.

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Incongruence

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The degree of disparity between one self-concept and ones actual experience

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Personal unconscious

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Houses material that is not within one's conscience awareness because it has been repressed or forgotten

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Sublimation

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Occurs when unconscious, unacceptable impulses are channeled into socially acceptable perhaps even admirable behaviors