Psychology Final

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Personality

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The relatively stable constellation of psychological characteristics and behavioral patterns that account for our individuality and consistency over time.

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Psychoanalytic Theory

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Freud's theory of personalty, which holds that personality and behavior are shaped by unconscious forces and conflicts.

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Conscious

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In Freudian theory, the part of the mind corresponding to the state of present awareness

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Preconscious

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To Freud, the part of the mind whose contents can be brought into awareness through focused attention.

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Unconscious

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In Freudian theory, the part of the mind that lies outside the range of ordinary awareness and that contains primitive drives or instincts and unacceptable urges, wishes, or ideas.

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id

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Freud's term for the psychic structure existing in the unconscious that contains our basic animal drives and instinctual impulses

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ego

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Freud's term for the psychic structure that attempts to balance the instinctual demands of the id with social realities and expectations.

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superego

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Freud's term for the psychic structure that corresponds to an internal moral guardian or conscience.

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pleasure principle

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In Freud's theory, a governing principle of the id that is based on demand for instant gratification without regard to social rules or customs.

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reality principle

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In Freud's theory, the governing principle of the ego that takes into sccount what is practical and acceptable in staisfying basic needs.

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defense mechanisms

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In Freud