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Personality |
All the consistent ways in which the behavior of one person differs from that of others, especially in social situations |
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Psychodynamic theory |
Relates personality to the interplay of conflicting forces, including unconscious ones within the individual |
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Catharsis |
A release of pent up emotional tension |
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Unconscious |
A repository of memories, emotions, and thoughts. Many of them illogical, that affect our behavior even though we cannot talk about them |
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Id |
Consists of sexual and other biological drives |
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Ego |
The rational, decision making aspect of the personality |
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Superego |
The memory of rules and prohibitions we learned from our parents and others |
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Self-actualization |
The achievement of one's full potential |
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Nomothetic approach |
Seeks broad, general principles of personality |
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Idiographic |
Intensive studies of individuals |
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Mmpi |
True-false questions intended to measure certain personality dimensions, especially for identifying clinical conditions |
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Projective technique |
Designed to encourage people to project their personality characteristics onto ambiguous stimuli |
