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15 Cards in this Set
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Barnum effect
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The tendency for people to see descriptive statements that apply to most people as uniquely descriptive of themselves.
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conditions of worth
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Internalized standard for self-worth fostered by conditional positive regard from others.
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defense mechanisms
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Unconscious processes that help us cope with anxiety and the pain of traumatic experiences.
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empirical approach
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An approach to test construction in which items (regardless of their content) are chosen that differentiate between two groups that are known to differ on a particular personality variable
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personality traits
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Relatively stable cognitive, emotional, and behavioral characteristics that help establish people's individual identities.
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repression
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The basic defense mechanism that actively keeps anxiety-arousing material in the unconscious.
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self-monitoring
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A personality trait that reflects people's tendencies to regulate their social behavior in accord with the situational cues, as opposed to internal values, attitudes and needs.
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temperament
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A biologically based general style of reacting emotionally and behaviorally to the environment.
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unconditional positive regard
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A communicated attitude of total and unconditional acceptance of another person that coveys the person's intrinsic worth.
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antisocial personality disorder (APD)
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A long-term stable disorder characterized by a lack of conscience, defects in empathy, and a tendency to act out in an impulsive manner that disregards future consequences.
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insanity
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A legal decision that a defendant was so severely impaired at the time a crime was committed that he or she was incapable of appreciating the wrongfulness of the at or controlling his or her behavior.
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mania
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A state of intense emotional and behavioral excitement in which a person feels very optimistic and energized.
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obsession
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An unwanted and disturbing thought or image that invades the consciousness and is very difficult to control.
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phobia
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Strong and irrational fears of particular objects or circumstances.
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regression
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A psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which a person retreats to an earlier stage of development in response to stress.
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