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TERM:
Reasonable stable patterns of behaviors, including thoughts and feelings, that characterize a person's adaptation to life |
Personality
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Personality characteristics can also be called ______
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Traits
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Who was the "father of personality" theory?
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Sigmund Freud
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What was Freud's first line of work?
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Private practice, using hypnotherapy and pscyhoanalysis
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What was Freud's most important contribuation to psychology?
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Discovery of the unconscious mind
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How did Freud liken the mind to an iceberg?
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1/3 is above water line (conscious)
2/3 is below water line (unconscious) |
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Describe the 3 "forces" in the mind that often conflict.
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Id = unconscious, pleasure seeking impulses (Devil on shoulder)
Ego = partly conscious, maintains our self-image and weights out consequences of actions Superego = internalized moral system (Angel on shoulder) |
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Which "force" is linked with our self-image and makes us employ defense mechanisms to "save face"?
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Ego
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True or False:
All defense mechanisms occur unconsciously |
True
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
When we rechannel unacceptable feelings from a threatening person to a less-threatening person. |
Displacement
(ex: Man takes anger out on his wife, rather than his boss) (ex: A boy marries a girl that reminds him of his mom, since it is socially unacceptable to marry his mom) |
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
When a person manifests behaviors from a previous state of development, like childhood or infancy. |
Regression
(ex: A devestated person may curl up and cry) |
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
When we see feelings in other people that are actually our own feelings. |
Projection
(ex: A woman accuses girls of being slutty, when she actually wants to have more sex herself.) |
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
When we attempt to use bad logic to justify an unacceptable behavior. |
Rationalization
(ex: Buying stolen goods, then justifying it by saying others would have bought them anyways) |
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
A person denies their feelings and adopts an exaggerated attitude about the OPPOSITE of the feeling. |
Reaction Formation
(ex: A minister denies that he likes porn and then curses ponography as the devil) |
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Which Defense Mechanism?:
We diss something or someone we actually want very badly. |
Disavowal
(ex: You don't get the job you wanted, so you start talking bad about the job and how much it sucks.) |
