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| tend to be preoccupied with the internal world of their own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. | ||
| tend to be interested in the external world of people and things | ||
| universal drive to adapt, improve oneself, and master life's challenges | ||
| efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing one's abilities | ||
| theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior | ||
| idea that internal mental events, external events, and overt behavior all influence one another | ||
| when an organism's responding is influenced by the observations of others, who are called models. | ||
| refers to one's belief that one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes. | ||
| collection of beliefs about one's nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior | ||
| degree of disparity between one's self-concept and one's actual experience | ||
| the need to fulfill one's potential | ||
| people with exceptionally healthy personalities, marked by continued personal growth | ||
| person whose behavior is observed by another | ||
| theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and potential for personal growth | ||
| assumes that one has to appreciate individuals' personal, subjective experiences to truly understand their behavior | ||
| putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group memberships | ||
| putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one's identity in terms of the groups one belongs to | ||
| focusing on positive feedback from others, exaggerating one's strengths, and seeing oneself as above average | ||
| systematic arrangement of needs, according to priority, in which basic needs must be met before less basic needs are aroused | ||
| idea that internal mental events, external environmental events, and overt behavior all influence one another | ||
| personality tests that ask individuals to answer a series of questions about their characteristic behavior | ||
| tendency to mold one's interpretation of the past to fit how events actually turned out | ||
| ask participants to respond to vague, ambiguous stimuli in ways that may reveal the subjects' needs, feelings, and personality traits |
