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Personality Vocab 1 Flashcards

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712460944Fruedfounder of psychoanalytic theory of personality
712460945Unconsciousthe region of the mind that is beyond awareness, especially impulses and desires not directly known to a person
712460946Psychoanalysisemphasizes the use of free association, dream interpretation, resistances and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts
712460947Idthe primitive part of a personality that remains unconscious, supplies energy, and demands pleasure
712460948Pleasure Principlea desire for immediate satisfaction of wishes, desires, or needs
712460949Egothe executive part of personality that directs rational bx
712460950reality principledelaying action or pleasure until it is appropriate
712460951superegoa judge or censor for thoughts and actions
712460952ego idealthe part of the superego representing ideal bx; a source of pride when its standards are met
712460953libidothe force, primarily pleasure oriented, that energizes the personality
712460954fixationa lasting conflict developed as a result of frustration or overindulgence
712460955oral stagethe period when infants are preoccupied with the mouth as an erogenous zone
712460956anal stagethe psychosexual stage corresponding roughly to the period of toilet training
712460957phallic stagethe psychosexual stage when a child is preoccupied with the genitals
712460958oedipus complexa boy's sexual attraction to his mother, and feelings of rivalry with his father
712460959electra complexa girl's sexual attraction to her father and feelings of rivalry with her mother
712460960latency perioda period in childhood when psychosexual development is more or less interrupted
712460961genital stageperiod of full psychosexual development, market by the attainment of mature adult sexuality
712460962Jungneo-Freudian, focuses heavily on the unconscious
712460963Personal Unconsciousa mental storehouse for a single individual's unconscious thoughts
712460964Collective unconsciousa mental storehouse for unconscious ideas and images shared by all humans
712460965Archetypesa universal idea, image, or pattern, found in the collective unconscious
712460966Personathe "mask" or public self presented to others
712460967Animaan archetype representing the female principle
712460968Animusan archetype representing the male principle
712460969extroversionego attitude in which energy is mainly directed outward
712460970introversionego attitude in which energy in mainly directed inward
712460971rational individualsone who is characterized by having good sense
712460972irrational individualsone who is characterized by not having good sense

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