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trait theory with five constructs of personality: Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Emotional Stability
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Big Five
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Jung's concept of shared inherited memories
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collective unconscious
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giving priority to group goals over individual goals
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collectivism
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psychodynamic theory's idea of protecting ego by distorting reality
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defense mechanism
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defense mechanism shifting inappropriate desires on to more acceptable target
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displacement
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Sheldon's body type, thin and aggressive
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ectomorph
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part of Freud's theory of personality that makes the decisions
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ego
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Sheldon's body type, plump and jolly
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endomorph
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theory with 3 constructs of personality; phychoticism, extraversion and neuroticism
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Eysenck, Hans
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Freud's idea that people develop a lingering pleasure from certain stimuli
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fixate
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technique to reveal subconscious, say the first thing that comes to mind
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free association
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one's sense of being male or female
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gender identity
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part of Freud's personality theory, wants and desires
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id
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(Freud) children internalize parent's values into their superego
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identification
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giving priority to one's goals over the goals of the group
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individualism
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psychologist who studies early child personality (temperament)
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Kagan, Jerome
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learn to surrender to avoid repeated aversive events
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learned helplessness
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humanist psychologist, focuses on self-actualization
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Maslow, Abraham
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test screening for emotional disorders
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MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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personality test measuring 4 constructs and 16 possible personality types
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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new generation of psychoanalytical theories building on Freud's work
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Neo-Freudian
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sense of controlling our environment versus helplessness
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personal control
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test measuring personality traits
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personality inventory
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an individual's unique pattern of characteristics effecting behavior
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personality
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information that is not conscious, but retrievable to conscious
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preconscious
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personality test that attempts to discover subconscious motivations
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projective test
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Freud's therapy technique, examine subconscious to find and change motivations
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psychoanalysis
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Freud's theory of personality development focusing on sexual pleasure
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psychosexual stages
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defense mechanism replacing self-justifying explanations for threatening unconscious reasons for one's actions
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rationalization
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defense mechanism, switching unacceptable emotions for their opposite
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reaction formation
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interaction of personality factors and environment
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reciprocal determinism
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defense mechanism, retreating to more infantile behavior to divert threatening thoughts
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regression
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how dependable the results of a test are
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reliability
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defense mechanism, banishing unpleasant thoughts from consciousness
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repression
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humanist psychologist, focused on accepting ourselves and others
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Rogers, Carl
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projective test using random pictures to spur thoughts
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Rorschach inkblot test
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evolving to become one's unique ultimate potential
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self-actualization
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thoughts and feelings about ourselves, one's identity
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self-concept
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one's feeling of high or low self-worth
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self-esteem
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readiness to perceive oneself favorably
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self-serving bias
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part of Freud's personality, represents internalized ideals and judgments, your conscience
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superego
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projection test using a picture to spur a narrative
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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characteristic of personality
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Trait
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(Rogers) attitude of total acceptance toward another
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unconditional positive regard
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(Freud) unacceptable thoughts kept below awareness
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unconscious
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extent to which a test measures what it is suppose to measure
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validity
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