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Personality

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show Individual’s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. Depends on consistency and distinctiveness  
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Consistency   show
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show Behavioral differences between people reaction to the same situation  
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show Correlations among many variables analyzed to identify related clusters  
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show Personality trait - Outgoing, sociable, friendly  
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show Personality trait - Anxious, hostile, insecure, self-conscious  
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Openness to experience   show
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show Personality trait - If high, sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, modest, trustworthy. If low, suspicious, antagonistic, aggressive  
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Conscientiousness   show
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Id   show
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Ego   show
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show Fredu personality - moral component. Incorporates social standards  
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show Awareness level just beneath surface of awareness - easily retreived  
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show Awareness level of what one is aware of at a time  
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show Awareness level of thoughts, memories, desires below awareness that still influence behavior  
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Repression   show
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Projection   show
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show Def. mech where one diverts emotional feelings from original to different source  
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show Def. mech where one acts in opposite way than actually feeling  
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show Def. mech where one reverts to immature patterns of behavior  
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Rationalization   show
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show Dfe. mech where one bolts self-esteem by forming imaginary / real alliance with someone else  
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show Def. mech where one channels unacceptable instinctive drives to socially acceptable ways  
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show Developmental periods with characteristic sexual focus that leave their mark on adult personality  
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Fixation   show
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Stage 1 (p.s.)   show
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show Anal. 2-3. Erotic focus anal. Key task is toilet training. Fixation if hostile or anxious  
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Stage 3 (p.s)   show
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show Latency. 6-12. No erotic focus. Key task is expanding social constructs  
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show Genital. Erotic focus genitals. Puberty+. Key task is establishing intimate relationships  
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Personal unconscious   show
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show Jung's theory - houses material of latent memory traces inherited from people's ancestral past. Shared by all humans  
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show Emotionally charged images and thought forms w/ universal meaning.  
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show Jung's thought of people occupied with internal world of own thoughts, feelings, experiences  
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Extroverts   show
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Compensation   show
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Overcompensation   show
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Reciprocal determinism   show
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show Argued that behavior is situationally specific, and consistency is low throughout situations. Controversial b/c if no consistency, no need for 'personality'  
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show Collection of beliefs about one's own nature, unique qualities, and behavior. Many times distorted to be positive  
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show Degree of disparity between self concept and actual experience. If too large, undermines one's psychological well being  
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Roger   show
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show Type of love where children block out self-concept and feel unworthy. Leads to incongruence  
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Unconditional love   show
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show Systematic arrangement of needs, according to priority. Basic needs > less basic needs  
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Physiological needs, safety, love, self-esteem, cognitive, aesthetic, self-actualization   show
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Open and spontaneous, enjoy peak experiences, strong and limited friendships, philosophical, not hostile sense of humor   show
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show Derived from a smaller number of basic traits derived from higher order traits  
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show Eysenck's high order trait - sociable, assertive, active  
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Neuroticism   show
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Psychoticism   show
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Eysench's theory - biological perspective   show
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show Percentage of heritability that varies with genetics  
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Locus of Control   show
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show Expecting successes and failures to be by chance  
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Internal locus of control   show
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show General preference for high / low levels of sensory stimulation (high / low)  
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show Degree to which people attend to or control impression they make on others (high / low)  
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)   show
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show Personality test that shows 16 traits  
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show Personality test that measures 5 big personality traits  
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show Personality test category where subjects respond to vague stimuli to reveal needs / feelings / etc.  
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show Types of projective tests  
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