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Psychology
12th Grade
02/14/2011

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Personality
Definition
A mixture of behavior, emotions, and mentality that make a person unique
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ID
Definition
part of the brain that is unconscious and serves as enabler for all instinctual impulse
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Ego
Definition
Part of psyche that is conscious, immediately controlling actions
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Superego
Definition
The part of the unconscious mind that acts as the unconscious
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Defense Mechanisms
Definition
conscious strategies of the mind brought in to cope with reality and maintain image
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Repression
Definition
unconsciously hiding of irrelevant or unwanted thoughts
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Reaction Formation
Definition
one avoids a position by taking opposing position
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Projection
Definition
one unconsciously denies attributes or thoughts to someone else
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Individualism
Definition
way people identify themselves and focus their goals
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Collectivism
Definition
focuses on the priorities of groups
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Displacement
Definition
mind redirectsfrom an object felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to an object felt to be safe or acceptable
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Denial
Definition
Pretending that something uncomfortable or unacceptable did not happen
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Sublimation
Definition
Transforming of unwanted impulses into something less harmful
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Basic Anxiety
Definition
deep insecurities, and fear in child based on the bad treatment from parents
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Spotlight Effect
Definition
one believes others are paying closer attention to appearance and behavior than they are in actualit
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Self-Actualization
Definition
fulfilling ones individual potential
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Trait
Definition
person's natural distinguishing character or quality
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Determinism
Definition
every human action or decision is of the inevitable
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Personality Inventory
Definition
questionnaire designed to profile one's personality based on scores corresponding with characteristics and responses
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Terror-Management theory
Definition
studies how human beings react to death and the concept of it
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Locus of Control Theory
Definition
every human has a place where they feel control of where their life rests
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Learned Helplessness
Definition
severe depression and extremely low self-esteem
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Oedipus Complex
Definition
denotes the emotions and ideas the unconscious keeps
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Self-Serving Bias
Definition
taking credit for success, but denying failures
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Inferiority Complex
Definition
feeling that one is lower than or not as important/high up as another person
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