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Personality Psych Ch 9
Source: Perspectives on Personality 6th Ed. Charles S. Carver & Michael F. Scheier
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/10/2010

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anxiety
Definition
A feeling warning the ego that something bad is about to happen.
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current concerns
Definition
Preoccupations in one's current waking life.
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defense mechanism
Definition
An ego-protective strategy to hide threats from yourself and thereby reduce anxiety.
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denial
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A refusal to believe that some real condition exists.
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displacement
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The shifting of an impulse from its original target to a different one.
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dream work
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Processes that distort latent dream content and transform it into manifest content.
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free association
Definition
A therapy procedure of saying without hesitation whatever comes to mind.
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identification
Definition
Linking oneself symbolically with someone who has a desired quality that is missing from the self.
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insight
Definition
An emotional re-experiencing of earlier conflicts in one's life that occurs during therapy.
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intellectualization
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The process of thinking about something clinically and without emotion.
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latent content
Definition
The underlying sources of symbolic dream images.
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manifest content
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The images that make up the dream experience as it is recalled.
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mechanism of opposites
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A process in which an unacceptable element of latent content is expressed manifestly as its opposite.
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moral anxiety
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The fear of behaving in conflict with the superego's moral code.
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neurotic anxiety
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The fear that your id impulses will get out of control and get you into trouble.
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parapraxis
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A slip of the tongue, behavior, or memory.
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projection
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Ascribing a threatening urge or quality in yourself to someone else.
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projective techniques
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An assessment in which you project from the unconscious onto ambiguous stimuli.
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rationalization
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Finding a plausible but incorrect explanation for an unacceptable action or event.
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reaction formation
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Doing the opposite of what your impulses are.
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reality anxiety
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The fear of danger in the world.
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regression
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A return to a mode of coping from an earlier developmental stage.
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repression
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The process of keeping an idea or impulse in the unconscious.
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resistance
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An attempt to avoid becoming conscious of threatening material in therapy.
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Rorschach inkblot test
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A projective test that uses inkblots as ambiguous stimuli.
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sublimation
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The alteration of an id impulse into a socially acceptable act.
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symbolization
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The transformation of unacceptable latent dream content into less threatening symbols.
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transference
Definition
The displacement onto your therapist of feelings that are tied to an object of conflict.
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