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Cards Term Personality Definition involves characteristic patterns of THINKING FEELING and ACTING Term ID Definition reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories - Freud information processing of which we are unaware ALL when born - shaped by world Term Personality Structure Definition EGO - Conscious SUPEREGO - Preconscious ID - Subconscious Term Ego Definition Conscious Reality representative Develops after birth Term Superego Definition Preconscious Sense of conscience Develops later in life Term Psychosexual Stages Conflicts Definition ORAL ANAL PHALLIC LATENT GENITAL Term Oral Definition Birth - 18 months Gratification centered on mouth Balance needs to be maintained Term Fixations Definition lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, where conflicts were unresolved. Term Anal Definition 18 months - 3 years potty training Term Phallic Definition 3 years - 6 years Genital organs focus of gratification Oedipus Complex etc. Term Latent Definition 6 years - puberty "potential, not active" no major conflict Term Defense Mechanisms Definition Ways to deal with impulses and anxiety: Sublimation Projection Repression Reaction Formation Regression Denial Displacement Term Denial Definition Can't see something right in front of them Term Repression Definition keep things unconscious; banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. Term Reaction Formation Definition Act in exactly opposite (gay); Ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses to their opposites Term Regression Definition Go back to earlier point in life and act like it, usually in kids Retreats to more infantile psychosexual stage Term Displacement Definition Shifts impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person Take it out on unrelated person/thing Term Sublimation Definition Take impulses and find socially approved ways to express them (shooting range, karate) Rechannel unacceptable to acceptable sexual impulses Term Projection Definition Take conflict and "project" it onto another individual/object saying someone else has your problem (dog) Disguise own threatening impulses by attributing them to others. Term Thematic Appercetion Test (TAT) Definition Make a story out of a series of pictures Term Alfred Adler Definition Birth Order Formation of Personality Sibling Rivalry Inferiority Complex Term Carl Jung Definition Collective Unconscious Passed on Archetyptes cross cultures Term Carl Rogers Definition Humanistic Perspective Man is inherently good Life is a process of becoming: Empathy Unconditional Positive Regard Genuineness Term What fosters becoming? Definition EMPATHY UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD GENUINENESS Term Trait Definition Characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition (tendency) to feel and act in a certain way. Term Hans Eysenck Definition Introverted and Extroverted Term "Big Five" Personality Factors Definition OCEAN Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neurotic - Emotional Stablitity Term Phobias Definition anxiety disorder marked by persistent, irrational fear & avoidance of a specific object or situation Term Social-Cognitive Personality Perspective Definition person vs. situation argument Emphasis on cognitive factors Term Self-efficacy Definition I control what happens to me Term Learned Helplessness vs. Optimism Definition Hopelessness & passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events Term Resilient Definition personality where person is exposed to negative situation but ends up positive Term Anxiety Disorders Definition psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS that reduce anxiety Interferes with daily activity Term Behavior Definition an interaction of personal and environmental (situational) factors. aka Reciprocal determination Emphasis on COGNITIVE factors Term Generalized Anxiety Disorders Definition Person continually tense & uneasy apprehensive & in a state of autonomic nervous system arrousal. Term Panic Disorder Definition Minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror, chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations Term Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD Definition Anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions) Term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Definition Reminders of event, intrusive thoughts, easily startled, psychological numbing; interferes with daily life Term Dissociative Disorders Definition dissociated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings loss of memory or identity change Most Freudian Term Dissociative Amnesia Definition Repress something from memory; block a traumatic event Term Dissociative Fugue Definition Lose memory of identity; no anxiety; uncommon way of reprssion Term Dissociative Identity Disorder Definition person creates a new identity that the person may not be aware of to subconsciously deal with one part of their personality. Term Mood Disorders Definition Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes Term Dysthymic Disorder Definition mood typically below average; life isn't enjoyable Endogenous Term Major Depressive Disorder Definition normal, then random low (depressed) state; often related to an event experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest in most activities Term Bipolar Disorder Manic Depressant Disorder Definition Wide mood swings; really up or really down; highest suicide rate Term Anti-Depressants Definition affect level of serotonin available in synapse Term Schizophrenia Definition disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions "split mind" from reality Term Paranoid Schizophrenia Definition preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations Term Catatonic Schizophrenia Definition Immobility, extreme negativism, and/or parrotlike repetition of others' movements/speech Term Undifferentiated Schizophrenia Definition varied symptoms Term Schizoaffective Disorder Definition Disorder involving elements of Schizophrenia and mood disorder Term Personality Disorders Axis II Definition psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning Term Anti-Social Personality Disorder Definition person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing. may be agressive, ruthless, or a con-artist. Term Schizotypal Personality Disorder Definition Odd Term Psychoanalysis Definition resolve unresolved psychosexual conflicts by getting at unconscious Freud - patient's free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences (and the therapist's interpretations of them) released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight Term Transference Definition patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships re-live conflict, exposes repressed feelings Term Person-centered therapy Client-centered therapy Definition therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate client's growth. Carl Rogers Term Behavior Therapy Definition therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors Modify maladaptive learning history Term Systematic Desensitization Definition associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. treat phobias (gradual airplane riding) Term Invivo Desensitization Definition Actually do things real life demonstrates to relieve phobia (pet snake, walk in airport, etc) Term Flooding Implosive Therapy Definition put person in middle of most anxiety-provoking thing Term Cognitive Therapy Definition teaches more adaptive ways of thinking and acting think about self talk replace irrational thoughts with rational Term Biological Therapy Definition correct problematic biological condition drugs