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| the principle of seeking immediate gratification for instinctual drives without concerns for the consequences |
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| the part of the personality that person is born with, where the biological instinctual drives reside, and that is located totally in the unconscious mind |
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| the part of the personality that starts developing in the first year os so of life to find realistic outlets for the id's instinctual drives |
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| the principle of finding gratification for instinctual drives within the constraints of the norms of society |
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| the part of the personality that represents one's conscience and idealized standards of behavior |
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| a process used by the ego to distort reality and protect a person from anxiety |
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| the areas of the body where the id's pleasure-seeking energies are focused during a particular stage of psycho sexual development |
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| some of the id's pleasure seeking energies remaining in a psycho sexual stage due to excessive gratification or frustration of instinctual needs |
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| oral stage of psycho sexual development |
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| the first stage in Freud's theory in which erogenous zones are the mouth, lips and tongue, and the child derives pleasure from oral activities such as sucking, biting and chewing |
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| anal stage of psycho sexual development |
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| the second stage in Freud's theory in which the erogenous zone is the anus, and the child derives pleasure from stimulation of the anal region through having and withhold bowel movements |
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| phallic stage of psycho sexual development |
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| the third stage in Freud's theory which the erogenous zone is located at the genitals, and the child derives pleasure form genital stimulation |
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| a phallic stage conflict for a boy in which the boy becomes sexually attracted to his moth and fears his father will find out and castrate him |
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| the process by which children adopt the characteristics of the same-sex parents and learn their gender roles and sense of morality |
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| latency stage of psycho sexual development |
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| the fourth stage in Freud's theory in which their is no erogenous zone, sexual feelings are repressed, and the focus is on cognitive and social development |
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| genital stage of psycho sexual development |
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| the fifth stage in Freud's theory in which the erogenous zone is at the genitals and the child develops sexual relationships, moving toward intimate adult relationships |
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| the motivational component in Maslow's theory of personality in which our innate needs that motivate our behavior are hierarchically arranged in a pyramid shape. From bottom to topo, the needs are physiological, safety, belonging and love, esteem, and self-actualization |
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| the behaviors and attitudes for which other people, starting with our parents, will give us positive regard |
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| unconditional positive regard |
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| unconditioned acceptance and approval of a person by others |
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| the set of cognitive processes by which a person observes, evaluates, and regulates her behavior |
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| a judgment of one's effectiveness in dealing with particular situations |
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| the process by which we explain our own behavior and that of others |
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openness
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism |
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| a personality test that uses a series of ambiguous stimuli to which the test taker must respond about her perceptions of the stimuli |
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