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Personality Theories and Assessment
Psy 113, URI
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2012

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Objective
Definition
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
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Reliability
Definition
Authentic: conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief.
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Validity
Definition
The quality of supporting the intended point or claim; soundness or cogency.
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Standardization
Definition
In statistics, a standard score.
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MMPI
Definition
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
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Projective tests
Definition
A psychological test in which words, images, or situations are presented to a person and the responses analyzed for the unconscious expression of elements of personality that they reveal.
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MA
Definition
Mental Age
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Ca
Definition
Chronological Age
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IQ
Definition
Intelligence quotient
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Intelligence
Definition
The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
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Id
Definition
The part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.
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Ego
Definition
The part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.
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Superego
Definition
The part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.
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Psychosexual Stages
Definition
by Sigmund Freud at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, is a central element in his sexual drive theory, which posits that, from birth, humans have instinctual sexual appetites.
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Defense Mechanisms
Definition
An unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Definition
A model that depicts motivation as a pyramid with the most basic needs at the base and the most sophisticated needs at the apex.
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GHB notebook
Definition
Good Human Being Notebook.
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Roger's unconditioned positive regard
Definition
Is basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does.
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