Psychoanalytic Perspective 1
Psychoanalytic Perspective 2
Humanistic Perspective
& Trait Perspective
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Exploring the Self
100
Freud's theory of personality and therapeutic technique that attributes the thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts.
What is psychoanalysis?
100
A characteristic pattern of behavior or disposition to feel and act
What is a trait?
100
The perception that you are in control of your own fate.
What is an internal locus of control?
200
According to Maslow, one of the ultimate psychological needs that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved
What is self-actualization?
200
Giving priority to goals of one's group and defining one's identity accordingly.
What is collectivism?
300
In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness.
What is repression?
300
A questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors
What is a personality inventory?
300
The scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.
What is positive psychology?
400
All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
What is our self-concept?
400
One's feelings of high or low self-worth
What is self-esteem?
500
The psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into the opposites. Thus, people may express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious feelings.
What is reaction formation?
500
The psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people re-channel their unacceptable impulses into socially approved activities.
What is sublimation?
500
A caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude which Carl Rogers believed would help clients to develop self-awareness and self-acceptance.
What is unconditional positive regard?
500
The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment. For example, a child’s tv viewing habits (past behavior) influence their viewing preference (internal factor), which influence how television (environmental factor) affect’s their current behavior.
What is reciprocal determinism?
500
A readiness to perceive oneself favorably
What is the self-serving bias?
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