Psychoanalytic
Perspective
Perspective
This part of personality operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification.
What is the id?
The ultimate psychological need in Maslow’s hierarchy.
What is self-actualization?
The most widely used personality test designed to assess emotional disorders.
What is the MMPI?
The belief that your effort controls outcomes is called this.
What is an internal locus of control?
People who brag about successes but blame failures on others display this bias.
What is the self-serving bias?
This defense mechanism shifts impulses toward a safer outlet, like yelling at a sibling instead of a boss.
What is displacement?
Rogers believed growth requires genuineness, empathy, and this total acceptance.
What is unconditional positive regard?
Talkativeness and sociability often cluster together through this statistical method.
What is factor analysis?
After repeated failures, a student stops trying altogether.
What is learned helplessness?
When asked to describe herself, Mia says, “I’m creative and determined.” She is describing this.
What is her self-concept?
He believed feelings of inferiority in childhood drive our striving for power and superiority.
Who is Alfred Adler?
A therapist who reflects a client’s feelings back to them is using this type of therapy.
What is client-centered therapy?
A student who is organized, disciplined, and responsible scores high on this trait.
What is conscientiousness?
Bandura’s idea that behavior, cognition, and environment influence each other.
What is reciprocal determinism?
A culture that values independence, personal achievement, and uniqueness promotes this.
What is individualism (vs. collectivism)?
She argued that childhood anxiety triggers our desire for love and security, not sexual tension.
Who is Karen Horney?
The self-concept is strongest when our actual self and this self are similar.
What is our ideal self?
Someone who frequently experiences anxiety and mood swings would score high on this Big Five factor.
What is neuroticism?
Believing you can succeed at a task, like passing a math test, reflects this concept.
What is self-efficacy?
Terror-management theory explains that reminders of this cause people to cling to worldviews and close relationships.
What is mortality (or death)?
He believed in a collective unconscious filled with archetypes like the hero and nurturing mother.
Who is Carl Jung?
A major criticism of humanistic theory is that it is too vague and this.
What is subjective?
Someone who is cooperative, trusting, and helpful would score high on this Big Five trait.
What is agreeableness?
A criticism of the social-cognitive perspective is that it underplays the influence of these.
What are inner traits?
A basketball player with fragile self-esteem is most likely to respond this way when criticized.
What is with aggression?