Adolescence & Development
The transition period from childhood to adulthood.
What is adolescence?
Freud’s theory that personality is shaped by unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences.
What is psychoanalysis?
Pushing distressing memories out of conscious awareness.
What is repression?
The Neo-Freudian who believed personality develops from social tensions and feelings of inferiority.
Who is Alfred Adler?
The Big Five personality traits are often remembered using this acronym.
What is CANOE?
The period of sexual maturation during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.
What is puberty?
The part of consciousness that is not currently aware but can easily be brought into awareness.
What is the preconscious?
A toilet-trained child begins wetting the bed again after a stressful life event.
What is regression?
The Neo-Freudian who proposed the concept of the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung?
Trust, kindness, and helpfulness describe this Big Five personality trait.
What is agreeableness?
A teenager can think about abstract ideas like justice, freedom, and hypothetical situations.
Which Piaget stage are they demonstrating?
What is the formal operational stage?
Freud described this as a reservoir of thoughts, wishes, and memories that influence behavior but are largely outside of awareness.
What is the unconscious?
Someone attributes their own unacceptable feelings to someone else.
What is projection?
According to Maslow, achieving one’s full and unique potential as a human being.
What is self-actualization?
According to birth order theory, which child is often responsible, achievement-oriented, and sometimes bossy?
Who is the firstborn?
A child realizes a toy still exists even when it is hidden behind a blanket.
Which developmental concept does this demonstrate?
What is object permanence?
A student feels the urge to skip class but decides to attend because it is the responsible thing to do.
Which part of personality is managing this conflict?
What is the ego?
A person who secretly dislikes someone behaves in an extremely friendly way toward them.
What is reaction formation?
A psychologist emphasizes free will, personal growth, and helping people reach their full potential.
Which psychological perspective does this represent?
What is the humanistic perspective?
Someone who is outgoing, energetic, and enjoys social interaction would score high on this Big Five trait.
What is extraversion?
A teenager experiments with different clothing styles, career goals, and social groups while trying to determine who they are.
Which Erikson stage is this?
What is identity vs role confusion?
A child feels guilt after lying because it violates their internal sense of right and wrong.
Which part of personality is responsible for this?
What is the superego?
An employee angry with their boss goes home and yells at their family instead.
What is displacement?
A therapist creates an accepting, non-judgmental environment so clients feel valued and able to grow.
Which psychologist developed this approach?
Who is Carl Rogers?
A student who is organized, dependable, and always completes assignments early would likely score high on this trait.
What is conscientiousness?