Freud & the Feels
The part of your mind that holds hidden desires and memories not easily brought to awareness.
What is the unconscious mind?
This perspective emphasizes the growth potential of healthy individuals.
What is humanistic psychology?
A perspective describing personality through consistent patterns of behavior.
What are trait theories?
The idea that a physiological need creates a state of tension that motivates us to satisfy it.
What is drive-reduction theory?
The idea that personality develops through interactions between behavior, thinking, and environment.
What is social-cognitive theory?
A defense mechanism where you redirect unacceptable urges toward something socially valued, like art or sports.
What is sublimation?
Accepting someone entirely for who they are, even when they mess up, shows this humanistic principle.
What is unconditional positive regard?
The Big Five theory measures traits like openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness; these are examples of what?
What are personality traits?
The body’s effort to maintain balance, like regulating temperature or hunger.
What is homeostasis?
The ongoing back-and-forth influence between personality and environment.
What is reciprocal determinism?
A student fails an exam and immediately throws a tantrum like a toddler. Freud would say they’re using this defense mechanism.
What is regression?
The human motive to fulfill our highest potential; the top of Maslow’s hierarchy.
What is the self-actualizing tendency?
A personality inventory might rely on this statistical method to identify clusters of related characteristics.
What is factor analysis?
A thrill-seeker who skydives to feel excitement best fits which motivational theory?
What is arousal theory?
The belief that you control what happens in your life.
What is an internal locus of control?
A person who secretly dislikes a coworker insists that the coworker “has a problem with them.” Which defense mechanism is this?
What is projection?
According to this concept, how we see ourselves and our worth shapes our behavior and confidence.
What is self-concept?
Someone who’s organized, dependable, and hardworking likely scores high in this Big Five trait.
What is conscientiousness?
According to the Yerkes-Dodson Law, when might an athlete’s performance decline even though they’re highly motivated?
When arousal or stress levels become too high.
Believing outside forces or luck determine your fate.
What is an external locus of control?
Creating false but believable excuses to justify bad behavior.
What is rationalization?
A person with high ______ believes they are valuable and competent, even after failure.
What is self-esteem?
A person who’s calm under stress and recovers quickly from setbacks demonstrates high levels of this trait.
What is emotional stability?
Doing something because it’s rewarding or fun by itself; not for an external prize.
What is intrinsic motivation?
A student believes studying harder will directly improve their test scores.
What is self-efficacy?