Psychodynamic Theories
Freud’s concept that governs the unconscious desire for immediate gratification.
What is the id?
This humanistic psychologist proposed that people strive to self-actualize and require unconditional positive regard.
What is Carl Rogers?
The Big Five personality trait that refers to how outgoing or shy an individual is.
What is extroversion and introversion?
This concept, proposed by Bandura, describes the mutual influence between a person, their behavior, and the environment.
What is reciprocal determinism?
This defense mechanism involves convincing oneself that an undesirable situation isn’t really so bad.
What is rationalization?
This part of the mind, according to Freud, mediates between the id’s desires and the superego’s rules.
What is the ego?
This concept refers to a person’s global feeling about themselves, which develops through interactions with others.
What is self-concept?
This statistical technique is used by trait theorists to identify clusters of traits that occur together
What is factor analysis?
People with this type of locus of control believe they have control over their own fate.
What is an internal locus of control?
This defense mechanism involves forgetting or repressing distressing memories.
What is repression?
This defense mechanism involves redirecting anger from a threatening source to a safer target.
What is displacement?
The belief that humans are innately good and capable of free will in shaping their future is central to which theory of personality?
What is humanistic psychology?
This theorist is associated with the development of the 16 PF personality test.
What is Raymond Cattell?
This cognitive concept involves one’s belief in their ability to succeed in specific situations.
What is self-efficacy?
In this defense mechanism, a person behaves in a way opposite to how they truly feel.
What is reaction formation?
The part of the unconscious that contains repressed memories and impulses is known as this.
What is the personal unconscious?
In humanistic psychology, the process of achieving one’s fullest potential is called this.
What is self-actualization?
This dimension of the Big Five personality traits deals with a person’s emotional stability.
What is emotional stability (or neuroticism)?
This term refers to the type of attributions made by individuals with an optimistic explanatory style.
What is internal, global, and stable attributions?
This defense mechanism involves attributing one’s own unacceptable feelings to someone else.
What is projection?
According to Carl Jung, this is the shared set of memories and archetypes that influence all people.
What is the collective unconscious?
This type of regard, according to Carl Rogers, is essential for someone to feel accepted and work toward self-actualization.
What is unconditional positive regard?
According to Gordon Allport, this type of disposition plays a pivotal role in almost everything a person does.
What is a cardinal disposition?
This social-cognitive concept is about the way people interpret and explain their successes and failures.
What is explanatory style?
This defense mechanism involves channeling negative emotions into positive or socially acceptable activities.
What is sublimation?