Hierarchy of Needs
Humanistic Theory
Trait Theory
Psychoanalytic Analyses
Defense Mechanisms
100

Who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and created the Hierarchy of Needs?

Abraham Maslow

100

Who came up with the humanistic theory?

Carl Rogers

100

What are surface traits?

Traits that are obvious, can be easily seen by others

100
Who's idea attributes personality to unconscious motives and childhood experiences?

Sigmund Freud

100

What is it called when you make up acceptable excuses?

Rationalization

200

Abraham Maslow claims that certain needs have to be met in order to be?

Happy, fulfilled, or satisfied

200

What is your actual self?

Who we are based on our self-concept score

200

What are cardinal traits?

The most dominant traits and passions that drives and shapes a person's personality.

200
What is the unconscious?

Ideas unavailable in awareness that guide behavior, can be expressed through dreams, free association, or slips of the tongue

200

What is a refusal to accept reality?

Denial

300

What is included in physiological necessities?

Food, water, sleep

300

What is your ideal self?

Who you wish you were as a person


300
What are general characteristics that serve as the building blocks of a person's personality?

Central Traits

300

What can be considered the unconscious?

Fears, violent motives, sexual desires, shameful experiences, immoral urges, selfish needs, trauma, etc.

300

What is it called when you take or blame your problems from within onto others?

Projection

400

What is included in social belonging?

Love, affection, friendship

400

People need to be treated with what exactly in order to grow into their actual selves?

Genuineness, acceptance, and empathy

400

What are some traits associated with psychoticism?

Antisocial, hostile, manipulative, lack of empathy

400

What is free association?

When the person talks freely without censoring thoughts

400

An athlete practices everyday after being angered by not making the starting squad. Which defense mechanism is this an example of?

Sublimation

500

What is transcendence?

Helping others to self-actualize

500

What is genuineness?

When others are open, honest, and self-disclosing

500

Who came up with the Biological Trait Theory?

Hans Eysenck

500

What are defense mechanisms?

Methods the ego uses to avoid recognizing ideas or emotions that may cause personal anxiety

500

Elizabeth gets in trouble at school and gets reprimanded by her teacher. After school, she goes home to pick a fight with her brother. Which defense mechanism is this an example of?

Displacement