Defense Mechanisms
The defense mechanism of retreating to a more infantile age
What is regression?
Assumes that emotional disorders spring from unconscious dynamics, such as ACEs.
What is psychoanalytic personality theory?
The tendency to appreciate new ideas, values, and feelings.
What is Openness?
the human tendency to favor members of one's own group over outsiders.
What is In-group bias
The act of disguising one's own threatening impulses into their opposites
What is projection?
Assumes that unconscious and conscious minds interact.
What is Psychodynamic personality theory?
The tendency to be careful, on-time for appointments, to follow rules, and be hardworking. (ex: goal driven and self-discipline)
What is Conscientiousness?
unwritten rules and expectations that guide behavior within a group of community.
What is social norms
Transferring of unacceptable impulses into socially valued motives (ex: sports or staying busy to overcome loneliness)
What is the sublimation defense mechanism
It is better to focus on the ways people may strive for self-realization.
What is the humanistic personality theory?
Tendency to be talkative and sociable
What is Extraversion?
A situation where individuals or groups pursue short-term grains that result in long-term losses for all involved
What is a social trap
Switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites (ex: person envies another person and constantly praises them in an exaggerated manner)
What is reaction formation?
Assumes that we have a certain stable and enduring characteristics influenced by genetic predispositions
What is the trait personality theory?
Tendency to agree and go along with others
What is Agreeableness?
internalized ideals and moral standard
What is super-ego
Banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts and memories from consciousness
What is repression?
Assumes that our traits interact with the social context to produce our behaviors (reciprocal determinism)
What is the social-cognitive theory of personality?
Tendency to frequently experience negative emotions such as anger and sadness
What is Neuroticism?
Two almond shaped clusters located deep within the brain that plays a crucial role in processing emotions and fear-learning.
What is the amygdalae?