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Psychoanalytic Theory
Analytic Theory
Individual Psychology
Eric Erickson
100
Theories formed from data gathered thru observations
What is the inductive approach?
100
The portion of the mind that is inaccessible to usual, conscious thought
What is the unconscious?
100
Thoughts you can readily recall if needed but are not part of your active, current recollection
What is the personal unconscious?
100
The founder of Individual Psychology
Who is Alfred Adler?
100
A lifespan development theory of personality
What is the difference between Erickson's approach and psychoanalysis
200
Research design that examines the relationships between variables
What is correlational research?
200
The structure of the mind governed by the pleasure principle.
What is the ID?
200
The conscious, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious
What is the psyche?
200
The social issues that all humans have to address
What are occupational tasks, societal tasks and love tasks?
200
The process of personality development that occurs through a series of eight stages as life unfolds.
What is identity formation?
300
An approach to psychology in which the conclusions follow logically from premises or assumptions
What is the deductive approach?
300
The processes that distort reality to protect the ego against the painful and threatening impulses arising from the id
What are defense mechanisms?
300
Male element of a woman
What is animus?
300
feelings of overwhelming helplessness and powerlessness that cause one to feel inferior
What is an inferiority complex?
300
the confusion and uncertainty experienced during adolescence about one’s abilities, associations, and future goals
What is an Identity Crises?
400
The ability of a personality measure to give consistent results.
What is reliability?
400
Our sexual energy which strives for relief from inner tensions and sometimes becomes directed at fetishes
What is the libido?
400
Powerful emotional symbols rooted in human history
What are archetypes?
400
The concept that an individual is driven to lash out against the inability to achieve or master something as a reaction to perceived helplessness
What is the aggression drive?
400
Erickson’s sixth stage of ego development in which young adults learn to interact on a deeper level with others.
What is the Intimacy versus Isolation stage of development?
500
The extent to which a test truly measures a theoretical construct
What is construct validity?
500
The defense model that suggests pressure builds up like steam in a boiler and must be released.
What is hydraulic displacement?
500
The two major attitudes of humans
What are extroversion and introversion?
500
Inferiority
What is the basic concept that drives personality development in Individual psychology?
500
Successfully negotiation and progression through each of life’s ego crises
What is healthy development?