Theorists
Adler
According to Freud, this is the impulsive part of the mind/personality
Id
According to Freud, this is the morally right part of the mind/personality
Superego
Return to a behavior that is a characteristic of an earlier stage of life
Regression
People cast their own faults on to other people
Projection
Says personality developed through 8 stages of life
Erikson
According to Freud, developed by ego to deal with anxiety
Defense Mechanisms
Says men are envious of women because women can have children and men cannot
Womb Envy
Refusing to accept the reality of anything bad or upsetting
Denial
The use of self-deception to justify unacceptable behavior or ideas
Rationalization
Womb envy and basic anxiety
Horney
Says people are driven by a need to overcome feelings of inadequacy and insecurity
Inferiority Complex
A store of human concepts shared by all people across all cultures
Collective Unconscious
Removes anxiety causing ideas by pushing them into the unconscious
Repression
Defense mechanisms are developed by the ______ to deal with _________.
Ego; anxiety
Developed the "inner conflict" approach to personality
Freud
ideas & images put into themes of the accumulated experience of all human beings
Archetypes
Most deep thoughts, & urges are pushed into the unconscious part of the mind
Inner Conflict Approach
Striving to make up for unconscious impulses or fears.
Compensation
The transfer of an idea or impulse from a threatening or unsuitable object to a less threatening one
Displacement
Collective unconscious and archetypes theorist
Jung
Horney said this developed in children in response to harsh treatment
Basic Anxiety
According to Erikson, _____________ ________________ are the most important factor in personality development
social relationships
Act opposite of their true feelings in order to hide true feelings.
Reaction Formation
Channeling basic impulses into socially acceptable behavior
Submilation