Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 10
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
personality an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 555)
free association in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person
relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. (Myers Psychology for
AP 2e p. 557)
psychoanalysis (1) Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to
unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to
expose and interpret unconscious tensions. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 557)
unconscious according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 557)
id a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual
and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 558)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 10
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
ego the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among
the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's
desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 558)
superego the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and
provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 558)
identification the process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate their parents' values
into their developing superegos. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
Oedipus complex according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of
jealousy and hatred for the rival father. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
psychosexual stages the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital)
during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure -seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
fixation according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier
psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 560)
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
personality an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 555)
free association in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person
relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. (Myers Psychology for
AP 2e p. 557)
psychoanalysis (1) Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to
unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to
expose and interpret unconscious tensions. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 557)
unconscious according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 557)
id a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual
and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 558)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 10
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
ego the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among
the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's
desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 558)
superego the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and
provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 558)
identification the process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate their parents' values
into their developing superegos. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
Oedipus complex according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of
jealousy and hatred for the rival father. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
psychosexual stages the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital)
during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure -seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 559)
fixation according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier
psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 560)
