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personality - ANS an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
What is personality? - ANS the unique pattern of enduring thoughts, feelings, and
actions that characterize a person
not directly observable but can be inferred from behavior a - ANS psychological
construct is:
basic drives
past psychological events - ANS Freud believed that our personalities, behavior, and
behavior disorders are determined mainly by what?
that people are partly controlled by the unconscious part of their personality - ANS
Freud proposed what?
Freud - ANS Who created the psychodynamic approach to personality?
psychodynamic approach to personality - ANS the interplay of various unconscious
psychological processes determines thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Freud's conception of the personality structure - ANS personality develops as a result
of our efforts to resolve conflicts between our biological impulses (id) and social
restraints (superego)
id
superego
ego - ANS What are the elements of personality from Freud?
id - ANS the unconscious portion of personality where the love and death instincts
reside
the pleasure principle - ANS What does id operate on?
, the outside world - ANS Id is not aware of what?
superego - ANS portion of personality that dictates what one should and should not do
learned, internalized rules from society, family, culture
your conscience - ANS the superego is also what?
ego - ANS portion of personality responsible for satisfying the demands of the id
the reality principle - ANS what does ego operate on?
the outside world - ANS Ego is aware of what?
id
superego
reality - ANS Ego is the moderator between what?
anxiety - ANS Ego does not like what?
conflict between superego and id - ANS if you steal (moral anxiety)
conflict between ego and reality - ANS when you receive a bad grade and you are
afraid of failing (reality anxiety)
conflict between id and ego - ANS your fear that you may cheat on your spouse
(neurotic anxiety)
responds with a defense mechanism to protect itself, relieves anxiety - ANS What
does ego do when there is anxiety?
unconscious tactics
repression
rationalization
projection
reaction formation - ANS What are defense mechanisms from Freud?
unconscious tactics to distort reality (making stuff up; lying to oneself) - ANS what does
ego use to prevent harmful material from "surfacing"?