PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

●● Psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts


●● Unconscious
Answer: according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories, all of which we cannot access


●● Id
Answer: a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy
basic sexual and aggressive desires; the pleasure principle


●● Ego
Answer: the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that
mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality; mediator


●● Superego

, Answer: the part of personality that represents internalized ideals and
provides standards for judgment and for future aspirations; the moral
principle


●● Defense Mechanisms
Answer: methods used to avoid recognizing ideas or emotions that may
cause personal anxiety


●● Repression
Answer: moving unwanted emotions from the conscious to the
unconscious


●● Rationalization
Answer: use of self-deception to justify unacceptable behavior


●● Displacement
Answer: the transfer of an idea/impulse from a threatening object to a
less threatening object


●● Regression
Answer: returning to an earlier stage of development (when under a
great deal of stress)


●● Projection