module 60-61 ; unit 2 ౨ৎ

the set of thoughts, feelings, traits, and behaviors - characteristics of a person and consistent over time and in different situations

( Freud ) personality that attributes thoughts + actions to unconscious motives and conflicts

created psychoanalysis / analytic perspective - conscious thoughts / motives would directly correlate to ones conscious actions

a common tense of psychoanalysis - allows clients to speak on their own

“executive conscious”, “reality principle”

pleasure principle - aggressive drives

standards , internalized ideas

( Freud ) represents thoughts, desire, & urges - actively repressed from consciousness and that affect metal activity outside - active awareness

theories revolved around childhood development and the focus of id on libido (sexual desire)

an obsessive drive that may or may not act on involving an object, concept, or person

unconscious processes which protect people from painful feelings such as anxiety, guilt, and shame ; to enable the the organism to survive a traumatic experience

basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

return of the ego of an earlier stage of development

when someone expresses an exaggerated, opposite version of how they really feel

when someone attributes his/her feelings to another group / person

when someone decides to come up with a seemingly logical explanation to justify an event and avoid the truth

when someone is taking negative emotions + focusing them on a different, safer target

set of shared beliefs, ideas, & moral attributes which operate w a unifying force w/in society

animus ; women’s rational function

anima ; men’s irrational function

“father of humanistic psychology” - believed individual processes innate positive motives and strive towards personal and social perfection

neo-freudian psychologist known for theory of neurotic needs, feminine psychology & critiques on freud’s penis envy emphasis

an archetype is a symbol, dream, or image that all humans share, which express underlying fears / ideas we all experience

(carl jung) passed down through a species, inherited universal concepts that we all share as humans

type of defensive mechanism in which people overachieve in one area to compensate for failures in another

consistent feeling of inadequacy, often resulting in the belief that one is in some way deficient, or inferior, to others

when people overachieve in one area to makeup shortcomings in another aspect of life

the personality that an individual projects to others, as differentiated from the authentic self

contains painful / threatening memories & thoughts the person doesn’t want to confront

seek to reveal unconscious thoughts through ambiguous images

type of projective test involving describing ambiguous scenes to learn more about one’s emotions, motivations, & personality

protective method of psychological testing in which a person is asked to describe what they see in 10 inkblots

validity ; how well a test measures what it’s designed to measure

reliability ; how consistent and stable ur research results are and how well they can be replicated by others

describes the conflict between the desire to continue living & knowledge that death is inevitable

the view of someone as a whole rather than the view of a singular aspect of themself

desire for self-fulfillment / a person’s tendency to be actualized in what the are potentially

believed that for a person to achieve self-actualization, they much be in a state of congruence

a client-centered technique in the therapist communicates positive feelings & acceptance to the client, regardless of what they do / say

ideal ; an image of a person someone wants to be

reality ; who they truly are