Personality Review

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Across
  1. 2. in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
  2. 4. one's feelings of high or low self-worth
  3. 5. one's sense of competence and effectiveness
  4. 8. overestimating others' noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders (as if we presume a spotlight shines on us)
  5. 9. a readiness to perceive oneself favorably
  6. 10. giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications
  7. 15. mechanisms in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
  8. 18. excessive self-love and self-absorption
  9. 19. according to Maslow, one of the ultimate psychological needs that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential
  10. 20. One of Freud's proposed interacting systems that seeks to gratify the id's impulses in realistic ways that will bring long-term pleasure.
Down
  1. 1. 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
  2. 3. giving priority to the goals of one's group (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly
  3. 6. 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
  4. 7. One of Freud's proposed interacting systems that strives to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce, and aggress.
  5. 11. all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
  6. 12. according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
  7. 13. psychology the scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive
  8. 14. One of Freud's proposed interacting systems that focuses on how we ought to behave. It strives for perfection, judging actions and producing positive feelings of pride or negative feelings of guilt.
  9. 16. a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports
  10. 17. according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved.