Psychology Vocab 7

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Across
  1. 4. the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind
  2. 7. theory that says that our childhood experiences and unconscious desires influence our behavior
  3. 9. defense mechanism that involves an individual transferring negative feelings from one person or thing to another
  4. 11. a defense mechanism where a person deals with stress by behaving in an immature or age-inappropriate way.
  5. 14. German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory that an individual faces a conflict at each stage, which may or may not be successfully resolved within that stage.
  6. 16. the complex of mental activities within an individual that proceed without their awareness.
  7. 19. a perfect or representative example of something and may be used as a default mental image; a behavioral pattern and a reflection of that pattern in a story
  8. 20. part of the mind that drives us to fulfill our basic urges and needs as quickly as possible; instinctive and primitive
  9. 23. Erikson’s development stages describing how a person's personality develops, and how social skills are learned from infancy through adulthood
Down
  1. 1. the part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience
  2. 2. Jung’s term to represent a form of the unconscious common to mankind as a whole and originating in the inherited structure of the brain
  3. 3. unconscious resources used by the ego to decrease internal stress ultimately
  4. 5. Freud’s stages that supposedly capture the main growth points of a person from infancy to adulthood and focus on different facets of wants, needs, and desires.
  5. 6. defense mechanism in which someone gives excuses and reasons to justify behavior
  6. 8. the fixation in consciousness of an idea, affect, or desire that is opposite to a feared unconscious impulse
  7. 10. the conscious refusal to perceive that painful facts exist
  8. 12. part of the mind which is experienced as the “self” or “I” and is in contact with the external world through perception.
  9. 13. the personality that an individual projects to others, as differentiated from the authentic self
  10. 15. founder of psychoanalysis. His theory suggests that human behavior is influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges
  11. 17. is an unconscious aspect of the personality that does not correspond with the ego ideal
  12. 18. Defense mechanism in which people project undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings
  13. 21. the unique patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish a person from others
  14. 22. made the theory of the collective unconscious. Believed that human beings are connected to each other and their ancestors through a shared set of experiences. We use this collective consciousness to give meaning to the world.