Personality

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  1. 2. The stable set of individual characteristics that make us unique.
  2. 4. A defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are converted to their opposite.
  3. 5. A condition that occurs after a period of negative consequences where the person begins to believe they have no control.
  4. 10. A defense mechanism where one reverts to an earlier stage of development.
  5. 11. A person’s typical way of responding to his or her environment.
  6. 13. A generic term for the psychological procedures used to measure personality which rely on measurable or objective techniques such as the MMPI-2 and WAIS-III.
  7. 15. In Freud's theory of psychosexual development, the failure to complete a stage successfully which results in a continuation of that stage into later adulthood.
  8. 16. Hans Eysenck's term for his two distinct categories of personality traits. They include Introversion-Extroversion and Neuroticism. According to Eysenck, each of us fall on a continuum based on the degree of each supertraits.
  9. 17. A belief about the amount of control a person has over situations in their life.
  10. 19. In Psychoanalytical theory, the part of the personality which contains our primitive impulses such as sex, anger, and hunger.
  11. 20. Psychological forces which prevent undesirable or inappropriate impulses from entering consciousness (e.g., forgetting responsibilities that we really didn't want to do, projecting anger onto a spouse as opposed to your boss). Also called Defense Mechanisms, Defense System, or Ego Defenses.
  12. 21. Sigmund Freud’s terminology of sexual energy or sexual drive.
Down
  1. 1. A defense mechanism where undesired or unacceptable impulses are transformed into behaviors which are accepted by society.
  2. 3. The belief that an individual has more control over life circumstances than the environment does.
  3. 6. The feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated with not achieving a particular goal or the belief that a goal has been prematurely interrupted.
  4. 7. In Psychoanalytical theory, the part of the personality which maintains a balance between our impulses (id) and our conscience (superego).
  5. 8. A relatively permanent internal characteristic (e.g., friendly, outgoing)
  6. 9. An Objective test utilizing 567 items which have been empirically derived to measure a variety of psychological concerns.
  7. 11. A theory used to describe a person with a significant number of traits focused on urgency, impatience, success, and excessive competition.
  8. 12. The tendency to focus energy inward resulting in decreased social interaction.
  9. 14. A theory used to describe person with a significant number of traits focused on relaxation, lack of urgency, and normal or reduced competition.
  10. 18. In Psychoanalytic Theory, the defense mechanism whereby our thoughts are pulled out of our consciousness and into our unconscious.