Unit 7 pt 2

3. an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
4. a test (such as the MMPI) developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups
5. a theory of death-related anxiety; explores people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
8. a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives
9. in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
14. in psychoanalytic theory, according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved
15. in contemporary psychology, assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions
17. transferring of unacceptable impulses into socially valued motives
18. the process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate their parents' values into their developing superegos

1. focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development
2. theories that view personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences
6. the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations
7. a readiness to perceive oneself favorably
10. psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites
11. according to Maslow, the striving for identity, meaning, and purpose beyond the self
12. giving priority to the goals of one's group (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly
13. refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
16. the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality