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AP® Psychology Personality Part 2

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This deck covers key concepts of personality theories in psychology, focusing on Freud's defense mechanisms and Jung's theory of personality.

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What two things does the ego attempt to balance?

1. the interaction with the environment 2. the opposing forces of the id and superego
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Definition
What two things does the ego attempt to balance?
1. the interaction with the environment 2. the opposing forces of the id and superego
According to Freud, we use defense mechanisms to deal with what?
anxiety produced by the id-superego conflict
Repression, a type of defense mechanism, describes the process by which anxiety-provoking memories or desires are moved to the __________.
subconscious
If, after an argument, a child shows anger not towards his friend, with whom he is angry, but to a stuffed animal, what defense mechanism is he exhibiting?
displacement
In __________, the ego completely reverses a desire to make it safer or more socially acceptable.
reaction formation
If I make up for a failure to understand math by excelling in critical reading, what defense mechanism am I exhibiting?
compensation
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AP® Psychology Personality Part 2
TermDefinition
What two things does the ego attempt to balance?
1. the interaction with the environment 2. the opposing forces of the id and superego
According to Freud, we use defense mechanisms to deal with what?
anxiety produced by the id-superego conflict
Repression, a type of defense mechanism, describes the process by which anxiety-provoking memories or desires are moved to the __________.
subconscious
If, after an argument, a child shows anger not towards his friend, with whom he is angry, but to a stuffed animal, what defense mechanism is he exhibiting?
displacement
In __________, the ego completely reverses a desire to make it safer or more socially acceptable.
reaction formation
If I make up for a failure to understand math by excelling in critical reading, what defense mechanism am I exhibiting?
compensation
What defense mechanism uses logic to excuse emotional or irrational behavior?
rationalization
Regression involves reverting to what kind of behaviors?
childish behaviors
What is denial?
refusal to acknowledge or accept unwanted beliefs or actions
Which defense mechanism involves the channelling or redirecting of sexual or aggressive feelings into a more socially acceptable outlet?
sublimation
What describes man's inherent envy towards woman's ability to nurture and sustain life?
womb envy
What are the five stages of psychoanalytic development?
1. oral stage 2. anal stage 3. phallic stage 4. latency period 5. genital stage
In Karen Horney's theory of personality, what is important in forming the basis of the adult personality?
interactions between the child and the parent as the child deals with basic anxiety
What characterizes basic anxiety, a main tenet in Karen Horney's theory of personality?
the feeling of being alone in an unfamiliar or hostile world
Carl Jung's theory of personality is based on the idea that the mind comprises pairs of __________.
opposing forces
What, according to Carl Jung's theory, is the persona?
the mask that each person presents to the outside world
Carl Jung would describe the deep, passionate, inner person as that person's __________.
shadow
According to Jung, each person contains a female and a male side to our personality, or an __________ and __________.
anima; animus
According to Jung's theory, what is the purpose of the self?
to balance the opposing forces and the desires of the mind
What are the two divisions of unconsciousness in Jung's theory?
1. personal unconsciousness 2. collective unconscious