psychoanalytic perspective

ego

the version of our personality that everyone sees

superego

our morality principle

ID

our unconscious animalistic wants

pleasaure principle

people want to receive instant gratification

carl jung’s persona

our mask that’s a compromise between who we really are and society’s expectations

TAT

deriving your personality from your description of ambiguous scenes

Rorschach Inkblot Test

TAT but with inkblots

repression

unacceptable or unpleasant memories or impulses pushed into the unconscious

denial

refuse to accept an anxiety-producing piece of information

regression

reverting back to a behavior from an earlier state of development

displacement

redirecting unacceptable feelings from source to a weaker target

sublimation

replacing a socially unacceptable impulse with a socially acceptable behavior

reaction formation

acting in the exactly opposite way to your socially unacceptable impulse

projection

attributing one’s own unacceptable feelings and thoughts onto others

rationalization

creating excuses to justify your unacceptable behavior

freudian slips

unintentional error that reveals your unconscious thoughts