Psychological Health and Personality

These flashcards cover key concepts related to psychological health and personality theory as presented in the lecture notes.

Psychological Health

The quality of one's psychological health, affecting other components of health such as social, spiritual, and physical health.

Self-Esteem

A key component of personality that influences thoughts, actions, and feelings, and begins to develop early in childhood.

Personality

Distinct thoughts, behaviors, and emotional responses that characterize how an individual responds to situations.

Freud’s Framework of Personality

A theory suggesting that the unconscious mind influences behaviors, with the ego balancing the demands of the id and superego.

Defense Mechanisms

Mental processes that protect an individual from anxiety and guilt by altering perceptions of reality.

Denial

A defense mechanism where an individual refuses to accept real events because they are unpleasant.

Displacement

Transferring inappropriate urges or behaviors onto a more acceptable or less threatening target.

Projection

Attributing unacceptable desires to others instead of recognizing them in oneself.

Rationalization

Justifying behaviors by substituting acceptable reasons for less-acceptable real reasons.

Reaction Formation

Reducing anxiety by adopting beliefs that are contrary to one's own beliefs.

Regression

Returning to coping strategies for less mature stages of development.

Repression

Suppressing painful memories and thoughts from conscious awareness.

Sublimation

Redirecting unacceptable desires into socially acceptable channels.

Erikson’s Psychological Stages of Development

A theory describing eight psychosocial stages that individuals progress through, each involving a conflict to be resolved for emotional well-being.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs

A pyramid-shaped theory specifying the sequence of human needs from basic (physiological) to higher level (self-actualization) needs.