Chapter 13: Theories of Personality

Conscience

Conscience

________: part of the superego that produces guilt, depending on how acceptable behavior is.

Males

________ develop an Oedipus complex whereas females develop an Electra complex.

Habits

________: in behaviorism, sets of well- learned responses that have become automatic.

Introversion

________: dimension of personality in which people tend to withdraw from excessive stimulation 13.10 Modern Trait Theories: The Big Five.

Extraverts

________: people who are outgoing and sociable.

Ego

________: part of the personality that develops out of a need to deal with reality; mostly conscious, rational, and logical.

Psychoanalysis

________: an insight therapy based on the theory of Freud, emphasizing the revealing of unconscious conflicts; Freuds term for both the theory of personality and the therapy based on it.

Halo Effect

________: tendency of an interviewer to allow positive characteristics of a client to influence the assessments of the clients behavior and statements 13.15 Projective Tests.

Personality

________: the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think, feel, and behave.

Psychological Defense Mechanisms

________: unconscious distortions of a persons perception of reality that reduce stress and anxiety 13.2 Stages of Personality Development.

Scale

Rating ________: assessment in which a numerical value is assigned to specific behavior that is listed in the ________.

Neo Freudians

________: followers of Freud who developed their own competing psychodynamic theories.

Interview

________: method of personality assessment in which the professional asks questions of the client and allows the client to answer, either in a structured or unstructured fashion.

Id

________: part of the personality present at birth and completely unconscious.

Superego

________: part of the personality that acts as a moral center.

Introverts

________: people who prefer solitude and dislike being the center of attention 13.11 Current Thoughts on the Trait Perspective.

ethical behavior

Character: value judgments of a persons moral and ________.

Self Efficacy

________: individuals expectancy of how effective his or her efforts to accomplish a goal will be in any particular circumstance.

Self Actualizing Tendency

________: the striving to fulfill ones innate capacities and capabilities.

Personality Inventory

________: paper- and- pencil or computerized test that consists of statements that require a specific, standardized response from the person taking the test.

Third Force

Expectancy: a persons subjective feeling that a particular behavior will lead to a reinforcing consequence The ________: Humanism and the Humanistic Perspective 13.7 Carl Rogers and the Humanistic Perspective.

Positive Regard

________: warmth, affection, love, and respect that come from significant others in ones life.

Self

________: an individuals awareness of his or her own personal characteristics and level of functioning.

Reciprocal Determinism

________: Banduras explanation of how the factors of environment, personal characteristics, and behavior can interact to determine future behavior.

Self Concept

________: the image of oneself that develops from interactions with important significant people in ones life.

Frequency Count

________: assessment in which the frequency of a particular behavior is counted.

Personal Unconscious

________: Jungs name for the unconscious mind as defined by Freud.

Unconscious Mind

________: level of the mind in which thoughts, feelings, memories, and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness.