Personality U7 Vocab Chart

personality

an individual’s unique, relatively consistent pattern of thoughts, feelings/behaviors

unconscious

an individual’s ideas when they aren’t aware

Id

made up of our inborn biological urges: instincts

Ego

part of personality that mediates among the demands of an individual; reality

superego

represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment; morality

defense mechanism

the ego protects itself with mechanisms that reduce anxiety

collective unconscious

a form of the unconscious containing memories

archetypes

structural component of the collective unconscious

trait theory

people differ from others

five big traits

O-openness

C-conscientiousness

E-extraversion

A-agreeableness

N-neuroticism

factor analysis

used to evaluate relationships among a set of observed variables

heritability

people’s genes account for differences in their traits

temperament

how an individual' responds emotionally

self efficacy

the belief that you can do a particular act to increase your success rate

internal locus of control

cognitive expectancy of desired outcome

external locus of control

cognitive expectancy are due to outside forces/luck/fate

self concept

an individual’s beliefs about themselves

self-esteem

how we value/perceive yourself

self actualization

when an individual reaches their full potential

unconditioned positive regard

showing support of a person no matter their actions

projective tests

personality tests

self report inventories

a type of psychological test where a person tests without an investigator