Personality Chapter 9

case of professor ross cheit

recovered memories of a victim ended up with a confession from cheit and jail time

sources of psychic energy

instincts

Id

completely unconscious, primitive part of the human personality.

ego

reality principle that balances the id and superego

superego

internalizes values, morals, ideals and expectations of society

collective unconscious

deepest layer of the psyche shared by all humans

archetypes

primordial, inherited patterns, symbolism and images that shape human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors

anima

unconscious feminine inner personality in a man

animus

unconscious masculine inner personality in a woman

MBTI

Myers-Briggs type indicator derived from Jung

psychic determinism

nothing happens by chance or accident, everything is an expression of the mind, the unconscious, preconscious, or conscious

objective anxiety

fear and response to a real, external threat

neurotic anxiety

direct conflict between the id and ego

moral anxiety

conflict between the ego and the superego, not living up to proper standards

repression

most adaptive, preventing unacceptable throughts, feelings, or urges from reaching conscious awareness

sublimination

transforms socially unacceptable, distressing, or primitive impulses into productive, admirable, and culturally useful actions

regression

reverting to an earlier less mature stage

four psychosexual stages

oral, anal, phallic, and genital