AP psych

Key Terms and Concepts to Remember - 

Unit 4 Exam - Part 2 - Personality

Terms to Know:

Personality

Psychodynamic theories

Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud

Unconscious

Free association

Id

Ego

Super ego

Defense mechanisms

Repression

Alfred Adler

Karen Horney

Carl Jung

Collective unconscious

Terror-management theory

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Projective tests

Rorschach inkblot test

Abraham Maslow

Humanistic theories

Hierarchy of needs

Self-actualization

Self-transcendence

Carl Rogers

Unconditional positive regard

Self-concept

Trait

Personality inventory

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Empirically derived test

Robert McCrae

Paul Costa

Big Five factors

Social-cognitive perspective

Albert Bandura

Behavioral approach

Reciprocal determinism

William James

Self

Spotlight effect

Self-esteem

Self-efficacy

Self-serving bias

Narcissism

Individualism

Collectivism

Motivation

Instinct

Physiological needs

Drive-reduction theory

Homeostasis

Incentive

Yerkes-Dodson law

Affiliation needs

Self-determination theory

Intrinsic motivation 

Extrinsic motivation

Ostracism

Achievement motivation

Grit

Walter Cannon

Glucose

Set point

Basal metabolic rate

Obesity

Emotion

Stanley Schachter

Robert Zajonc

Joseph LeDoux

Richard Lazarus

Polygraph

Paul Ekman

Facial feedback effect

Behavior feedback effect

Most Frequent Questions:

  1. Theories of Personality Development (NB 255 - 277)

  • Psychoanalytic

  • Psychodynamic

  • Humanistic

  • Trait

  • Social-Cognitive

  1. Freud’s psychosexual stages (NB 259 - 262)

  • Oral

  • Anal

  • Phallic

  • Latency

  • Genital

  1. Defense Mechanism’s (259 + 263 - 265)

  • Regression

  • Reaction Formation

  • Projection

  • Rationalization

  • Displacement

  • Sublimation

  • Denial

  1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (NB 267 - 269)

  • Physiological Needs

  • Safety Needs

  • Belonging and Love Needs

  • Esteem Needs

  • Cognitive Needs

  • Aesthetic Needs

  • Self-Actualization

  • Transcendence

  1. Motivational Theories (NB 278 - 285)

  • Evolutionary/Instinct

  • Drive-reduction

  • Optimal arousal theory

    • Yerkes Dodson Law

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

  1. Theories of Emotion (NB 286 - 291)

  • James-Lange

  • Cannon-Bard

  • Singer-Schachter

  • Zajonc and LeDoux

  • Lazarus