Personality, Motivation, and Emotion Terms

Front

What is the term for an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting?

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Personality

Front

According to Freud, what is the reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories?

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Unconscious

Front

The partly conscious part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, the superego, and reality is known as the ____.

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Ego

Front

What is the term for a projective test in which people express their inner feelings through stories they make up about ambiguous scenes?

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Front

What is the term for a view of behavior as influenced by the interaction between people's traits and their social context?

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Social-cognitive perspective

Front

The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment are known as ____.

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Reciprocal determinism

Front

What is the term for our feelings of high or low self-worth?

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Self-esteem

Front

What is the term for a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned?

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Instinct

Front

What is the term for a basic bodily requirement?

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Physiological need

Front

What is the term for the partly conscious part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment?

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Superego