Personality Theories

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Patterns of feelings, motives, & behavior that set people apart from one another.

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personality

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The part of the mind that contains material of which we are unaware but that strongly influences conscious processes and behaviors.

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unconscious

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The part of the unconscious personality that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed material.

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id

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The part of the personality that is in touch with reality and strives to meet the demands of the id and the superego in socially acceptable ways.

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ego

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The part of the personality that is the source of conscience and counteracts the socially undesirable impulses of the id.

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superego

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The specific means by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances.

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defense mechanisms

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A store of human concepts shared by all people across all cultures.

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collective unconscious

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The ideas & images of the accumulated experience of all human beings.

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archetype

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A pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome their source; feelings of inadequacy & insecurity.

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inferiority complex

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The approach that focuses on the study of observable behaviors and how they are shaped by environmental stimuli and conditioning.

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behaviorism