Psych Ch 12 Vocabulary: Theories of Personality

The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person

• personality

• unconscious

• id

• ego

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

• unconscious

• conscious

• personality

• ego

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

• id

• ego

• superego

• unconscious

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

• ego

• id

• superego

• personality

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

• superego

• superheroego

• superduperheroego

• but...I am Batman.

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

• defense mechanisms

• denial

• repression

• personality

Mistakes or slips of the tongue that we make in everyday speech. Freud believed that these slips reflect our unconscious thoughts or wishes.

• Freudian Slip

• banana peel slip

• rationalization

• denial

A defense mechanism that involves making up acceptable excuses for behaviors that cause us to feel anxious

• rationalization

• repression

• denial

• projection

A defense mechanism that involves the process of pushing painful memories from the conscious to the unconscious

• repression

• denial

• projection

• regression

A defense mechanism that involves the refusal to accept the reality of something (texting while driving is not dangerous for me)

• denial

• projection

• regression

• displacement