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
• id
• ego
• superego

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

• id
• ego
• superego
• defense mechanisms

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
• superego
• defense mechanisms
• collective unconscious

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

• superego
• defense mechanisms
• collective unconscious
• archetype

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

• defense mechanisms
• collective unconscious
• archetype
• inferiority complex

the part of the mind that contains inherited instincts, urges, and memories common to all people

• collective unconscious
• archetype
• inferiority complex
• behaviorism

a school of psychology that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of maximum potential by each unique individual

• humanistic psychology
• self-actualization
• self
• positive regard

the humanist term for realizing one's unique potential

• self-actualization
• self
• positive regard
• conditions of worth

one's experience or image of oneself, developed through interaction with others

• self
• positive regard
• conditions of worth
• unconditional positive regard