| Archetypes | The name Jung gave to the emotionally laden ideas and images that have rich and symbolic meaning for all people.
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| big five factors of personality | The "supertraits" that are thought to describe the main dimensions of personality—specifically, neuroticism (emotional instability), extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
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| cognitive affective processing systems (CAPS) | According to Mischel, a set of interconnected cognitive systems through which an individual's thoughts and emotions about self and the world become linked together in ways that matter to behavior.
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| collective unconscious | Jung's term for the impersonal, deepest layer of the unconscious mind, shared by all human beings because of their common ancestral past.
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| defense mechanisms | The ego's protective methods for reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.
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| Ego | The Freudian structure of personality that deals with the demands of reality.
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| empirically keyed test | A type of test that presents a host of questionnaire items to groups of people who are already known to differ in some central way (such as individuals with a psychological disorder versus mentally healthy individuals).
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| face validity | The extent to which a test item appears to be valid to those who are completing it.
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| Hardiness | A trait characterized by a sense of commitment and control and a perception of problems as challenges rather than threats.
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| humanistic perspectives | Views of personality that stress the person's capacity for personal growth, freedom to choose a destiny, and positive qualities.
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| Id | The Freudian structure of personality that consists of unconscious drives and is the individual's reservoir of psychic energy.
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| individual psychology | The term for Adler's approach, which views people as motivated by purposes and goals and as striving for perfection over pleasure.
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| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) | The most widely used and researched empirically keyed self-report personality test.
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| Oedipus complex | In Freud's theory, a young boy's intense desire to replace his father and enjoy the affections of his mother.
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| Personality | A pattern of enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world.
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| personological and life story perspectives | Approaches to personality emphasizing that the way to understand the person is to focus on his or her life history and life story—aspects that distinguish that individual from all others.
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| projective test | Personality assessment tool that presents individuals with an ambiguous stimulus and then asks them to describe it or tell a story about it; in other words, to project their own meaning onto it.
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| psychodynamic perspectives | Views of personality as primarily unconscious (that is, beyond awareness) and as developing in stages. Most psychoanalytic perspectives emphasize that early experiences with parents play a role in sculpting personality.
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| Rorschach inkblot test | A widely used projective test that uses an individual's perception of inkblots to determine his or her personality.
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| self-concept | A central theme in Rogers's and other humanists' views; self-concept refers to individuals' overall perceptions and assessments of their abilities, behavior, and personalities.
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| self-efficacy | The belief that one can master a situation and produce positive outcomes.
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| self-report test | Also called an objective test or inventory, a type of test that directly asks people whether specific items (usually true/false or agree/disagree) describe their personality traits.
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| social cognitive perspectives | Approaches to personality emphasizing conscious awareness, beliefs, expectations, and goals; social cognitive psychologists explore the person's ability to reason; to think about the past, present, and future; and to reflect on the self.
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| Superego | The Freudian structure of personality harshly judges the morality of our behavior.
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| Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) | A projective test designed to elicit stories that reveal something about an individual's personality.
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| trait | An enduring personality characteristic that tends to lead to certain behaviors.
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| trait theories | Theories stating that personality consists of broad, enduring dispositions (traits) that tend to lead to characteristic responses.
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| Type A behavior pattern | A cluster of characteristics—such as being excessively competitive, hard-driven, impatient, and hostile—related to the incidence of heart disease.
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| Type B behavior pattern | A cluster of characteristics—such as being relaxed and easygoing—related to good health.
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| unconditional positive regard | Rogers's term for accepting, valuing, and being positive toward another person regardless of the person's behavior.
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