PSYCHOLOGY PERSONALITY

AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTERISTIC ATTERN OF THINKING, FEELING AND ACTING.

CHILDHOOD SEXUALITY AND UNCONSCIOUS MOTIVATIONS INFLUENCE PERSONALITY.

INNER CAPACITIES FOR GROWTH AND SELFFULLFILLMENT.

PATIENTS RELAX AND SAY WHATEVER COMES TO MIND, NO MATTER HOW EMBARRASSING OR TRIVIAL.

FREUD'S THEORY OF PERSONALITY AND THE ASSOCIATED TREATMENT TECHNIQUES

VERY LARGE REGION OF ICEBURG CONTAINING THOUGHTS, WISHES, FEELINGS, AND MEMORIES OF WHICH WE ARE UNAWARE

SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE STORED TEMPORARILY IN THE UNCONSCIOUS THAT CAN BE RETRIEVED INTO CONSCIOUS AWARENESS

IT CONTAINS A RESERVOIR OF UNCONSCIOUS PSYCHIC ENERGY THAT, ACCORDING TO FREUD, STRIVES TO SATISFY BASIC SEXUAL AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVES. THE ID OPERATES ON THE PLEASURE PRINCIPAL, DEMANDING IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION.

THE LARGELY CONSCIOUS, "EXECUTIVE" PART OF PERSONALITY THAT, ACCORDING TO FREUD, MEDIATES AMONG THE DEMANDS OF THE ID, SUPEREGO, AND REALITY. THE EGO OPERATES ON THE REALITY PRINCIPAL, SATISFYING THE ID'S DESIRES IN WAYS THAT WILL REALISTICALLY BRING PLEASURE RATHER THAN PAIN.

THE PART OF THE PERSONALITY THAT, ACCORDING TO FREUD, REPRESENTS INTERNALIZED IDEALS AND PROVIDES STANDARDS FOR JUDGEMENT (THE CONSCIENCE) AND FOR FUTURE ASPIRATIONS. ITS THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE THAT FORCES THE EGO TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE REAL BUT THE IDEAL, AND THAT FOCUSES SOLELY ON HOW ONE OUGHT TO BEHAVE. IT STRIVES FOR PERFECTION.

THE CHILDHOOD STAGES OF DEVELOPEMENT (ORAL, ANAL, PHALLIC, LATENCY, GENITAL) DURING WHICH, ACCORDIN TO FREUD, THE ID'S PLEASURE SEAKING ENERGIES FOCUS ON DISTINCT EROGENOUS ZONES.

A BOY'S SEXUAL DESIRES TOWARD HIS MOTHER AND FEELINGS OF JEALOUSY AND HATRED FOR THE RIVAL FATHER.

THE PROCESS BY WHICH CHILDREN INCORPORATE THEIR PARENT'S VALUES INTO THEIR DEVELOPING SUPEREGOS

A LINGERING FOCUS OF PLEASURE-SEAKING ENERGIES AT AN EARLIER PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE, IN WHICH CONFLICTS WERE UNRESOLVED.

• REPRESSION
• REGRESSION
• REACTION FORMATION
• PROJECTION
• RATIONALIZATION
• DISPLACEMENT

IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY, THE EGO'S PROTECTIVE METHODS OF REDUCING ANXIETY BY UNCONSCIOUSLY DISTORTING REALITY.

• IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY, THE BASIC DEFENCE MECHANISM THAT BANISHES
• ANXIETY-AROUSING THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND MEMORIES FROM CONSCIOUSNESS.

AN INDIVIDUAL FACED WITH ANXIETY RETREATS TO A MORE INFANTILE PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE, WHERE SOME PSYCHIC ENERGY REMAINS FIXATED.

THE EGO UNCONSCIOUSLY SWITCHES UNACCEPTABLE IMPULSES INTO THEIR OPPOSITES. THUS, PEOPLE MAY EXPRESS FEELINGS THAT ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THEIR ANXIETY AROUSING UNCONSCIOUS FEELINGS

PEOPLE DISGUISE THEIR OWN THREATENING IMPULSES BY ATTRIBUTING THEM TO OTHERS.

OFFERS SELF-JUSTIFYING EXPLANATIONS IN PLACE OF THE REAL, MORE THREATENING, UNCONSCIOUS REASONS FOR ONE'S ACTIONS

SHIFTS SEXUAL OR AGGRESSIVE IMPULSES TOWARD A MORE ACCEPTABLE OR LESS THREATENING OBJECT OR PERSON, AS WHEN REDIRECTING ANGER TOWARD A SAFER OUTLET.

A PERSONALITY TEST, SUCH AS THE RORSCHACH OR TAT, THAT PROVIDES AMBIGUOUS STIMULI DESIGNED TO TRIGGER PROJECTION OF ONE'S INNER DYNAMICS.

PROJECTIVE TEST IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR INNER FEELINGS AND INTERESTS THROUGH THE STORIES THEY MAKE UP ABOUT AMBIGUOUS SCENES

MOST WIDELY USED PROJECTIVE TEST, A SET OF 10 INKBLOTS, SEEKS TO INDETIFY PEOPLE'S INNER FEELINGS BY ANALYZING THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BLOTS.

ACCORDING TO MASLOW, THE ULTIMATE PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED THAT ARISES AFTER BASIC PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS ARE MET AND SELF-ESTEEM IS ACHIEVED; THE MOTIVATION TO FULLFILL ONE'S POTENTIAL.