Psych unit 2

Latent content

According to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the ____of a dream is the hidden psychological meaning of the dream. Freud believed that the content of dreams is related to wish fulfillment and suggested that dreams have two types of content: manifest content and latent content.Dec 30, 2015

Ambition

Strong desire to do or achieve something

Mmpi

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. It is primarily intended to test people who are suspected of having mental health or other clinical issues.Oct 30, 2015

Cross cultural research

psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, including both their variability and invariance, under diverse cultural conditions.

Traits

distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

Hans and eysenk

Developed personality theories

Catastrophes

Event causing great and often sudden damage

Sigmund freud

Founder of psychoananlysis

Manifest content

In Freudian dream analysis, content is both the manifest and latent content in a dream, that is, the dream itself as it is remembered, and the hidden meaning of the dream. The "Royal Road" to the Unconscious. Dreams embody the involuntary occurrences within the mind throughout various stages of sleep.

Self esteem

In sociology and psychology, ____reflects a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self.

Self actualization

The term was later used by Abraham Maslow in his article, A Theory of Human Motivation, Maslow explicitly defines _____ to be "the desire for self-fulfillment, namely the tendency for him [the individual] to become actualized in what he is potentially.

Social cognitive perspective

____ is the view that people learn by watching others. In psychology, it explains personality in terms of how a person thinks about and responds to one's social environment.

Behavior psych

is a branch of psychology that focuses on the study and alteration of people's behaviors, including their actions, emotions and thoughts.

Social support

is the perception and actuality that one is cared for, has assistance available from other people, and that one is part of a supportive social network.

Projective test

n psychology, a ___ is a personality test designed to let a person respond to ambiguous stimuli, presumably revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts projected by the person into the test.