Pysch

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Denial

A defense coping mechanism , refusing to have a problem

Inferiory complex

A pattern of avoiding feelings over over coming them

Personality

All consistent, stable , enduring the unique way behavior is in other peopl

Extroverted

Being out going easy to talk to

Congruence

Carl Rogers believed that for a person to achieve self-actualization they must be in a state of congruence. This means that self-actualization occurs when a person's "ideal self" (i.e. who they would like to be) is congruent with their actual behavior (self-image).

Collective unconscious

Collective unconscious is a term of analytical psychology, coined by Carl Jung. It is proposed to be a part of the unconscious mind, expressed in humanity and all life forms with nervous systems, and describes how the structure of the psyche autonomously organizes experience.

Self concept

How we see and describe our self

Displacement

In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are consciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.

Sublimation

In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are consciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.

Rationalization

Individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way to preserve his self esteem

Defense mechanisms

Most notably used by Sigmund Freud in his psychoanalytic theory, a defense mechanism is a tactic developed by the ego to protect against anxiety. Defense mechanisms are thought to safeguard the mind against feelings and thoughts that are too difficult for the conscious mind to cope with. In some instances, defense mechanisms are thought to keep inappropriate or unwanted thoughts and impulses from entering the conscious mind.

Sorce trait

Normal every day trait , people see you as

Repression

Psychological repression, or simply repression, is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses toward pleasurable instincts by excluding the desire from one's consciousness and holding or subduing it in the unconscious.

Projecting

Pushing the way you feel on someone else

Reaction formation

Reaction formation reduces anxiety by taking up the opposite feeling, impulse or behavior. An example of reaction formation would be treating someone you strongly dislike in an excessively friendly manner in order to hide your true feelings. Why do people behave this way? According to Freud, they are using reaction formation as a defense mechanism to hide their true feelings by behaving in the exact opposite manner.

Surface trait

Source Traits are the underlying basic factors of an individuals personalities. Cattell examined every possible (over 18,000) possible vocabulary words which indicated Surface Traits, i.e. some aspect of personality.

Repression

The exclusion from conscious awe tends of a painful memory

Ego

The part of the personality that us in touch with reality and strives to meet the demands of the Id and superego in socially acceptable ways

Archetypes

a very typical example of a certain person or thing. "he was the archetype of the old-style football club chairman" an original which has been imitated; a prototype.

Regression

the free encyclopedia. Regression (German: Regression), according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way.


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