Wgu c180 introduction to psychology final exam
1.Personality: A person's internally based characteristic ways of acting
and think- ing.
Unique psychological qualities that influence a variety of
characteristic patterns of behaviour and ways of thinking that
determines a person's adjustment to the environment.
2.Conscious mind: Freud's term for what you are presently aware of
3.Preconscious mind: Freud's term for what is stored in your memory that you are not presently aware of but can access
4.Unconscious mind: Freud's term for the part of our mind that we cannot become aware of.
5.Id: The part of the personality that a person is born with, where the
biological instinctual drives reside, and that is located totally in the unconscious mind.
6.Pleasure principle: The principle of seeking immediate gratification for instinctu- al drives without concern for the consequences
7.Ego: The part of the personality that starts developing in the first year
or so of life to find realistic outlets for the id's instinctual drives.
8.Reality principle: The principle of finding gratification for instinctual drives within the constraints of reality (norms of society).
9.Superego: The part of the personality that represents one's conscience and idealized standards of behaviour.
10.Defense mechanism: A process used by the ego to distort reality and
protect a person from anxiety.
11.Erogenous zone: The area of the body where the id's pleasure-
seeking ener- gies are focused during a particular stage of psychosexual development.
12.Fixation: Some of the id's pleasure-seeking energies remaining in a psychosex- ual stage due to excessive or insufficient gratification of instinctual needs.
13.Oral stage of psychosexual development: First stage in Freud's theory Birth to 18 months
Erogenous zones are mouth, lips, tongue
Child derives pleasure from oral activities such as biting, sucking, chewing
14.Anal stage of psychosexual devlopment: Second stage in Freud's theory 18 months to 3 years
Erogenous zone is anus Child derives pleasure from stimulation of anal area through having and
withholding anal movements
15.Phallic stage of psychosexual development: Third stage in Freud's theory 3 to 6 years
Erogenous zone is located at genitals
Child derives pleasure from genital stimulation .Oedipus Conflict: Freud
Phallic stage conflict in which boy becomes sexually attracted to mother and fears his father will find out and castrate him.
17.Identification: Process by which children adopt characteristics of same-sex parent and learn their gender role and sense of morality
18.Latency stage of psychosexual development: Fourth stage in Freud's theory 6 years to puberty
No erogenous zone
Sexual feelings are repressed and the focus is on cognitive and social development
19.Genital stage of psychosexual development: Fifth stage in Freud's theory Puberty to adulthood
Erogenous zone is genitals
Child develops sexual relationships, moving towards intimate adult relationships
20.Hierarchy of Needs: Motivation
Suggests that the innate needs which motivate our behaviour are arranged in a pyramid shape.
From bottom to top:
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