PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: 16Pf Questionnaire, Carl Jung, Oedipus Complex
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Personality - distinctive pattern of behavior/thoughts/motives/emotions that are consistent in an individual over time. Personality trait - long term disposition to behave in particular ways in different situations. Factors are basic, higher-order traits (ex. reserved-outgoing) Openness - imaginative, preference for variety, independent. Id - impulses, dominated by pleasure and immediate gratification, avoid pain. Ego - voice of reason", mediator of id/superego, helps find compromises. Superego - moral component of personality, rigid standards. Personal unconscious - material which one has repressed or forgotten from personal experience. Collective unconscious - traces of inherited memories from one"s ancestral past; archetypes/images and thoughts with universal meaning. Introvert - those preoccupied with internal world of their own thoughts/feelings/experiences, more reclusive. Extravert - those interested in the external world of other people/things, more outgoing and friendly. Stresses the motivation for superiority;universal attempt to improve oneself and master life"s challenges. Inferiority complex - everyone must overcome feelings of weakness in comparison to competent adults/siblings.