PERSONALITY TERMS TO KNOW

The following are terms you should be familiar with from the chapter on personality.

 

Personality

Temperament

Character

Traits

Types

Traits vs types

Introvert

Extravert

Jung

Self-concept

Self-esteem

Allport

Traits: describe & predict

Common traits

Individual traits

Cardinal traits

Central traits

Secondary traits

Cattell

Surface traits

Source traits

Factor analysis

16PF

Costa & McCrae

The Big 5

"OCEAN"

Mischel

Situational specificity

Behavioral genetics

Minnesota Twin Study

Psychoanalytic theory

Psyche

Libido

Eros

Thanatos

Psychic energy

Id

Ego

Superego

Pleasure principle

Primary process thinking

 

Reality principle

Secondary process thinking

Ego-ideal

Pride

Guilt

Conscience

Unconscious

Conscious

Pre-conscious

Neurotic anxiety

Moral anxiety

Ego defense mechanisms

Pscyhosexual stages

Erogenous zone

Oral stage

Fixation

Oral dependent

Oral aggressive

Anal stage

Anal retentive

Anal expulsive

Phallic stage

Oedipal complex

Electra complex

Identification

Castration anxiety

Penis envy

Latency

Genital stage

Jung

Persona

Personal unconscious

Collective unconscious

Mandala

Archetype

Anima

Animus

Self-archetype

Basic anxiety

Mode of interacting

 

Moving toward ppl

Moving against ppl

Moving away from ppl

Adler

Striving for superiority

Inferiority complex

Compensation

Style of life

Creative self

Situational determinants

Habits

Response

Drive

Reward

Cue

Psychological situation

Expectancy

Reinforcement value

Self-reinforcement

The 4 critical situations

Humanism

Third Force Psychology

Free will

Rogers

Maslow

Person Centered Theory

Fully functioning person

Incongruence

Congruence

Unconditioned positive regard

Projective personality tests

Rorschach

TAT

These are suggestions! This is not an exhaustive list of information! Keep that in mind. Also, this isn't intended to supercede or replace information presented in your textbook or in lecture. Good luck in your studies.