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Personality
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The distinct patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings that characterize a person's adjustment to the demands of life
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Psychodynamic Theory
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Descriptive of Freud's view that various forces move throught the personality and determine behavior
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Preconscious
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the part of the mind whose contents are not in awareness but capable of being brought into awareness by focusing of attention
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Unconscious
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the part of the mind whose contents are not available to ordinary awareness
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Repression
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a defense mechanism that protects the person from anxiety by ejecting anxiety-evoking ideas and impulses from awareness
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Psychoanalysis
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Freud's method of exploring human personality
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Resistance
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A blocking of thoughts whose awareness could cause anxiety
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Psychic Structure
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a hypothesized mental structure that helps explain different aspects of behavior
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Id
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The psychic structure, present at birth, that represents physiological drives and is fully unconscious (Latin "it")
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Pleasure Principle
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The guiding priciple of the id, directing pursuit of instant gratification of instinctual demands without regard to social requirements or needs of others
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Ego
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The second psychic structure to develop in the first year of life, characterized by self-awareness, planning, and the delay of gratification (Latin "I")
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Reality Principle
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The guiding principle of the ego, directing pursuit of satisfaction of instinctual demands within the constraints of social living
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Defense Mechanism
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an unconscious function of the ego that protects if from anxiety-evoking material by preventing accurate recognition of this material
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Superego
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The third psychic structure, which functions as a moral guardian and sets forth high standards for behavior
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Identification
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unconscious asumption of another person's behavior-usually the parent of the same gender
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Eros
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the basic instinct to preserve and perpetuate life
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Libido
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1. The energy of Eros; the sexual instinct 2. Generally, the sexual interest or drive
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Erogenous Zone
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An area of the body that is sensitive to sexual sensations
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Psychosexual Development
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the process by which libidinal energy is expressed through different erogenous zones during different stanges of development
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Oral Stage
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The first stage of psychosexual development, during which gratification is hypothesized to be attained primarily through oral activities
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Fixation
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A form of arrested development, marked by the appearance of traits associated with an earlier stage of psychosexual development
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Anal Stage
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The second stage of psychosexual development, when gratification is attained through anal activities
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Testosterone
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A male sexual hormone
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Phallic Stage
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The third stage of psychosexual development, characterized by a shift of libido ro the phallic region.
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Oedipus Complex
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A conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy wishes to prssess his mother sexually and perceives his fatehr as a rival in love
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Electra Complex
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A conflict of the phallic stage in which the girl longs for her father and resents her mother
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Deplace
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Transfer
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Latency
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A phase of psychosexual development characterized by repression of sexual impulses
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Genital Stage
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A phase of psychosexual development characterized by preferred expression of libido through intercourse within the context of marriage
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Analytical Psychology
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Jung's psychodynamic theory, which emphasizes the collective unconscious and archetypes
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