The pattern of enduring characteristics that produce consistency and individuality in a given person.

1) Personality - pg. 349

Freud's theory that unconscious forces act as determinants of personality.

A part of the personality that contains the memories, knowledge, beliefs, feelings, urges, drives, and instincts of which the individual is not aware.

The raw, unorganized, inborn part of personality whose sole purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives related to hunger, sex, aggression, and irrational impulses.

The part of the personality that provides a buffer between the id and the outside world.

The last of the personality structures to develop; it represents the rights and wrongs of society as handed down by a person's parents, teachers, and other important figures.

In Freudian theory, unconscious strategies that people use to reduce anxiety by concealing the source of the anxiety from themselves and others.

The primary defense mechanism in which unacceptable or unpleasant id impulses are pushed back into the unconscious.

A test that involves a series of symmetrical visual stimuli to people who then are asked what the figures mean to them.

The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges.

A condition characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior involving conceptual, social, and practical skills.

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