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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/05/2009

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Anal Stage
Definition
second stage occuring from about 1 to 3 years of age, in which the anus is the erogenous zone and toilet training is the source of conflict.
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Archetypes
Definition
Jung's collective, universal human memories.
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Collective Unconscious
Definition
Jung's name for the memories shared by all members of the human species.
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Ego
Definition
part of the personality that develops out of a need to deal with reality; mostly conscious, rational, and logical.
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Ego Ideal
Definition
part of the superego that contains the standards for moral behavior.
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Fixation
Definition
disorder in which the person does not fully resolve the conflict in a particular psychosexual stage, resulting in personality traits and behavior associated with that earlier stage.
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Halo effect
Definition
tendency of an interviewer to allow positive characteristics of a client to influence the assessments of the client's behavior and statements.
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Ideal Self
Definition
one's perception of whom one should be or would like to be.
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Latency
Definition
fourth stage occurring during the school years, in which the sexual feelings of the child are repressed while the child develops in other ways.
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Oedipus complex
Definition
situation occurring in the phallic stage in which a child develops a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent and jealousy of the same-sex parent.
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Personality
Definition
the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think, feel, and behave.
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Projection
Definition
psychological defense mechanism in which unacceptable or threatening impulses or feelings are seen as originating with someone else, usually the target of the impulses or feelings
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Psychosexual stages
Definition
five stages of personality development proposed by Freud and tied to the sexual development of the child.
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Self-actualizing tendency
Definition
according to Maslow, the point that is seldom reached at which people have sufficiently satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential.
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Self-concept
Definition
the image of oneself that develops from interactions with important, significant people in one's life.
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superego
Definition
parts of the personality that acts as a moral center.
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unconditional positive regard
Definition
referring to the warmth, respect, and accepting atmosphere created by the therapist for the client in client-centered therapy
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unconscious mind
Definition
level of the mind in which thoughts, feelings, memories, and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness.
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