Chapter 8 Key Terms

Study Guide

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You should know the definitions of the following key terms from the chapter. They are listed in the order in which they appear in the chapter. For those you do not know, return to the relevant section of the chapter to learn them.

personality

conscious mind

preconscious mind

unconscious mind

id

pleasure principle

ego

reality principle

superego

defense mechanism

erogenous zone

fixation

oral stage of psychosexual development

anal stage of psychosexual development

phallic stage of psychosexual development

Oedipus conflict

identification

latency stage of psychosexual development

genital stage of psychosexual development

hierarchy of needs

self-actualization

conditions of worth

unconditional positive regard

self-system

self-efficacy

external locus of control

internal locus of control

learned helplessness

attribution

self-serving bias

traits

personality inventory

projective test