WGU D564 Final Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Updates)
Theories of Personality | Qs & As| 100% Correct|
Grade A (Verified Answers)
Personality - ANSWERan individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and
acting
free association - ANSWERin psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious
in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial
or embarrassing.
psychoanalysis - ANSWERFreud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating
psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
unconscious - ANSWERaccording to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists,
information processing of which we are unaware
id - ANSWERcontains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to
Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. It operates on the
pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification
ego - ANSWERthe largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according
to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. It operates
on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring
pleasure rather than pain
superego - ANSWERthe part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for
future aspirations
defense mechanism - ANSWERin psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective
methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
repression - ANSWERin psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that
banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
regression - ANSWERa defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by
assuming a more infantile state where some psychic energy remains fixated
reaction formation - ANSWERpsychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego
unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites. Thus, people
may express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious
feelings.
Theories of Personality | Qs & As| 100% Correct|
Grade A (Verified Answers)
Personality - ANSWERan individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and
acting
free association - ANSWERin psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious
in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial
or embarrassing.
psychoanalysis - ANSWERFreud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating
psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
unconscious - ANSWERaccording to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists,
information processing of which we are unaware
id - ANSWERcontains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to
Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. It operates on the
pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification
ego - ANSWERthe largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according
to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. It operates
on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring
pleasure rather than pain
superego - ANSWERthe part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for
future aspirations
defense mechanism - ANSWERin psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective
methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
repression - ANSWERin psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that
banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness
regression - ANSWERa defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by
assuming a more infantile state where some psychic energy remains fixated
reaction formation - ANSWERpsychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego
unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites. Thus, people
may express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious
feelings.
