Intro to Psychology Enhanced
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Personality - Correct Answers-A person's internally based characteristic ways
of acting and thinking.
Unique psychological qualities that influence a variety of characteristic
patterns of behaviour and ways of thinking that determines a person's
adjustment to the environment.
Conscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for what you are presently
aware of
Preconscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for what is stored in your
memory that you are not presently aware of but can access
Unconscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for the part of our mind
that we cannot become aware of.
Id - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that a person is born with,
where the biological instinctual drives reside, and that is located totally in the
unconscious mind.
Pleasure principle - Correct Answers-The principle of seeking immediate
gratification for instinctual drives without concern for the consequences
Ego - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that starts developing in the
first year or so of life to find realistic outlets for the id's instinctual drives.
Reality principle - Correct Answers-The principle of finding gratification for
instinctual drives within the constraints of reality (norms of society).
Superego - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that represents one's
conscience and idealized standards of behaviour.
Defense mechanism - Correct Answers-A process used by the ego to distort
reality and protect a person from anxiety.
Erogenous zone - Correct Answers-The area of the body where the id's
pleasure-seeking energies are focused during a particular stage of
psychosexual development.
,Fixation - Correct Answers-Some of the id's pleasure-seeking energies
remaining in a psychosexual stage due to excessive or insufficient gratification
of instinctual needs.
Oral stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-First stage in
Freud's theory
Birth to 18 months
Erogenous zones are mouth, lips, tongue
Child derives pleasure from oral activities such as biting, sucking, chewing
Anal stage of psychosexual devlopment - Correct Answers-Second stage in
Freud's theory
18 months to 3 years
Erogenous zone is anus
Child derives pleasure from stimulation of anal area through having and
withholding anal movements
Phallic stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Third stage in
Freud's theory
3 to 6 years
Erogenous zone is located at genitals
Child derives pleasure from genital stimulation
Oedipus Conflict - Correct Answers-Freud
Phallic stage conflict in which boy becomes sexually attracted to mother and
fears his father will find out and castrate him.
Identification - Correct Answers-Process by which children adopt
characteristics of same-sex parent and learn their gender role and sense of
morality
Latency stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Fourth stage in
Freud's theory
6 years to puberty
No erogenous zone
Sexual feelings are repressed and the focus is on cognitive and social
development
Genital stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Fifth stage in
Freud's theory
Puberty to adulthood
Erogenous zone is genitals
Child develops sexual relationships, moving towards intimate adult
relationships
, Hierarchy of Needs - Correct Answers-Motivation
Suggests that the innate needs which motivate our behaviour are arranged in a
pyramid shape.
From bottom to top:
Physiological (hunger, thirst)
Safety (feel safe, secure, stable)
Belonging and love (to love and be love, belong, be accepted)
Esteem (self-esteem, achievement, competence, independence)
Self-actualization (live up to potential)
Self-actualization - Correct Answers-The fullest realization of a person's
potential
Conditions of worth - Correct Answers-The behaviours and attitudes for which
other people (starting with parents) will give us positive regard
Unconditional positive regard - Correct Answers-Unconditional acceptance and
approval of a person by others
Self-system - Correct Answers-The set of cognitive processes by which a person
observes, evaluates, and regulates their behaviour
Self-efficacy - Correct Answers-A judgement of one's effectiveness in dealing
with particular situations
External locus of control - Correct Answers-The perception that chance or
external forces beyond your personal control determine your fate
Internal locus of control - Correct Answers-The perception that you control
your own fate.
Learned helplessness - Correct Answers-A sense of hopelessness in which a
person thinks that he is unable to prevent aversive events.
Attribution - Correct Answers-The process by which we explain our own
behaviour and that of others
Self-serving bias - Correct Answers-The tendency to make attributions so that
one can perceive oneself favourably
Traits - Correct Answers-The relatively stable internally based characteristics
that describe a person
Personal inventory - Correct Answers-An objective personality test that uses a
series of questions or statements for which the test taker must indicate
whether they apply to him/her or not.
Exam With Exact Solutions
Latest 2025/2026
Personality - Correct Answers-A person's internally based characteristic ways
of acting and thinking.
Unique psychological qualities that influence a variety of characteristic
patterns of behaviour and ways of thinking that determines a person's
adjustment to the environment.
Conscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for what you are presently
aware of
Preconscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for what is stored in your
memory that you are not presently aware of but can access
Unconscious mind - Correct Answers-Freud's term for the part of our mind
that we cannot become aware of.
Id - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that a person is born with,
where the biological instinctual drives reside, and that is located totally in the
unconscious mind.
Pleasure principle - Correct Answers-The principle of seeking immediate
gratification for instinctual drives without concern for the consequences
Ego - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that starts developing in the
first year or so of life to find realistic outlets for the id's instinctual drives.
Reality principle - Correct Answers-The principle of finding gratification for
instinctual drives within the constraints of reality (norms of society).
Superego - Correct Answers-The part of the personality that represents one's
conscience and idealized standards of behaviour.
Defense mechanism - Correct Answers-A process used by the ego to distort
reality and protect a person from anxiety.
Erogenous zone - Correct Answers-The area of the body where the id's
pleasure-seeking energies are focused during a particular stage of
psychosexual development.
,Fixation - Correct Answers-Some of the id's pleasure-seeking energies
remaining in a psychosexual stage due to excessive or insufficient gratification
of instinctual needs.
Oral stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-First stage in
Freud's theory
Birth to 18 months
Erogenous zones are mouth, lips, tongue
Child derives pleasure from oral activities such as biting, sucking, chewing
Anal stage of psychosexual devlopment - Correct Answers-Second stage in
Freud's theory
18 months to 3 years
Erogenous zone is anus
Child derives pleasure from stimulation of anal area through having and
withholding anal movements
Phallic stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Third stage in
Freud's theory
3 to 6 years
Erogenous zone is located at genitals
Child derives pleasure from genital stimulation
Oedipus Conflict - Correct Answers-Freud
Phallic stage conflict in which boy becomes sexually attracted to mother and
fears his father will find out and castrate him.
Identification - Correct Answers-Process by which children adopt
characteristics of same-sex parent and learn their gender role and sense of
morality
Latency stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Fourth stage in
Freud's theory
6 years to puberty
No erogenous zone
Sexual feelings are repressed and the focus is on cognitive and social
development
Genital stage of psychosexual development - Correct Answers-Fifth stage in
Freud's theory
Puberty to adulthood
Erogenous zone is genitals
Child develops sexual relationships, moving towards intimate adult
relationships
, Hierarchy of Needs - Correct Answers-Motivation
Suggests that the innate needs which motivate our behaviour are arranged in a
pyramid shape.
From bottom to top:
Physiological (hunger, thirst)
Safety (feel safe, secure, stable)
Belonging and love (to love and be love, belong, be accepted)
Esteem (self-esteem, achievement, competence, independence)
Self-actualization (live up to potential)
Self-actualization - Correct Answers-The fullest realization of a person's
potential
Conditions of worth - Correct Answers-The behaviours and attitudes for which
other people (starting with parents) will give us positive regard
Unconditional positive regard - Correct Answers-Unconditional acceptance and
approval of a person by others
Self-system - Correct Answers-The set of cognitive processes by which a person
observes, evaluates, and regulates their behaviour
Self-efficacy - Correct Answers-A judgement of one's effectiveness in dealing
with particular situations
External locus of control - Correct Answers-The perception that chance or
external forces beyond your personal control determine your fate
Internal locus of control - Correct Answers-The perception that you control
your own fate.
Learned helplessness - Correct Answers-A sense of hopelessness in which a
person thinks that he is unable to prevent aversive events.
Attribution - Correct Answers-The process by which we explain our own
behaviour and that of others
Self-serving bias - Correct Answers-The tendency to make attributions so that
one can perceive oneself favourably
Traits - Correct Answers-The relatively stable internally based characteristics
that describe a person
Personal inventory - Correct Answers-An objective personality test that uses a
series of questions or statements for which the test taker must indicate
whether they apply to him/her or not.
