Psychology Questions
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the tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium
the component of personality that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according to the pleasure principle
-High: worried, insecure self-pitying -Failure avoidant, not as much reward driven, hard for them to make decisions-Low: calm, secure, self-satisfied
the internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct
people perceive specific patterns of bodily responses, and as a result of that perception they feel emotion
Two infants who are not biologically related are adopted by the same family and raised in the same household. Research suggests that their personality characteristics will be most similar to those of their _____________________
still emotional but more lowkey about it -- softer smiles
_____________________ situations mask personality expression
psychological states that encourage behaviors ((by creating arousal)) to satiate needs -- emotions can serve as drive states
imagining a better possible outcome (glass half empty)
factors that energize and direct behavior... and persistence
-reacting against one's own unsatisfied impulses, warding off an uncomfortable thought by overemphasizing its opposite-Ex: person with unacknowledged homosexual desires make homophobic comments-If I can't __________ then no one should
-suppressing unwanted desires/memories-traumatic // uncomfortable memories --- suppress it, but often it is still there which can cause anxiety, panic attacks, etc.-Hard to test !!!
participants viewed photographs of posed facial expressions and then were asked to identify the emotional responses
Your supervisor starts telling you a boring story. You know that the right thing to do would be to listen to her, but your impulse is to yell, "Stop talking!" Instead, you interrupt and say, "I'm sorry, but I was just about to return an important phone call." According to the psychodynamic approach, which of the following probably dictated your actual verbal response to your supervisor by mediating between your impulse and what you think is the right thing?
The ______________ is responsive to demands of both the id and the superego and attempts to mediate between them.
Cici gave up her dream of becoming an artist because her parents expected her to become a lawyer. According to Rogers, Cici likely did not experience which of the following from her parents while growing up?
-a label applied to physiological arousal results in the experience of an emotion-Whatever the person believes caused the emotion will determine how the person labels the emotion
_________________ consists of people's typical thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviors that are relatively stable over time and circumstances.
_______________ believed people were driven by animalistic desires NOT fundamentally good