PSY100H1 Chapter 12: Summary of Chapter 12
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factor analysis: correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variable. (assumption is that a single factor is influencing all of them) personality traits are derived from 5 higher-order traits: extraversion (outgoing, sociable), neuroticism (anxious, hostile), openness to experience (curiosity, imaginativeness), agreeableness (trusting, cooperative), conscientiousness (diligent, discipline). psychodynamic theories descended from freud"s work, which focus on unconscious mental forces. defence mechanisms: largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt. rationalization: creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior. repression: keeping distressing thought and feelings buried in the unconscious. projection: attributing one"s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another. www. notesolution. com. displacement: diverting emotional feelings from their original source to a substitute target. reaction formation: behaving in a way that"s exactly the opposite of one"s true feelings. regression: a reversion to immature patterns of behavior.
