PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Shoulder Angel, Unconscious Mind, Reality Principle
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The uniqueness of an individual"s thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Id- the seat of impulse and desire; the part of our personality that we do not yet own; it owns or controls us. Ego a sense of self; the only part of the mind that is in direct contact with the outside world; operates on the reality principle. Superego the part of the self that controls behavior. Humans naturally strive to overcome their inherent inferiorities or deficiencies, both physical and psychological (striving for superiority). An unhealthy need to dominate or upstage others as a way of compensating for feelings of deficiency (inferiority complex) Ocean openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism: what is typical responses of a person who is high in conscientiousness on the big five model? (see slides) Eysenck argued for three fundamental dimensions of personality; psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism. Rational method a method for developing questionnaire items that involves using reason or theory to come up with a question.
