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nomothetic
idiographic
humors
Sigmund Freud
unconscious
dream interpretation
free association
parapraxis / Freudian slip
libido
id
pleasure principle
ego
reality principle
superego
Psychosexual Stages
fixation
Oral Stage
oral fixation
Anal Stage
anal-retentive type, anal-expulsive type
Phallic Stage
Oedipus Complex
castration anxiety
identification
penis envy
Latency Period
Genital Stage
defense mechanism
reality anxiety
neurotic anxiety
moral anxiety
repression
regression
reaction formation
rationalization
intellectualization
displacement
denial
projection
sublimation
Psychodynamic / Neo-Freudian approach
Alfred Adler
Karen Horney
Carl Gustav Jung
collective unconscious
archetype
projective technique
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
self-report
implicit assessment
Forer Effect / Barnum Effect
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
cardinal dispositions
central traits
secondary traits
authoritarianism
factor analysis
Hans Eysenck
Introversion/Extraversion
Psychoticism
The Big Five / Five Factor Model
Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
personality profile
experience sampling
intrapersonal functioning
Behavioral Approach System (BAS)
Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)
temperament
personal constructs
person variables
self-schema
self-serving bias
person-situation controversy
existential psychology
terror management
mortality salience
humanistic psychology
Abraham Maslow – self-actualization
Carl Rogers
fully-functioning person
unconditional positive regard
Wobegon Effect / Illusory Superiority
self-concept
reciprocal determinism
self-efficacy / efficacy expectancy
internal vs. external locus of control
self-perception theory
self-esteem
Myers-Briggs Type Indication (MBTI)
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