AP Psychology / Unit 4: Social Psychology and Personality
4.4 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality
Notes
- Freud: id, ego, superego; unconscious; defense mechanisms (repression, projection, displacement, denial, rationalization).
- Projective tests: Rorschach, TAT.
- Humanistic (Rogers, Maslow): free will, self-actualization, unconditional positive regard.
Practice
Yelling at your sibling after a bad day at work is:
Redirecting feelings to a safer target.
Carl Rogers emphasized:
Humanistic acceptance.
The part of personality that balances desires and reality (Freud):
The mediator.
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