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Matching - Freudian & Humanistic Theories

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superego

repression

validity

projection

reaction formation

Oedipus complex

holistic view

sublimation

displacement

rationalization

The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure.
Unconsciously transferring unacceptable traits to others.
A division of the mind.
When threatening or forbidden desire, usually sexual, is redirected into socially acceptable forms.
Inventing acceptable excuses for behaviors that make us feel anxious.
A mental process that hides emotionally threatening information in the unconscious.
Called the Electra complex in girls.
A person's personality is more than the sum of its individual parts.
Transferring feelings from their true source to another source that is safer.
Turning unacceptable wishes into acceptable behaviors.


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Robert C. Gates