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  1. The unique combination of traits that makes each person an individual?
  2. An ordering of a person’s needs from most basic to self-fulfillment?
  3. Able to express one’s feelings in a non-threatening way?
  4. The part of an individual’s personality that distinguishes between right and wrong?
  5. A thought of which a person is not aware, but which affects a person’s behavior?
  6. A friendly and outgoing person?
  7. The process of striving to reach one’s full potential?
  8. How much one likes oneself of feels good about oneself?
  9. A reaction to a situation that involves a person’s mind, body, and behavior?
  10. A way of dealing with an uncomfortable feeling or situation?
  11. An optimist focuses on the negative side of things.
  12. A psychologist studies the human mind and behavior.
  13. Conscious thoughts are thoughts which a person is aware.
  14. Sigmund Freud devised an eight-stage theory of personality development that covers a person’s entire life span.
  15. The id is the thoughtful, decision-making part of the personality.
  16. Safety needs include the need for friends, love, and acceptance,
  17. People with high self esteem accept themselves for who they are.
  18. Compensation and regression are examples of defense mechanisms.
  19. Describe a mentally healthy person.
  20. Explain how heredity and environment interact to shape personality.
  21. What did Freud believe to be the most important influences on personality?
  22. Compare and contrast the personality theories of Freud, Erickson, and Maslow.
  23. According to Erickson, what conflict do teenagers face?
  24. What factors affect self-esteem?
  25. Explain why love is such a positive and important emotion?
  26. How can guilt and fear be positive emotions? How can they be negative emotions?
  27. Give an example of a situation in which using a defense mechanism is a beneficial.
  28. List 2 harmful coping strategies that people sometimes use to cope with strong emotions. Next to each, give a reason why it is a harmful response.

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  1. Describe a person in your life that has achieved self-actualization?
  2. Describe who you are. And the hope of whom you want to become?