Ch.2 Personality, Self-Esteem, and Emotions

The way you feel about yourself.

• Personality
• Personal Value
• Personal Identity
• Self Esteem

Repression, Suppression, Denial, Compensation and Projection were examples of...

• Defense Mechanisms
• Developmental Assets
• Values
• Character Traits

What can happen to babies who are denied an emotional connection to their parents/family?

• They grow up to be healthy adults.
• They can fail to develop properly and have emotional problems later on.
• Nothing different happens to them.

What 2 things have the most influence on your health and personality?

• Height and Weight

• Friends and Food Choices

• Heredity and Environment

• Eye and Hair Color

Signals that tell the body and mind how to react, brought on by hormones. 

• Hormones
• Emotions
• Personal Identity
• Defense Mechanisms

Complex set of characteristics that make you unique

• Character
• Personality
• Attitude
• Behavior

He developed the Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid.

• Harold Maslow
• Abraham Lincoln
• J.K. Rowling
• Abraham Maslow

Blaming another person for your faults

• reaction formation
• denial
• projection
• compensation

Acting opposite of the way you feel

• compensation
• rationalization
• reaction formation
• denial

Making excuses for an action

• projection
• compensation
• rationalization
• reaction formation