Smoothing and Superordinate Goals Are the Only Approaches That Solve

question 104

True/False

Smoothing and superordinate goals are the only approaches that solve the underlying sources of conflict.

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Definitions:

Personality Theory

A theory that attempts to describe and explain similarities and differences in people's patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality responsible for dealing with reality, balancing the demands of the id and superego.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Personality Components

The elements that make up an individual's personality, often described in models such as the Big Five traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.