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40 Cards in this Set
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personality |
an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. |
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traits |
people’s characteristic behaviors or conscious motives |
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libido |
(Do not have definition yet) |
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dream analysis |
(Do not have definition yet) |
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huministic |
(Do not have definition yet) |
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unconscious according to Freud |
According to Freud, a reservior of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes feelings and memories |
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unconscious according to contemporary psychologists |
information processing we are unaware of |
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oral personality |
(do not have definition yet) |
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somatoform |
mental illnesses that cause bodily symptoms |
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schizopherenia |
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions,hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or, diminished, inappropriate emotional expression |
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amnesia |
inability to remember |
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phobia |
a person is intensely and irrationally afraid of a specific object, activity or situation. |
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3 main properties of love |
1. caring 2. attachment 3. intimacy |
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3 main properties of liking |
1. admiration 2. respect 3. similarities |
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passionate love |
an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another,usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. |
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companionate love |
Companionate love- the deep affectionate attachment we feelfor those with whom are lives are intertwined. |
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infatuation |
like halo effect. Overgeneralizing a positive aspect while discounting a negative |
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multiple personality |
(do not have definition yet) |
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organic/functional psychosis |
(do not have definition yet) |
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amplification |
(do not have definition yet) |
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superiority complex |
(do not have definition yet) |
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psychosurgery |
surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in order to change behavior |
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psychoanalysis |
Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts |
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resistance |
in psychoanalysis, blocking anxiety-laden material from the conscious. |
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sensitivity group |
(do not have definition yet) |
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behavior modifiation |
(do not have definition yet) |
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aversion therapy |
a type of counter-conditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior |
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unconditional positive regard |
a caring, accepting, non-judgmental attitude, which Carl Rogers believed would help clients develop self awareness and self-acceptance |
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conformity |
adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard |
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obedience |
(do not have a formal definition) |
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low ball |
(do not have a definition yet) |
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attitude |
feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people and events |
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free associaitoin |
in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing. |
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systematic desensitization |
proceeding gradually to face anxiety triggering stimuli |
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affective disorders |
(do not have formal definition yet) |
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insanity |
(do not have definition) |
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situationalism |
(do not have definition) |
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anorexia |
an eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight; sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise. |
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bulimianervosa |
an eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating with purging or fasting. |
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bingeeating disorder |
engaging in significant bouts of overeating without purging, fasting over excessive exercise. |