Classes 14-16 Flashcards
Emotion
a response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience
James Lange Theory of emotion
our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological response to a stimuli; when we experience a stimuli, we are aware of our physiological response (stimuli->emotion->action)
Canon-Baird Theory of emotion
an emotion arousing stimulus, at the same time that you receive the stimuli, triggers the physiological response then you feel the emotion
Two Factor Theory of emotion
emotions have two ingredients: physical arousal (reaction) & cognitive (thinking) lable
Personality
an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
Trait Perspective
Gordon Allport; characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act; criticized as sometimes underestimating the variability of behavior from situation to situation
Social-Cognitive Perspective
Emphasized how we shape and are shaped by our environment
Humanistic Perspective
Focused on our inner capacities for growth and self-fulfillment; behavior is explained by processing conscious feelings about one’s experiences and needs; Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Unconscious
(Freud) reserve of mostly unacceptable thoughts, memories, feelings, emotions, wishes; information processing place
Preconscious
(Freud) some of our thoughts are stored temporarily and can be brought to our conscious
Id
(Freud) operates on the pleasure principle; demands immediate gratification
Ego
(Freud) operate on the reality principle; wants to satisfy it’s desires
Superego
represents the internalized judgment; conscience; the voice of conscience; keeps things in check
Collective Unconscious
A common reservoir of images derived for our species’ universal experience
Psychological Disorder
a “harmful dysfunction” I which behavior is judged to be atypical, disturbing, maladaptive or unjustifiable
Dysfunction
not functioning in the natural way our species was designed to function
Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
Contemporary perspective which assumes that biological, psychological and sociocultural factures combine and interface to produce psychological disorders
DSM-IV
Diagnostic tool developed in 1994; Diagnostic Statical Manual; defines 17 major categories of mental disorders
Anxiety Disorder
General Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder
General Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
takes anxiety to the extreme; a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, chocking, or other frightening sensations
Phobia
marked by a persistent, irrational fear or avoidance of a specific object or situation
Major Depression Disorder
in which a person experiences prolonged hopelessness and lethargy until usually rebounding to normality
Schizophrenia
a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions and inappropriate emotions and actions
