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personality

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an individual’s charecteristic of thinking, feeling, or acting

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defense mechanisms

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the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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displacement

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defense mechanism where someone shifts impulses towards a more acceptable or less threatening object/person

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projection

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defense mechanism where one hides their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others

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reaction formation

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defense mechanism where one switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites

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regression

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defense mechanism where one retreats to a younger psychosexual stage

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self-efficacy

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one’s sense of competence and effectiveness

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reciprocal determinism

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the interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment

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unconditional positive regard

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a caring, accepting, non judgemental attitude; Carl Rogers used to help patients with self-awareness and self-acceptance

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what do projective tests examine

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one’s inner dynamics

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collective unconcious

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Carl Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history

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ego

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largely conscious part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality; operates on the reality principle

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maslow: self actualization

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the fulfillment of one’s talents and potentials; highest tier in the hierarchy

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big 5 traits

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conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extraversion

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intelligence

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mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

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fluid intelligence

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our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age

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Howard Gardener’s multiple intelligences

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linguistic, logical-mathmatical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and natralistic

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crystallized intelligence

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our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

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test reliability

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the extent to which a test yields consistent results

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test standardization

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defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the pretested group

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g

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a general intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

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stereotype threat and the impact

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a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype, harms people’s mental capabilities, saps peoples’ working memory capacity

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triarchic theory

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Sternberg’s theory of three intelligences: analytical, creative, and practical

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Binet’s purpose of tests

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he wanted to find which students needed special attention, he did not want the test to become a measure of intelligence

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savant syndrome
a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill
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disorders
a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior
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anxiety (various types)
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
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PTSD
a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, jumpy anxiety and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks after a traumatic event
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bipolar disorder
a mood disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
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schizophrenia
a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and /or diminished/inappropriate emotional expression
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anti-social PD
a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscious for wrongdoing
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agroraphobia
fear or avoidance of situations where one has felt lose of control/panic
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dissociative amnesia
a type of dissociative disorder where one cannot recall important personal information that would not be forgotten typically
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illness anxiety disorder
a disorder in which someone interprets normal physical symptoms as symptoms of a disease
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OCD
a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions
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dissociative identity disorder
dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities
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what makes behaviors abnormal or a disorder
when it interferes with your day-to-day life
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conversion disorder/somatic symptoms
a disorder in which a person experiences very specific physical symptoms for which no physiological bias can be found
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depression
a mood disorder in which someone experiences five or more symptoms at least one of which must be depressed mood or lose of interest/pleasure, for at least two weeks
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biological approach
believe that disorders have an organic or physical cause
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cognitive approach
teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking
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humanistic approach
centers around your experience and perspective, therapists have unconditional positive regard
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group therapy
therapy with groups rather than individuals
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what light is used for
helps improve mood and energy for people with SAD
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behavioral approach
applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted emotions: counterconditioning, exposure, therapy, and systematic desensitizations
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psychoanalytic ideas/components
believe psychological problems are routed in the unconscious
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sociocultural approach
looks at you, your behaviors, your symptoms in context of your culture and background
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client-centered therapy
type of therapy where the therapist has an accepting, genuine, and empathetic environment
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systematic desensitization
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli
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ECT
a biochemical therapy for severely depressed patients in which an electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
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CBT
integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavioral therapy
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what antipsychotics are used for
to treat schizophrenia and other thought disorders
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REBT
the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain used to stimulate or suppress brain activity
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what lithium treats
bipolar disorder
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transference
the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
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how SSRIs work (names of these-most commonly known)
block the absorption and removal of serotonin from synapses (Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil)
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companionate love
the deep affectional attraction we feel for those whom our lives are intertwined with
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role
a set of expectations about a serial position, defining how those in the position should behave
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factors in attraction
physical attractiveness, proximity, similarity, and reciprocity
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reciprocity norm
an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them
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peripheral route persuasion
occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues
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central route persuasion
occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts
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normative social influence
influence resulting from someone's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval
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informational social influence
influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others opinions' about reality
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self-serving bias
a readiness to perceive oneself positively
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confirmation bias
a tendency to look for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
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cognitive dissonace
the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent
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conformity
adjusting out behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
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social psychology
the scientific study of how we think about, relate, and influence others
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mere-exposure effect
the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them
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in-group bias
the tendency to favor our own group
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groupthink
the mode of thinking when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
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social loafing
the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable
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fundamental attribution error
the tendency for observers, when analyzing others’ behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of personal disposition
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deindividuation
the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
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social facilitation
improved performance on simple well learned tasks in the presence of others
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diffusion of responsibility
phenomenon where someone is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when other people are present
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self-fulfilling prophecy
a belief that leads to its own fulfillment
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foot-in-the-door phenomenon
the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
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door-in-the-face phenomenon
the tendency for someone to agree to a request if previously asked a larger request
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just-world hypothesis
the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get
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superordinate goals
shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation
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group polarization
the enhancement of a groups’ prevailing inclinations through discussion in the group
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bystander effect
the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

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