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Grade 11 Psychology Exam Flashcards

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what is Psycho-dynamic theory:

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approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patient’s conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings

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What is Psychoanalytic theory:

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Sigmund Freud’s theory that all human behavior is influenced by childhood experiences and that it influences the unconscious mind

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What is Unconscious?

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information processing in our mind that we are not aware of. According to Freud it holds our unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and memories. According to Jung, it includes patterns of memories, instincts, and experiences

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What is Conscious:

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information that we are always aware of.Performs the thinking when we take in new information

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What is Ego:

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Freud’s term for the rational part of the mind,which operates on the reality principle.

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what is Id

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Freud’s term for the instinctual part of the mind,which operates on the pleasure principle

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What is Superego

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Freud’s term for the moral centre of the mind.

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What is Projection

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defence mechanism where a person attributes their own threatening impulses onto someone else

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What is Repression

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process in which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious

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what is Denial:

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defence mechanism where a person refuses to recognize or acknowledge something that is painfull

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What is Displacement

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shift of an emotion from its original focus to another object, person, or situation.

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what is Neurotic disorder

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mental disorder involving anxiety and fear

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what is Analytical psychology

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a branch of psychology founded by Carl Jung, based on the idea that balancing a person’s psyche would allow the person to reach their full potent

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what is Collective unconscious

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the shared, inherited pool of memories from our ancestor

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what is personality?

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a person’s characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.

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what is Unconditioned response

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a natural response to an unconditioned stimulus

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what is Unconditioned stimulus

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a stimulus that naturally triggers a response.

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what is Conditioned stimulus

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originally neutral stimulus that eventually triggers a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus

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what is Classical conditioning

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a type of learning where an originally neutral stimulus produces a particular response after being paired with a conditioned stimulus

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what is Operant conditioning

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a type of learning that uses rewards and punishments to achieve a desired behavior.

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what is Self-actualization

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reaching one’s full potential.Happens only after basic physical and psychological needs are met.

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what is Client- centered therapy

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humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client plays an active role

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what is Cognition:

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mental process in the brain associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering.

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What is Fixation

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continued focus on an earlier stage of psycho social development due to unresolved conflict at the oral, anal, or phallic stage

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what is Identity crisis
time in a teenager’s life filled with extreme self-consciousness as they attempt to test and integrate various roles
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what is a Neuroscientist
scientist who specializes in the study of the human brain
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what is a Cerebrum
largest and most developed part of the brain.Responsible for controlling memory, understanding, and logic
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what is Correlation
measure that indicates a relationship between two factors but does not indicate causation. In a positive correlation, one variable goes up precisely as the other goes up. In a negative correlation, one variable goes up precisely as the other goes down.
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what is psychology?
the scientific study of the human mind, human brain, and of the mental conditions.
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What is Anthropology?
the scientific study of humans, including their origins; behavior; and physical,social,and cultural development
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what is sociology
the scientific study of human social behaviour, including individuals, groups,and societies
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what is social science
the scientific discipline involving the organised study of people and their activities and relationships; aims to understand human society culture,actions,attitudes,and behaviour;uses are research inquiry model
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what is culture:
the total system of ideas,values,behaviours,and attitudes of a society commonly shared by most members of a society
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what is an informant
are liable and knowledgeable person who provides specific information to an anthropologist studying his or her community
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what is Kinship
the relationship between two or more people that is based on common ancestry,marriage,or adoption
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what is participant observation:
the careful watching of a group, in some cases living with its members and participating in their culture
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what is ethnography
what written account of a culture.
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what is hypothesis:
a tentative assumption made from known facts as the basis for investigation
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what is reflexivity:
the practice of reflecting on your own world view,biases,and impact on the culture you are studying
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what is ethnocentric:
believing that one's own culture is superior to all others
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what is culturally constructed
created or shaped by a culture
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what is subculture:
a small group within a larger group who shares a common system of values,beliefs,attitudes,behaviours ,and lifestyle distinct from those of the larger group
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what is hominin
a human or human ancestor
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what is fossil
preserved remains of biological matter
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what is radiometric dating
a process that is used to determine the age of an object,based on measuring the amount of radioactive material it has
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what is Bipedalism
the trait of habitually walking on two legs
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what is Positivism
application of the scientific method to obtain quantifiable data in order to identify society.
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what is Norms
expectations about how people should behave
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what is Values
shared ideas and standards that are considered acceptable and binding
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what is Role?
expected behavior of a person in a particular social position
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what is microsociology
study of small groups and individuals within a society
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what is Macrosociology
approach to sociology that analyzes social systems on a largescale
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what is functional deafferentation
divisions that are created to help deal with a complex environment; these divisions operate independently but are connected to one another.
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what is rationalization
social actions motivated by efficiency or benefit, not custom or emotion
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what is bureaucracy
a large administration that pursues a large variety of goals
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what is Primary group
set of people with whom an individual has strong emotional and personal connections
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what is socialization
the continuing process where an individual learns the appropriate behavioral patterns, skills, and values for their social world
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what is social influence
the effect of other people on a person’s thoughts and actions
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what is Primary socialization:
process of learning the basic skills needed to survive in society.
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what is Secondary socialization
process of learning how to behave appropriately ingroup situations
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what is Anticipatory socialization
process of learning how to plan the way to behave in new situations
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what is Resocialization
process by which negative behaviors transformed in to socially acceptable behavior.
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what is Feral
unwanted child deserted at a young age and raised by animals
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what is Isolate
child raised in near isolation within a human household
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what is Agents of socialization
people and institutions that shape an individual’s social development
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what is Empirical
based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
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what is a Survey
a set of questions used on a sample of the population study about opinions, values or actions
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what is Social and cultural anthropology
is the study of cultures and sciences from around the world.
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what is Archaeology
the study of human societies through what they have left behind as their material remains.
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what is Physical or biological anthropology
the study of human evolution and human biology;
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what is Paleoanthropology
the study of human and primate evolution through the study of fossilized remains;
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what is Primatology
the study of primates including gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs
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what is Forensic anthropology
the study of human remains by applying anthropological expertise.
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what is Linguistic anthropology
the study of human language with specialized methods developed to record and analyze languages worldwide and language use in everyday life
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what is a Functionalists
someone who believes that every part of society has a specific role or function that helps keep everything running smoothly. Imagine a big machine – each part of the machine has a job, and when all the parts work together, the machine runs properly. In society, things like schools, families, governments, and businesses are all parts of the "machine," and each one has a job to help the whole society work well.
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what is a Postmodernism
is a way of thinking that challenges the idea that there's one simple truth or way of understanding the world. Instead, it says that everyone has their own perspective, and there’s no single "correct" way to see things.
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what is discrimination
a form of unfairity towards a specific person or group due to specific traits such as race, gender, age, religion, and other characteristics.
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what is is Prejudice
an unfair opinion or feeling about someone or something without knowing all the facts. It often means judging people based on things like their race, gender, or beliefs, instead of who they really are.
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