Midterm II - Defintions

Question 1

Complete set of genes that an organism possesses

Answer 1

Genome

Question 2

Proportion of observed variance in a group of individuals that can be explained or accounted for by genetic variance

Answer 2

Heritability

Question 3

The selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations

Answer 3

Eugenics

Question 4

Proportion of observed variance in a group of individuals attributable to (non-genetic) environmental variance

Answer 4

Environmentality

Question 5

Statistic used in genetics that estimates the degree of variation in a phenotypic trait in a population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population

Answer 5

Heritability

Question 6

Inherited solutions to survival and reproductive problems posed by hostile forces of nature

Answer 6

Adaptations

Question 7

Members of the same sex compete with each other for sexual access to members of the other sex

Answer 7

IntrAsexual Competition

Question 8

Members of one sex choose a mate based on their preferences for particular qualities in a mate

Answer 8

IntErsexual Competition

Question 9

All mental processes are not spontaneous but are determined by the unconscious or preexisting mental complexes

Answer 9

Psychic Determinism

Question 10

Contains thoughts, feelings, and images about which you are presently aware

Answer 10

Conscious

Question 11

Contains information you are not presently thinking about but can easily be retrieved and made conscious

Answer 11

Preconscious

Question 12

Holds thoughts and memories which a person is unaware, includes unacceptable sexual and aggressive urges, thoughts, and feelings

Answer 12

Unconscious

Question 13

Most primitive part of the mind, source of all drives and urges (unconscious)

Answer 13

Id

Question 14

Operating based on desire for immediate gratification

Answer 14

Pleasure Principle (id)

Question 15

Functioning without logical rules of conscious thought or anchor in reality

Answer 15

Primary Process Thinking (id)

Question 16

Something unavailable is conjured up and the image of it is temporarily satisfying

Answer 16

Wish Fulfillment

Question 17

Operating based on desires of the id which need to be satisfied in a manner that is socially appropriate and realistic

Answer 17

Reality Principle (Ego)

Question 18

Functioning based on development and devising of strategies for problem solving and obtaining satisfaction

Answer 18

Secondary Process Thinking (Ego)

Question 19

Unpleasant state that signals that things are not right and something must be done

Answer 19

Anxiety

Question 20

Process of preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, memories, or urges from reaching conscious awareness

Answer 20

Repression

Question 21

Insisting that things are not the way they seem, refusing to see the facts

Answer 21

Denial

Question 22

Threatening or unacceptable impulse is unconsciously redirected to a less threatening target

Answer 22

Displacement

Question 23

Generating acceptable reasons for outcomes that seem unacceptable

Answer 23

Rationalization

Question 24

To silence an unacceptable urge, engage in behaviour of an opposite urge

Answer 24

Reaction Formation

Question 25

See in others the unwanted traits and desires we possess

Answer 25

Projection

Question 26

Channel unacceptable sexual or aggressive instincts into socially desirable activities

Answer 26

Sublimation

Question 27

Client is encouraged to let mind wander and say whatever comes to mind

Answer 27

Free Association

Question 28

Interpretation of content of dreams to uncover unacceptable impulses and urges

Answer 28

Dream Analysis

Question 29

What actually happens in dream

Answer 29

Manifest content

Question 30

What the elements of a dream repesent

Answer 30

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