Gestalt to Hypnosis Flashcards
Gestalt Therapy
Treatment focusing on the awareness and understanding of one’s feelings
Group Polarization
Tendency for members of a cohesive group to make more extreme decisions due to the lack of opposing views
Group Therapy
Psychotherapy conducted with at least three or four non-related individuals who are similar in some area such as gender, age, mental illness, or presenting problem
Group Think
Tendency for members of a group to reach decisions without weighing all the facts
Gustation
Sense of taste
Habituation
Decrease in response to a stimulus due to repetition
Hallucination
False perception of reality
Halo Effect
Tendency to assign generally positive or negative traits to a person after observing one specific positive or negative trait
Health Psychology
Field of psychology concerned with its impact on health, physical well being, and illness
Heterosexuality
Attraction to opposite sex
Heuristic
Rule of thumb based on experience used to make decisions
Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow’s Theory of Motivation stating that we much achieve lower level needs (food, shelter, and safety) before achieving higher level needs (belonging, esteem, and self-actualization)
Higher Order Conditioning
Pairing 2nd Conditioned stimulus to 1st Conditioned stimulus to produce a 2nd Conditioned response
Hoemeostasis
Tendency of the body and mind to lean towards equilibrium or balance
Homophobia
Irrational hostility, hatred, or fear of homosexuals