key terms Flashcards
Analytical psychology
the psychoanalytic system of psychology developed and practiced by Carl Jung.
Archetypes
universal symbols that tend to reappear over time; includes models of people, behaviours, and personalities
Cerebrum
The cerebrum processes complex sensory information and controls voluntary muscle activity.
Classical conditioning
a type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairings with a conditioned stimulus ex bell and food
Client centred therapy
a humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client plays an active role
Cognition
he mental processes in the brain associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering
Collective unconscious
the shared, inherited pool of memories from our ancestors
Conditioned stimulus
an originally neutral stimulus that comes to trigger a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditional stimulus
Conditioned responce
the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
Conscious
information that we are always aware of; our conscious mind performs the thinking when we take in new information
Correlation
a 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
Defence mechanism
he ego’s way of distorting reality to deal with anxiety
Denial
a defence mechanism whereby
a person refuses to recognize or acknowledge something that is painful
Displacement
the shift of an emotion from its original focus to another object, person, or situation
Ego
Freud’s term for the rational part of the mind, which operates on the reality principle
ego identity:
Extinction
in operant conditioning, the diminishing of a conditioned response due to a lack of reinforcement
Fixation
the continued focus on an earlier stage of psychosocial development due to an unresolved conflict at the oral, anal, or phallic stage
Free association
a method used in psychoanalysis where a patient relaxes and says whatever comes to mind
Id
Freud’s term for the instinctual part of the mind, which operates on the pleasure principle
Angle and devil
Identity crisis
a time in a teenager’s life filled with extreme self-consciousness as he or she attempts to test and integrate various roles finding your self
Logo-therapy
a form of psychotherapy that tries to help the patient find the aim and meaning of his or her own life as a human being without accessing the medical aspect of mental health
Neo freudians
psychologists who modified Freud’s psychoanalytic theory to include social and cultural aspects
Neuroscientist:
a scientist who specializes in the study of the human brain
Neurotic disorder
neurotic disorder:
a mental disorder involving anxiety and fear
