Midterm II - Defintions Flashcards

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Complete set of genes that an organism possesses

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Genome

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2
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Proportion of observed variance in a group of individuals that can be explained or accounted for by genetic variance

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Heritability

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3
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The selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations

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Eugenics

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4
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Proportion of observed variance in a group of individuals attributable to (non-genetic) environmental variance

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Environmentality

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5
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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

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Heritability

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6
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Inherited solutions to survival and reproductive problems posed by hostile forces of nature

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Adaptations

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7
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Members of the same sex compete with each other for sexual access to members of the other sex

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IntrAsexual Competition

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

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IntErsexual Competition

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9
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All mental processes are not spontaneous but are determined by the unconscious or preexisting mental complexes

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Psychic Determinism

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10
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Contains thoughts, feelings, and images about which you are presently aware

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Conscious

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

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Preconscious

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12
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Holds thoughts and memories which a person is unaware, includes unacceptable sexual and aggressive urges, thoughts, and feelings

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Unconscious

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13
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Most primitive part of the mind, source of all drives and urges (unconscious)

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Id

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14
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Operating based on desire for immediate gratification

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Pleasure Principle (id)

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15
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Functioning without logical rules of conscious thought or anchor in reality

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Primary Process Thinking (id)

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16
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Something unavailable is conjured up and the image of it is temporarily satisfying

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Wish Fulfillment

17
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Operating based on desires of the id which need to be satisfied in a manner that is socially appropriate and realistic

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Reality Principle (Ego)

18
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Functioning based on development and devising of strategies for problem solving and obtaining satisfaction

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Secondary Process Thinking (Ego)

19
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Unpleasant state that signals that things are not right and something must be done

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Anxiety

20
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Process of preventing unacceptable thoughts, feelings, memories, or urges from reaching conscious awareness

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Repression

21
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Insisting that things are not the way they seem, refusing to see the facts

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Denial

22
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Threatening or unacceptable impulse is unconsciously redirected to a less threatening target

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Displacement

23
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Generating acceptable reasons for outcomes that seem unacceptable

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Rationalization

24
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To silence an unacceptable urge, engage in behaviour of an opposite urge

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Reaction Formation

25
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See in others the unwanted traits and desires we possess

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Projection

26
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Channel unacceptable sexual or aggressive instincts into socially desirable activities

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Sublimation

27
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Client is encouraged to let mind wander and say whatever comes to mind

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Free Association

28
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Interpretation of content of dreams to uncover unacceptable impulses and urges

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Dream Analysis

29
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What actually happens in dream

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Manifest content

30
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What the elements of a dream repesent

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