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Psychology Flashcards

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Psychodynamic theory

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an approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patient´s conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings.

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Psychoanalytic theory

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Sigmund Freud’s theory that all human behaviour is influenced by early childhood experiences that influence the unconscious mind throughout life

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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 common to all.

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Conscious

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information that we are always aware of; our conscious mind performs the thinking when we take in new information

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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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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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Superego

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Freud’s term for the moral centre of the mind

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Defense mechanism

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the ego´s way of distorting reality to deal with anxiety

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Repression

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

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Denial

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a defense mechanism whereby a person refuses to recognize or acknowledge something that is painful

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Displacement

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

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Free association

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a method used in psychoanalysis where a patient relaxes and says whatever comes to mind

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Projection

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a defense mechanism whereby a person attributes their own threatening impulses onto someone else

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neo-Freudians

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psychologists who modified Freud´s psychoanalytic theory to include social and cultural aspects.

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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 his or her full potential

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Collective unconscious

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the shared, inherited pool of memories from our ancestors.

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Archetypes

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universal symbols that tend to reappear over time; includes models of people, behaviors, and personalities

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Personality

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an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

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Unconditioned response

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the natural response to an unconditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned stimulus

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a stimulus that naturally triggers a response

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Conditioned stimulus

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an originally neutral stimulus that comes to trigger a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditional stimulus

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Conditioned response

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the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

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Classic conditioning

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a type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairings with a conditioned stimulus

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Extinction

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in operant conditioning, the diminishing of a conditioned response due to a lack of reinforcement

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Self-actualization

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the reaching of one’s full potential; occurs only after basic physical and psychological needs are met. CHECK DEFINITION

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Logotherapy

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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.

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Client-centred therapy

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

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Cognition

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

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Fixation

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

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Identity crisis

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a time in a tennagerś life filled with extreme self consciousness as he or she attempts to test and integrate various roles.

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Neuroscientist

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a scientist who specializes in the study of the human brain

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Cerebrum

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the largest and most developed portion of the brain, which is responsible for controlling memory, understanding, and logic.

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Correlation

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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.

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Frontal Lobe

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is involved in speaking and planning actions

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Corpus Callosum

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Large circular structure connecting hemispheres

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Temporal lobe

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analyzes sounds to make sense of speech

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Hippocampus

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transfers information into memory, stores the names of people and things

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amygdala

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two almond-shaped neural clusters regulating how emotion can affect memory and creating “fight or flight” response to fear

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cerebral cortex

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outer layer of cerebrum

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Left hemisphere

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communication and language, logic, math

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Right hemisphere

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spatial awareness and visual imagery, facial recognition

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He did an experiment with a rodent in a box

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B.F. Skinner

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He did a very famous experiment with dogs

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Ivan Pavlov

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Psychology

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The study of human behaviour and mental processes

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Third level of the hierarchy of needs

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Blongingness and love needs?

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He is know as the father of modern psychology and the creator of this theory (psychoanalytic theory)

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Sigmund Freud

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The full name of the creator of the Hierarchy of Needs

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Abraham Maslow

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This stage is when you’re feeling confident and accomplished

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Esteem Needs

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Domindated the second half of the 20th century

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What is Humanist Psychology

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This neurotransmitter has increased levels whne somebody does yoga

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What is GABA

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This level of sleep is believed to be the deepest level of sleep and also when dreams occur

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REM sleep

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These are influenced by our experiences and expectations, which in turn affect how we view the world,

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Perceptual Sets

SAP G11 (6 decks)

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