Psychology

Question 1

What is classical conditioning?

What is Operant learning?

What is Transference?

What is Counter-Transference?

Answer 1

Natural response connected with something else

Learning for a reward(Positive reinforcement) and/or avoiding punishment (Negative)

Projecting roles onto someone (I.E. Physicians)

Someone (I.E. Physicians) feelings about the projector

Question 2

What are the Immature Defense Mechanisms (13)?

Answer 2

• Acting out
• Dissociation (Become another person)
• Denial
• Displacement (angry at someone who doesn’t deserve it)
• Fixation (Partially remaining after the fact)
• Identification (Model behavior after someone else)
• Isolation of affect (Separating details from emotions of event)
• Projection (thinking someone else is doing what you did)
• Rationalization (Logic to avoid self blame)
• Reaction formation (Treating an emotion opposite of normal)
• Regression (Going back developmental landmarks)
• Repression (Keeping it subconsciously)
• Splitting (Polarizing people (good or evil))

Question 3

What are the 4 mature defense mechanisms?

Answer 3

• Altruism (Good feeling from unsolicited generosity)
• Humor (Finding the problem humorous)
• Sublimation (Taking an unacceptable behavior and doing something acceptable that is similar)
• Suppression (Voluntarily repressing)