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Irene Gold - parts 2 & 3 continued > Psychology > Flashcards

Psychology Flashcards

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Sociopath, acts without remorse or guilt

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anti social

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automatic responses to anxiety or stress

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compulsive

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Unable to be deeply involved emotionally

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histrionic (aka = hysterical)

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regards no one else as important, attention seeking

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narcissism

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pre-occupied with delusions, unfounded beliefs others are trying to harm him

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paranoid

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takes aggressive actions in an indirect manner, argumentative

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passive aggressive

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emotionally cold and distant, avoids social interaction, delusions and hallucinations

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schizoid

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Refuses to perceive unpleasant realities

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denial

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assigns feelings or beliefs to another person

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projection

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attributes one’s own unacceptable desires & impulses to someone else

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rationalization

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Unacceptable behavior expressed in an exaggerated form of an opposite behavior

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Reaction Formation

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A response to stress in which an individual reverts to a less developmentally mature stage

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regression

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unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires or fears from the conscious mind

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repression

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redirection of ones feelings from one person to another

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transferrence

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channeling unaccpetable impulses or energy into socially acceptable activity

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sublimation

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a state of intense apprehension or worry

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repeated attacks of severe anxiety

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panic disorder

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multiple somatic complaints not due to a physical illness

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somatization

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psychologist associated with collective unconsciousness of man

20
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severe restriction of calories; fear of fat and body image distortion

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anorexia nervosa

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behavior alternates between mania and melancholia

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bipolar affective disorder

22
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mild chronic depression

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dysthymic disorder

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binge eating with subsequent purging

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bulimia nervosa

24
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define Involutional Melancholia

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depression associated with menopause

25
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what is the Rorschach Test

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psych test using ink blots

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what is the Wechsler Scale?

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a method of testing IQ

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psychologist associated with psychosexual stages

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psychologist associated with heirarchy of human needs

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psychologist associated with classical conditioning

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psychologist associated with operant conditioning

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two events that occur close together and become fused together in one’s mind

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classical conditioning

32
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a satisfying consequence strengthens behavior as well an unsatisfying consequence weakens behavior

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operant conditioning

Irene Gold - parts 2 & 3 continued (6 decks)

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