Terms Flashcards
Undoing
Avoid being punished for undesirBle thoughts or actions
Displacement
Transferred action/thoughts from one object to another
Sublimation
Displaces unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors
Negative reinforcement (escape)
Occurs when bahviors ( response) is followed by a stimulus * spanking*
Identification
Qualities of an external object are absorbed i to ones personality
Rationalization
Plausible reasons justify an action or opinion
- blames external circumstances
Intellectualization
Content is seperated from emotions
Asceticis
Characterized by rigor abd self denial
Reaction formation
When unacceptable impulses are expressed as opposites
Introjection & internalization
Interbalize outside events or chacteristics of other people
Projection
Places unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another person
Repression
Refuses to let into awareness
Positive reinforcement
Occurs when a behavior is followed by a stimumus that is rewarding increasing the frequency of that behavior
Negative punishment ( penalty)
Occurs when a behavior ( response ) is followed by removal
Of stimulus *
Take toy away *