Vocabulary Flashcards
Input
accepting input from environment (systems theory)
Homeostasis
a steady state order which is necessary for movement
Output
produce output to environment (systems theory)
Throughput
processing the input/using (systems theory)
Entropy
No energy from outside; using up its own energy and expiring; thus meaning a closed system. (systems theory)
Negative Entropy
successful use of available energy
Transactional Relationship
A person is involved in an ongoing circular exchange with his/her environment in which both are acted upon and influenced by the other in an ongoing relationship (ecological/life systems)
Niche
Status occupied by an individual or group within a given social system; associated with power and oppression. (ecological/life systems)
Negative stress
Discrepancy between demand and capacity for coping with it and associated with negative feelings. (ecological/life systems)
Id
Unconscious source of motives and drives, pleasure principle, seeks immediate gratification
(psychoanalytic theory)
Ego
Emerges at approximately 6 months and represents logic and reason, reality principle
(psychoanalytic theory)
Superego
Incorporates parental and societal values and standards into personality, develops between ages of four or five.
Determinism
Functioning of mind and ordering of ideas are not random; all thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are believed to be related to prior experiences and events. (psychoanalytic theory)
Structural Model
mind has three layers of mental activity; unconscious, preconscious, and conscious. (psychoanalytic theory)
Dynamic Pinciple
Psychoanalytic theory attempts to understand the individual in terms of the conflicts between the id, ego and superego
