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PSYC 357 FINAL
Final review
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/10/2015

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Term
Phi Phenomenon
Definition

The illusion that two stationary flashing lights are moving from one place to another


-Coined by Max Wertheimer

 

-Associated with Gestalt Psychology; Principles of Perception 

Term
Insight
Definition

Immediate apprehension or cognition (alternative definition according to PP lecture: a sudden, intuitive perception of useful relations in a given situation.)


-Coined by Wolfgang Kohler
-Robert Yerkes found evidence in orangutans to support the concept of insight, which he called “ideational learning”
-Associated with Gestalt Psychology àGestalt Studies of Learning: Insight and the Mentality of Apes

 

Term
Field Theory
Definition

Lewin’s system using the concept of fields of force to explain behavior in terms of one’s field of social influences. 


-Coined by Kurt Lewin

 

-Associated with Gestalt Psychologyàcounterpart to the concept of force fields in physics

Term

1.Life Space

2.Field

3.Existence

4.Locomotion

5.Force

6.Valence

7.Goal

8.Conflict

9.Interdependence

 
Definition
List the 9 Terms of Field Theory
Term
Unfinished Actions
Definition

          can remember unfinished tasks more than completed ones; tension in reaching the goal retains memory


-Coined by Kurt Lewin

 

-Associated with Gestalt Psychology

Term
"Anna O."
Definition

·         In her 20s, she experienced headaches, anxiety, poor vision, and loss of sensations—later experienced hallucinations, speech problems and distortions of self-awareness. Talking about it made the symptoms go away.


 

-Associated with Psychoanalysis

Term
Wish Fullfillment
Definition

       real meaning hidden in the unconscious mind


-Theory formed by Freud

 

-Associated with Psychoanaylis

Term
  1. Supervised confession
  2. Catharsis
  3. Dream interpretation
  4. Free association
  5.  Transference
Definition

List Freud's Tactics (5)

Term
Reality Principle
Definition

        Adjusting behavior due to demands from the environment

 


-Associated with Metapsychology

Term
Organ Inferiority
Definition

       a wide range of physical or psychological difficulties that become impediments


-Coined by Alfred Adler

 

-Associated with Metapsychology

Term
Transposition
Definition

Transfer initial experience to other circumstances.



-Coined by Wolfgang Kohler

-New Learning

Term
Psychoanalysis
Definition

a set of psychological and psychotherapeutic theories and associated techniques



-Coined by Sigmund Freud

-Also stems from works of Josef Brever

Term
Seduction Hypothesis
Definition
sexual abuse is cause of most psychological problems. This was common, but was rarely talked about. Pressured to reomove this theory; not appropriate at the time.
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