Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Psychology - Schimmel
Test 4
69
Psychology
Not Applicable
04/19/2005

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Personality
Definition
involves characteristic patterns of
THINKING
FEELING and
ACTING
Term
ID
Definition
reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories - Freud

information processing of which we are unaware

ALL when born - shaped by world
Term
Personality Structure
Definition
EGO - Conscious
SUPEREGO - Preconscious
ID - Subconscious
Term
Ego
Definition
Conscious
Reality representative
Develops after birth
Term
Superego
Definition
Preconscious
Sense of conscience
Develops later in life
Term
Psychosexual Stages
Conflicts
Definition
ORAL
ANAL
PHALLIC
LATENT
GENITAL
Term
Oral
Definition
Birth - 18 months
Gratification centered on mouth
Balance needs to be maintained
Term
Fixations
Definition
lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, where conflicts were unresolved.
Term
Anal
Definition
18 months - 3 years
potty training
Term
Phallic
Definition
3 years - 6 years
Genital organs focus of gratification
Oedipus Complex etc.
Term
Latent
Definition
6 years - puberty
"potential, not active"
no major conflict
Term
Defense Mechanisms
Definition
Ways to deal with impulses and anxiety:
Sublimation
Projection
Repression
Reaction Formation
Regression
Denial
Displacement
Term
Denial
Definition
Can't see something right in front of them
Term
Repression
Definition
keep things unconscious;

banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness.
Term
Reaction Formation
Definition
Act in exactly opposite (gay);

Ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses to their opposites
Term
Regression
Definition
Go back to earlier point in life and act like it, usually in kids

Retreats to more infantile psychosexual stage
Term
Displacement
Definition
Shifts impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person

Take it out on unrelated person/thing
Term
Sublimation
Definition
Take impulses and find socially approved ways to express them (shooting range, karate)

Rechannel unacceptable to acceptable sexual impulses
Term
Projection
Definition
Take conflict and "project" it onto another individual/object saying someone else has your problem (dog)

Disguise own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
Term
Thematic Appercetion Test (TAT)
Definition
Make a story out of a series of pictures
Term
Alfred Adler
Definition
Birth Order
Formation of Personality
Sibling Rivalry
Inferiority Complex
Term
Carl Jung
Definition
Collective Unconscious
Passed on Archetyptes cross cultures
Term
Carl Rogers
Definition
Humanistic Perspective
Man is inherently good
Life is a process of becoming:
Empathy
Unconditional Positive Regard
Genuineness
Term
What fosters becoming?
Definition
EMPATHY
UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD
GENUINENESS
Term
Trait
Definition
Characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition (tendency) to feel and act in a certain way.
Term
Hans Eysenck
Definition
Introverted and Extroverted
Term
"Big Five" Personality Factors
Definition
OCEAN

Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neurotic - Emotional Stablitity
Term
Phobias
Definition
anxiety disorder marked by
persistent, irrational fear & avoidance
of a specific object or situation
Term
Social-Cognitive Personality Perspective
Definition
person vs. situation argument
Emphasis on cognitive factors
Term
Self-efficacy
Definition
I control what happens to me
Term
Learned Helplessness vs. Optimism
Definition
Hopelessness & passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
Term
Resilient
Definition
personality where person is exposed to negative situation but ends up positive
Term
Anxiety Disorders
Definition
psychological disorders characterized by
distressing, persistent anxiety or
MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS that reduce anxiety

Interferes with daily activity
Term
Behavior
Definition
an interaction of personal and environmental (situational) factors.

aka Reciprocal determination

Emphasis on COGNITIVE factors
Term
Generalized Anxiety Disorders
Definition
Person continually tense & uneasy

apprehensive & in a state of autonomic nervous system arrousal.
Term
Panic Disorder
Definition
Minutes-long episodes of intense dread
in which a person experiences
terror, chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations
Term
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

OCD
Definition
Anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
Term
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Definition
Reminders of event, intrusive thoughts,
easily startled, psychological numbing;
interferes with daily life
Term
Dissociative Disorders
Definition
dissociated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings
loss of memory or identity change
Most Freudian
Term
Dissociative Amnesia
Definition
Repress something from memory; block a traumatic event
Term
Dissociative Fugue
Definition
Lose memory of identity;
no anxiety; uncommon way of reprssion
Term
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Definition
person creates a new identity that the person may not be aware of to subconsciously deal with one part of their personality.
Term
Mood Disorders
Definition
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes
Term
Dysthymic Disorder
Definition
mood typically below average; life isn't enjoyable

Endogenous
Term
Major Depressive Disorder
Definition
normal, then random low (depressed) state;
often related to an event

experiences feelings of worthlessness and diminished interest in most activities
Term
Bipolar Disorder

Manic Depressant Disorder
Definition
Wide mood swings;
really up or really down;
highest suicide rate
Term
Anti-Depressants
Definition
affect level of serotonin available in synapse
Term
Schizophrenia
Definition
disorganized and delusional thinking,
disturbed perceptions,
and inappropriate emotions and actions

"split mind" from reality
Term
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Definition
preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations
Term
Catatonic Schizophrenia
Definition
Immobility, extreme negativism,
and/or parrotlike repetition of others' movements/speech
Term
Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
Definition
varied symptoms
Term
Schizoaffective Disorder
Definition
Disorder involving elements of Schizophrenia and mood disorder
Term
Personality Disorders

Axis II
Definition
psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning
Term
Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Definition
person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing. may be agressive, ruthless, or a con-artist.
Term
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Definition
Odd
Term
Psychoanalysis
Definition
resolve unresolved psychosexual conflicts by getting at unconscious

Freud - patient's free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences (and the therapist's interpretations of them) released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight
Term
Transference
Definition
patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships

re-live conflict, exposes repressed feelings
Term
Person-centered therapy
Client-centered therapy
Definition
therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate client's growth.

Carl Rogers
Term
Behavior Therapy
Definition
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

Modify maladaptive learning history
Term
Systematic Desensitization
Definition
associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.

treat phobias (gradual airplane riding)
Term
Invivo Desensitization
Definition
Actually do things real life demonstrates to relieve phobia (pet snake, walk in airport, etc)
Term
Flooding

Implosive Therapy
Definition
put person in middle of most anxiety-provoking thing
Term
Cognitive Therapy
Definition
teaches more adaptive ways of thinking and acting

think about self talk

replace irrational thoughts with rational
Term
Biological Therapy
Definition
correct problematic biological condition
drugs
Supporting users have an ad free experience!