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Psychological disorders - Answer disorders reflecting abnormalities of the mind Carl Rogers - Answer Unconditional Positive regard, what we all need to reach positive self is to be supported without judgement Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Answer predict how people will do at work, get along with others, succeed as leaders, low reliability but still used often self-report - Answer a method in which a person provides subjective info about their own thoughts, feelin...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of the mind and behavior Mind - Answer our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings Behavior - Answer observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals H.M. - Answer had a lobotomy to cure his epilepsy; ended up with anterograde amnesia (couldn't create new memories after surgery). taught us that different parts of the brain do different things Plato - Answer philosopher w...

Psychology - Answer the scientific study of the mind and behavior Mind - Answer our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings Behavior - Answer observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals H.M. - Answer had a lobotomy to cure his epilepsy; ended up with anterograde amnesia (couldn't create new memories after surgery). taught us that different parts of the brain do different things Plato - Answer philosopher w...

What was the main idea behind Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development? - Answer An individual's personality develops throughout the lifespan What is the advantage of applying learning approaches to the study of personality? - Answer They can be scientifically tested. What are the parts of Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory? - Answer it emphasizes both learning and cognition as sources of individual differences in personality. In social cognitive t...

Psychology - Answer the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior Scientific Method - Answer sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems Behavioral Perspective - Answer how behavior is learned or modified by environmental causes (NURTURE) Behavioral Data - Answer reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and the conditions under which the behavior occur Psychodynamic Perspective - Answer behavior is motivated by in...

memory - Answer the ability to store and retrieve information over time encoding - Answer transform what we perceive, think or feel into an enduring memory retrieval - Answer bring to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored Types of encoding - Answer elaborative, visual, organizational elaborative - Answer link new knowledge with current memory visual - Answer mental pictures organizational - Answer `notice relation...

Emotion - Answer A state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies towards action, all shaped by cultural rules. The six primary emotions - Answer Fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, and disgust Primary Emotions - Answer Emotions that are considered universal and biologically based Secondary Emotions - Answer Emotions that develop with cognitive maturity and vary across individuals...

Transduction - Answer when sensors in the body covert physical signals from the environment (pressure, light reflections, smell molecule) into neural signals sent to the CNS. Sensory adaptation - Answer sensitivity to prolonged stimulations tends to decline over time as an organism adapts to current conditions. Cornea Lens Iris Pupil Retina - Answer 5Parts of the eye cornea - Answer helps to shield the rest of the eye from germs, dust, and other harmful matt...

Psychology - Answer The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior Where did psychology branch out from? - Answer Physiology and Philosophy Structuralism - Answer Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore) 2 Structuralists - Answer Wundt and Titchener Functionalism - Answer Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore) 2 Functional...

Psychoactive drug - Answer a chemical that influences consciousness or behavior by altering the brain's chemical message system Drug tolerance - Answer the tendency for larger doses of a drug to be required over time to achieve the same effect Dependence - Answer a maladaptive pattern of substance use manifested by such symptoms as repeated substance ingestion despite physical or psychological problems caused by the substance, ingesting larger amounts of the substance ...