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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/20/2010

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Personality
Definition
an individual's charachteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting
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Archetypes
Definition
images contained in collective unconscious
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Psychoanalysis
Definition
type of apprach that explained personality based on interplay of conscious and unconscios forces
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Hunmanistic Psychology
Definition
a branch of psychology that deals with consciousness, values, abstract beliefs, and spiritual experience
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Self-efficacy
Definition
an individual's sense of self-worth and success in adjusting to the world
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Projective personality tests
Definition
present ambiguous stimuli that allow a subject to respond with projections of his / her own personality
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Approach-Approach conflict
Definition
type of conflict in which we are attracted to two equally desirable goals that are incompatible
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Avoidance-avoidance conflict
Definition
type of conflict in which we are faced with two equally undesirable demands that we must choose between
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Approach-avoidance conflict
Definition
type of conflict in which we are faced with a single goal that has positive and negative aspects
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Projection
Definition
a defense mechanism in which individuals attribute their own unacceptable characteristics to other people
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Reaction formation
Definition
a defense mechanism in which people present themselves as the opposite of who they really are
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Displacement
Definition
a defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggessive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person
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Sublimation
Definition
a defense mechanism in which people re-channel their unacceptable impulses into socially approved activites
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Post Traumatic stress Disorder
Definition
an acute reaction to significantly traumatic events
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Abnormal Psychology
Definition
the branch of psychology that deals with psychological disorders
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Major Depressive Disorder
Definition
a mood disorder in which a person for 2 weeks or more experiences depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and dimished interest or pleasure in most activities
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Anxiety Disorder
Definition
disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that have a sudden onset
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Panic Disorder
Definition
an anxiety disorder marked by an unpredictable minutes long episode of terror that have a sudden onset
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Definition
an anxiety disorders characterized by unwanted repetieitve thoughts (obsessions) and/ or actions ( compulsions )
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Personality disorders
Definition
eduring and inflexible patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviates significantly from the expectations of the individual's culture
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Schizophrenic Disorders
Definition
severe conditions marked by disordered thoughts and communications, inappropriate emotions, and bizarre behavior
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Echolalia
Definition
a symptom of catatonic schizophrenia in which the individual senselessly repeats back words that someone else has just said
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Echopraxia
Definition
a symptom of catatonic schizophrenia in which the individual repeats other people's movements
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Delusions
Definition
false thoughts
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Hallucinations
Definition
false sensations
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