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behavioral psychology terminology

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Five A's of patient counseling   Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, Arrange  
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Freud's conscious mind   part of mind in which perceptions come from outside world/from within mind or body are brought into awareness; active attention; communicated by language/behavior; thinking dominated by rationality/logic  
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Freud's preconscious mind   mental events that can be brought into conscious awareness by focusing attention; interfaces w/ conscious & unconscious mind; maintains repression barrier  
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getting from unconscious-->conscious   unconscious content linked with words-->becomes preconscious-->becomes conscious  
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Freud's unconscious mind   content & process part of mind that's kept from conscious awareness through censorship/repression; closely related to instinctual drives; non rational thought w/o concern for logic/consistency (primary); must enter into preconscious to become conscious  
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Freud's instinctual drives   sexual, aggressive, self preservation instincts/wishes  
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Freud's topographic model (pre structural model)   primary & secondary thought processes, existence of dynamic unconscious, tendency toward regression under frustrating circumstances, importance of instinctual wish fulfillment  
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Freud's structural model   Id, Ego, Superego; groupings of mental forces; functions can overlap & join  
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Id   mental representations of drives  
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Ego   executant agent of mind (CEO)  
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Superego   mental representations of self judgment, self punishment, ideal aspirations  
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Id structural model   id-disorganized instinctual drives; primitive sexual & aggressive wishes; primary process thinking; can't delay/modify instinctual drives (pleasure principle-want what it want when I want it)  
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Superego structural model   moral conscience; ideal aspirations of individual; attempts to wreak out punishment for failure to meet its standards (guilt, self-defeating); exquisitely individual; scrutiny=largely unconscious  
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Ego structural model   functions that orient person toward external world; receives, organizes, interprets stimuli from internal & external sources; integrates drives w/ moral & practical considerations  
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Ego structural characteristics   spans all topographic dimensions; secondary process thinking at conscious/preconscious level; maximize pleasure, minimize pain; development enriched by acquired coping methods (through identification); defense mechanisms are unconscious  
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ego functions   thought, memory, language, sense perception, learning, motor action, reality testing, problem solving, judgment, defense, adaptation; ego can inhibit/stop operation of functions & regress to more primitive levels of functioning  
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intrapsychic conflict   primitive drive wishes of id want expression, feared consequences associated w/ satisfying wishes; demands of superego for "right" behavior; need to meet pressures of external envt  
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ego and intrapsychic conflict   ego will try managing conflict by allowing some drive expression, modulates unpleasure, softens superego demands, deals w/ external reality (defense mechanisms help manage unpleasure)  
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ego defense mechanisms   mental processes of ego-occur as unconscious processes; eliminate/minimize danger of impending psychic pain; narcissistic, immature, neurotic, & mature (characterizations)  
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acting out (defense mechanism)   expressing unconscious wish/impulse through action to avoid being conscious of accompanying feeling; giving in to impulse to avoid tension of postponing  
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affiliation (defense mechanism)   turning to others for help or support (sharing problems but not trying to make someone else responsible)  
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aim inhibition (defense mechanism)   placing a limitation upon instinctual demands; accepting partial or modified fulfillment of desires  
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altruism (defense mechanism)   dedication to meeting the needs of others; individual receives gratification vicariously or from response of others  
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anticipation (defense mechanism)   realistically anticipation or planning for future inner discomfort; emotional reactions in anticipation of possible future events-consideration of realistic alternatives  
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asceticism (defense mechanism)   eliminating pleasurable aspects of experience; gratification derived from renunciation  
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autistic fantasy (defense mechanism)   daydreaming; indulging in 'autistic' retreat to resolve conflict and to obtain gratification  
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avoidance (defense mechanism)   refusal to encounter situations, objects, or activities because they represent unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses and/or punishment for those impulses  
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compensation (defense mechanism)   encountering failure or frustration in one sphere, person overemphasizes another (overcorrecting)  
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controlling (defense mechanism)   attempting to manage or regulate events or objects in envt to minimize anxiety and to resolve inner conflicts  
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conversion (defense mechanism)   conflicts are represented by physical symptoms involving portions of the body innervated by sensory or motor nerves (ex: blindness w/ no biological reason); only mechanism that is always pathological  
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denial (defense mechanism)   failing to recognize obvious implications or consequences of a thought, act, or situation; abolishes external reality  
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devaluation (defense mechanism)   attributing exaggerated negative qualities to the self or others  
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displacement (defense mechanism)   shifting an emotion or drive from one idea or object to another that resembles the original in some manner; allows for symbolic representation of the original idea or object by one that's less important/evokes less distress  
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dissociation (defense mechanism)   splitting off a group of thoughts or activities from the main portion of consciousness to avoid emotional distress  
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distortion (defense mechanism)   reshaping external reality (in small or significant ways) to suit inner needs  
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externalization (defense mechanism)   perceiving in the external world and others elements of onesself  
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fixation (defense mechanism)   cessation of process of personality development at a stage short of complete and uniform mature independence  
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help-rejecting complaining (defense mechanism)   complaining/repeatedly requesting help to disguise covert feelings, hostility, or reproach towards others; then express by rejecting suggestions  
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humor (defense mechanism)   emphasizing amusing/ironic aspects of conflict w/o personal discomfort or immobilization (allows toleration with focus on unpleasant)  
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idealization (defense mechanism)   overestimation of desirable qualities and underestimation of limitations of a desired object  
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identification (defense mechanism)   unconscious modeling of one's self upon another person or identifying with values and attitudes of a group (conscious analogs=imitation & volitional conformation)  
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incorporation (defense mechanism)   form of introjection; taking into the mind the attributes of another person  
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intellectualization (defense mechanism)   excessive use of intellectual processes (abstract thinking) to avoid expression/experience of feelings  
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introjection (defense mechanism)   internalizing the qualities of an object (ex: parent becomes almost literally a part of the child)  
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isolation (defense mechanism)   splitting-off or separating a thought from the feeling that accompanies it; common in ppl w/ OCD  
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omnipotence (defense mechanism)   acting as if one possesses special powers or abilities and is superior to others  
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passive aggression (defense mechanism)   indirectly/unassertively expressing aggression toward others; facade of overt compliacne masking covert resistance  
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projection (defense mechanism)   attributing one's thoughts or impulses to another person; limited to unacceptable/undesirable impulses; reacting to unacceptable inner impulses as though they were outside the self  
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projective identification (defense mechanism)   attributing thoughts/impulses to another person & then trying to control the person (defending against disowned aspects of self)  
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rationalization (defense mechanism)   offering socially acceptable/less logical explanations for act/decision actually produced by unconscious impulses; misleading to self as well as to listener  
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reaction formation (defense mechanism)   transforming unacceptable impulse into its opposite; intentional efforts to compensate for conscious dislikes/prejudices  
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regression (defense mechanism)   reverting to lower level of adaptation & expression to avoid tension & conflict evoked at present level of development  
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repression (defense mechanism)   involuntary exclusion of painful/conflictual thought, impulse, or memory from awareness; primary ego defense mechanism  
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resistance (defense mechanism)   deep-seated opposition to bringing of repressed (unconsciousness) data to awareness; one seeks to avoid memories/insights that woudl arouse anxiety  
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self-assertion (defense mechanism)   expressing feelings & thoughts directly in a way that is not coercive or manipulative  
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somatization (defense mechanism)   conflicts are represented by physical symptoms of symp/para NS; converting psych derivatives into bodily symptoms  
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splitting (defense mechanism)   dissociation/denial of some aspect of a situation or person to prevent ambivalent feelings; all good or all bad  
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sublimation (defense mechanism)   attenuating force of an instinctual drive by using the energy in other, usually constructive activities  
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substitution (defense mechanism)   securing alternative/substitutive gratification comparable to those that would have been employed had frustration not occurred  
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suppression (defense mechanism)   conscious analog of repression; intentional exclusion of material from consciousness; issues postponed but not avoided  
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symbolization (defense mechanism)   'simple' object or act represents a more complex group of objects & acts, some of which may be conflictual or unacceptable to the ego  
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undoing (defense mechanism)   act or communication which partially negates a previous one  
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