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Psych Midterm
this one SHOULD be easier, I dunno...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reactive attachment disorder | Serious problem with emotional attachment to others |
| Nature-nurture debate | How much genetic factors and enviromental factors contribute to human development |
| Developmental psycology | Study of personal development from prenatal to old age |
| Prenatal period | Conception to birth |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| Maturation | Genetically programmed developmental changes |
| Developmental norms | Average age for preforming various skills |
| Self-concept | How we see or describe ourselves |
| Rorschach | Inkblot personality test |
| Temperament | Long-lasting mood and emotional behaviors influenced by genetics |
| Separation anxiety | Infant distress when parent leaves |
| Rationalization | Covering up true reasons for some action |
| Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, formal | Piaget |
| Psychosexual stages | Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital |
| Psychosocial stages | Erickson |
| Social cognitive theory | Environmental, cognitive, and behavior |
| Vulnerability | Difficulties that make children at risk later |
| Resistance | Factors that compensate for stress |
| Gender identity | Person's feelings about being male or female |
| Gender roles | Social expectations of behaviors of "males" and "females" |
| Adolescence | Ages 12-18 |
| Puberty | Significant biological changes ages 9-17 |
| Prefrontal Cortex | Executive officer of the brain |
| Moral reasoning development | Kohlberg |
| Authoritarian parents | Control based on an absolute standard |
| Self-esteem | How much we like and value ourselves |
| Personality | A combination of behaviors that typify how we react to people and situations |
| Evolutionary psychology theory | Gender differences evolved from early man |
| Social role theory | Influence of social processes on how we use information |
| Triangular theory of love | Passion, intimacy, commitment |
| Aging concept | Genes and proteins causing random damage to organs |
| Menopause | Hormonal changes in women ages 35-60 |
| Trait theory of personality | OCEAN |
| Psyhcodynamic theory | Importance of early childhood and repressed thoughts |
| Unconscious | Repressed wishes, desires, thoughts |
| Freudian slips | Thought to reflect unconscious thoughts or wishes |
| Id | Sex and aggression |
| Ego | Settles conflicts between the id and the superego |
| Superego | Moral guardian, conscience |
| Anxiety | Conflicts between the id and the superego |
| Defense mechanisms | Protects the ego |
| Fixation | Locked in a psychosexual stage |
| Oedipus complex | Competition with same-sex parent |
| Penis envy | Loss felt by girls that makes them turn against mother |
| Collective unconscious | Carl Jung |
| Individual psychology | Adler |
| Child-parent social interactions | Horney |
| Humanistic theory | Carl rogers |
| Unconditional positive regard | Valued by others despite disappointments |
| Hierarchy of needs | Maslow |
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