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Psyc Exam1
terms
| Term | Definition | examples |
|---|---|---|
| overt | what appears on the outside | actions, blushing |
| covert | what happens on inside; can't be observed | thinking |
| cognition | belief, expectation, or thought | (blank) |
| self fulfilling prophesy | make something happen because you believe it will happen | (blank) |
| realism | live in a world of material and spirit and the two interact together | (blank) |
| materialism | consciousness is dependent on matter | (blank) |
| idealism | everything is a spirit/ideal but not matter | can dream anything |
| psychology | study of the mind or soul | psyche |
| material self | body/clothes | (blank) |
| social self | roles | (blank) |
| pure ego | identity | self image |
| central active self | permanent | (blank) |
| hereditary model | personality caused at conception | intelligence, intro/extroverted |
| stress diathesis theory | genetics and environment both affect disorders | (blank) |
| constitutional model | end products of heredity | newborn baby |
| endomorphy | extroverted, gregarious, fat | (blank) |
| mesomorphy | aggressive assertive muscular | (blank) |
| ectomorphy | restrained self conscious | (blank) |
| longitudinal approach | test same group of people over time | babies are born different, environment isnt only factor |
| cross sectional | study different groups at same time | (blank) |
| RAS theory | anatomical structures can cause personality | (blank) |
| physiochemical | personality is caused by chemicals/neurotransmitters | (blank) |