personality disorders
sense of self-importance, Exaggerate abilities and accomplishments, Excessive need for admiration, Boastful, Lack empathy
Narcissistic
an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
psychological therapy
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species.
natural selection
a natural stimulus that evokes a natural response; acquisition of specific patterns of behavior in the presence of well defined stimuli; general term for humans and animals
conditioning
any event whose presence decreases the likelihood that behavior will occur
punishment
An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation.
phobia
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
behavior therapy
A psychologist who studies the emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures
developmental psychology
US or UCS; a stimulus that causes an organism to respond in a natural manner
Unconditioned Stimulus
Self-reflected introspection was a technique used by this early psychology approach
structuralism
An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.
PTSD
a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors; based on classical conditioning. Includes exposure therapies and aversive conditioning.
counterconditioning
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection
darwin
expanded by BF Skinner; learning based on rewards or punishment; not automatic reflexes
operant behavior
When this occurs in a distribution of scores, it is better to use the median instead of the mean
skewed distribution
A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
bipolar disorder
a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors; based on classical conditioning. Includes exposure therapies and aversive conditioning.
counterconditioning
a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings
introspection
a reward; any event whose presence increase the likelihood that behavior will continue
Positive Reinforcer
A school of psychology that focuses on how our mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
functionalism
Preoccupation with delusions or hallucinations, often with themes of persecution or grandiosity.
Paranoid Schizophrenia
psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist
group therapy
he longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture
nature-nurture
impossible to observe and measure; learning that depends on processes which are not directly observable; learning is inferred from the behavior
cognitive learning
father of psych
wundt