SOCIAL PSYCH
The phenomenon that explains why radio listeners like a song that a station plays many times more than a song the station plays a few times.
What is the MERE EXPOSURE EFFECT?
The personality trait from the Big 5 that corresponds with the statement: “I see myself as someone who does things efficiently.”
What is CONSCIENTIOUSNESS?
According to Freud, the part of the mind that operates according to the REALITY principle.
What is the EGO?
A psychological disorder that would apply to a person who experiences flashbacks and nightmares after being involved in a serious car accident.
What is POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)?
During “free association” in a psychoanalytic session, the term used to describe when a patient is suddenly to say, “I really can’t think of anything right now” or "I don't see how this is relevant".
What is RESISTANCE?
Conflicting attitudes or behaviors that create tension within a person’s mind (e.g., "I smoke cigarettes + I am healthy").
What is COGNITIVE DISSONANCE?
Situations that allow for a wide variety of behaviors (e.g., your apartment or house).
What are "WEAK" SITUATIONS?
The type of fixation involved in thumb sucking, smoking, and chewing gum.
What is an ORAL fixation?
The official resource available that lists diagnoses and symptoms so that psychologists and others can help diagnose psychological disorders.
What is the DIAGNOSTIC & STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM-V)?
The type of therapy that suggests anxiety is due to unresolved issues from youth.
What is PSYCHOANALYTIC therapy?
Our tendency to overestimate others’ attention to our appearance and behavior, feeling as though we “stick out like a sore thumb.”
What is the SPOTLIGHT EFFECT?
An area of psychology that focuses on the study of subjective well-being, optimism, and happiness.
What is POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY?
The psychological defense mechanism in which an individual banishes all anxiety-provoking thoughts from consciousness that are associated with some previous trauma.
What is REPRESSION?
A personality disorder characterized by a long-standing pattern of suspiciousness and lack of trust in others.
What is PARANOID personality disorder?
The type of therapy based on the principles of operant and classical conditioning.
What is BEHAVIORAL therapy?
A term that describes the phenomenon of like-minded groups taking more extreme positions than the individuals that comprise the group.
What is GROUP POLARIZATION?
The humanistic psychologist who supported the idea that people’s personality traits are overwhelmingly positive and goal-directed.
Who is CARL ROGERS?
The psychological defense mechanism involved in this situation: Janice often has feelings of hostility and contempt for her husband of forty years. However, instead of expressing these feelings, Janice goes overboard to dote on her husband.
What is REACTION FORMATION?
The category of disorders that includes amnesia, fugue, or multiple identities.
What are DISSOCIATIVE disorders?
A type of counterconditioning (typically used to treat phobias) that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.
What is SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION?
According to Higgins, the type of focus one develops when experiencing a discrepancy between their ACTUAL and OUGHT self.
What is PREVENTION focus?
The belief that personality is created by the interaction between a person, his or her behavior, and the environment.
What is RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM?
Carl Jung’s concept of a repository of ideas, feelings, and symbols shared by all humans and passed genetically from one generation to another.
What is the COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS?
A disorder in which a person is continuously tense, jittery, and apprehensive for no specific reason.
What is GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)?
A type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol).
What is AVERSIVE CONDITIONING?