Chapter 14
The part of the mind that lies outside the range of ordinary awareness and holds unacceptable urges or memories.
What is unconscious?
Excessive or irrational fears of specific objects or situations?
What are phobias?
The highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
What is self-actualization?
A method of studying the conscious mind by focusing inward on mental experiences such as sensations and feelings.
What is introspection?
This disorder is also called multiple personality disorder or split personality.
What is dissociative identity disorder?
The most widely used trait model of personality.
What is the five-factor or "big 5" model of personality?
Faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality, such as "hearing voices".
What are hallucinations?
The tendency to attribute behavior to internal causes without regard to situational influences.
What is fundamental attribution error?
The "master" gland.
What is the pituitary?
This type of parenting is associated with low levels of control but high levels of warmth and involvement.
What is permissive?
These traits are considered the building blocks of our personality according to Gordan Allport.
What are central?
This disorder involves persistent intrusive thoughts combined with repetitive behaviors or rituals.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Solomon Asch's famous line experiment demonstrated this concept; which refers to the tendency to adjust one's behavior to actual or perceived social pressures.
What is conformity?
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is developing a research question?
The memory subsystem that allows for retention and processing of newly acquired information for a maximum of about 30 seconds.
What is short term memory?
According to Freud, the ego uses these to prevent anxiety.
What are defense mechanisms?
An abnormal shrinkage of brain tissue and enlarged ventricles is most likely associated with this disorder.
What is schizophrenia?
Any agent that can negatively effect a developing embryo or fetus.
What is teratogen?
This is the strengthening of a response through the removal of an aversive stimulus.
What is negative reinforcement?
This type of drug blocks the actions of neurotransmitters.
What are antagonists?
This theory from John Holland suggests that work is fulfilling when the features of a job fit with a person’s personality.
What is personality-type theory?
This model stresses that the development of disorders involves the interaction of genetic predispositions and exposure to environmental stress.
What is diathesis-stress model?
The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.
What is encoding?
The pattern of fluctuations in bodily processes that occur regularly each day.
What is circadian rhythm?
Your favorite professor of the semester?
Who is Dr. Castellino? :-)