Defense Mechanisms
Traumatized soldier has no recollection of near death experience
Repression
Personality is created by an interaction of the person's traits/cognition, environment, and person's behavior
Reciprocal Determinism
Adler believes we are striving for superiority and if we can't reach it we do this
overcompensate
Eat b/c hungry
Drive
I feel afraid b/c I tremble
James Lange
A women who dislikes her boss thinks she likes her boss but feels that the boss doesn't like her
Projection
Your belief in your ability to do something
Self-efficacy
Pictures of simple scenes and an individual tells a story about it
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Eat b/c yummy dessert even after a big meal
Incentive
The dog makes me tremble and feel afraid
Cannon Bard
After parental scolding a young girl takes her anger out on her little brother
Displacement
Belief that you control your fate
Internal Locus of Control
Conscientiousness
When tasks are difficult you need _____
lower level of alertness (Arousal Theory)
I label my trembling as fear b/c I interpret the situation as dangerous
Schachter Two Factor
A little boy likes a little girl but instead of being nice to her, he pulls her hair
Reaction Formation
Belief that luck or other outside forces determine what happens to you in life
External Locus of Control
Evil
Id
"ON" switch for eating
Lateral
Norms that regulate the appropriate expression of emotions
Display rules
An adult having an temper tantrum
Regression
According to Jung, we have a shared memory/experience
Collective unconscious
What day is the AP Psych test?
Tuesday May 11
Weight depends on genetics
Set Point
2 biological pathways of emotion: Short is fast to the amygdala, Long is slower and goes through hippocampus before amygdala
LeDoux's Dual Pathway