Abnormal Psychology
A generalized feeling of fear, tension, and apprehension.
Anxiety
People who are sociable, outgoing, and active
what's an extrovert
The desire to perform behaviours largely because of the inherent pleasure they yield.
What is intrinsic motivation.
You notice your mouth is dry, your hands are sweating and your heart is racing when you began to write an exam. Only after noticing your arousal you realized you were anxious.
What is James-Lange theory
When a child incorporates new information, a new experience into an existing framework or schema, the process is called:
What is assimilation?
Periods of intense dread, with feelings of dizziness, pounding heart, & trembling
panic disorder
Friendly, flirtatious, aggressive quiet, domeering
What are personality traits
When the body is physiologically balanced, it said to be in a state of
What is homeostasis
When something is so sad it makes you cry its under the _______________ theory of emotion.
What is Cannon_Bard theory
when motor skills in infants develop from head to foot is called :
Wha is cephalocaudal ?
a generalized feeling of fear tension & apprehension
anxiety
According to Freud this is useful to help overcome anxiety
what is a defense mechanism.
Physiological needs are the most basic according to
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Facial expressions of people around the world tend to be:
what is similar across cultures
According to Piaget , when a child says that line A has more pennies than line B even though they are the same amount but spaced differently the child is in the
What is the pre-operatinal stage
Before Fred can leave the house he Washes hands 10x
What's a compulsion
people who are in charge of their own destiny are said to have
What is an internal locus of control
"I want it I want I now" is governed by your _____
according to Feud
What is ID
the theory that has the greatest emphasis on the cognitive component of emotion?
What is the Lazarus theory?
when a child makes a moral decision based on how it fits is with his/her group of friends is in _____
stage of moral development
What is the conventional stage
Hearing voices in your head and that voice blaming you for terrible acts
What is a hallucination
What suggests that our biological needs give rise to unpleasant states of tension that push us into action
What is drive reduction theory
the need for achievement
What is a social motive
Emotins communicate a message instantly and reliably is crucial to
What is the survival value of the emotional communication?
Piaget suggests that young children have trouble understanding other peoples points of view because of...??
what is egocentrism