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William Wundt pioneered this method of recording thought processes. While it didn't work out well initially, it inspired future psychological methodologies.
Introspection
Distinguishing stimuli based on setting and personal importance
Signal Detection Theory
Airway obstruction due to relaxed muscles, linked to serious health risks like arterial thickening
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
a three-stage model by Hans Selye describing the body's predictable physiological response to any stressor
Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Choosing between two rewarding (attractive) goals.
Approach-Approach
Murder of 4+ people in a single episode.
Mass Killing
Withdrawal from reality; fantasizing begin
Aura Phase
Studies how we process information: perception, attention, language, memory, and thinking. These factors influence our behaviors and ability to operate.
Cognitive Approach
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
Peception
Recurring sleep stage after NREM 3 with vivid dreams. Called "Paradoxical" because the brain is highly active (Alpha waves) while the body is completely paralyzed.
REM Sleep
Threat recognized; Fight-or-flight response activated.
Phase 1: Alarm
Choosing between two punishing (unattractive) options; "lesser of two evils".
Avoidance-Avoidance
Failure to connect homicides across jurisdictions to a single perpetrator.
Linkage Blindness
Luring the victim by gaining trust
Wooing
Focuses on how the brain grows and learns to learn. It encompasses development and parenting strategies.
Child Psychology
Involuntary CNS shutdown lasting seconds to minutes when sleep debt exceeds 24-48 hours
Microsleep
Primal urges governed by the pleasure principle. Runs uncensored during sleep.
ID.
Body maintains elevated response while coping with prolonged stress.
Phase 2: Resistance
Choosing a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive features.
Approach-Avoidance
A criminal's habits/techniques; can change based on success.
Modus Operandi (M.O.):
Torture/control (organized) or immediate (disorganized).
Murder
The stimulation of sensory receptors and transmission of information to the CNS.
Sensation
Biological functions lasting more than 24 hours.
Infradian Rhythms
The concrete images observed in a dream.
Manifest Content
Resources depleted; physiological response drops; illness risk rises.
Phase 3: Exhaustion
Choosing between two alternatives, both having pros and cons.
Double Approach-Avoidance
Unique behaviors satisfying psychological needs; rarely changes.
Signature
Dissatisfaction that the act failed to meet the fantasy.
Depression
Stimulus energy below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness
Subthreshold
Slower waves replacing Alpha waves in NREM 1, associated with semi-consciousness
Theta Waves
The hidden psychological meaning driven by the ID.
Latent Content
Which unit did I get bored with?
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Positive Psychology
Who do I clearly have PTSD over?
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My Bear Hunting Ex
Concealing dark behavior behind a facade of social acceptability.
Mask of Sanity
Searching for a suitable victim and location.
Trolling