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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PSYCHODYNAMIC

HUMAN BEHAVIOR, FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS TO AN EARLIER EXPERIENCE

BEHAVIORAL

THEY WAY PEOPLE ACT

HUMANISTIC

PSYCHOLOGISTS look at human behavior BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PERSON DOING THE BEHAVING

COGNITIVE

ATTENTION, LANGUAGE USE, MEMORY, PERCEPTION, PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVITY, AND THINKING

SOCIOCULTURAL

HOW SOMEONES SURROUNDINGS CAN AFFECT THEIR BEHAVIOR

EVOLUTIONARY

PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS, ADAPTATIONS, NATURAL SELECTION

PSYCHIATRIST

A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SPECIALIZING IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

PLACEBO EFFECT

SOMEONE CAN SAY ITS AN ADDERALL PILL BUT ACTUALLY ITS A SUGAR PILL BUT THEY THINK ITS ADERALL AND BELIEVE ITS HELPING THEM

NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE NETWORK OF NERVE CELLS AND FIBERS THAT TRANSMITS NERVE IMPULSES BETWEEN PARTS OF THE BODY.

NEURON

A SPECIALIZED CELL TRANSMITTING NERVE IMPULSES; A NERVE CELL.

RECEPTOR SITES

THEY LISTEN FOR CHEMICAL MESSAGES

SENSATION

A PHYSICAL FEELING OR PERCEPTION RESULTING FROM SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO OR COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE BODY.
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PERCEPTION

the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.

AFTER IMAGE

VISUAL ILLUSION IN WHICH RETINAL IMPRESSIONS PERSIST AFTER THE REMOVAL OF A STIMULUS, BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE CONTINUED ACTIVATION OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM

OLEFACTION

the action or capacity of smelling; the sense of smell.

GUSTATION

the action or faculty of tasting.

CONSCIOUSNESS

the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings

NIGHT TERRORS

FEELINGS OF GREAT FEAR EXPERIENCED ON SUDDENLY WAKING IN THE NIGHT.

NIGHTMARE

A FRIGHTENING OR UNPLEASANT DREAM

NARCOLEPSY

EXCESSIVE UNCONTROLLABLE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS

SLEEP APNEA

A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SLEEP DISORDER IN WHICH BREATHING REPEATEDLY STOPS AND STARTS.
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LATENT LEARNING

IT OCCURS WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS REINFORCEMENT OF THE BEHAVIOR OR ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE LEARNED.

INSIGHT

DISCOVERY OF THE CORRECT SOLUTION FOLLOWING INCORRECT ATTEMPTS BASED ON TRIALAND ERROR.

PUNISHMENT

THE INFLICTION OR IMPOSITION OF A PENALTY AS RETRIBUTION FOR AN OFFENSE.

REINFORCEMENT

THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF REINFORCING OR STRENGTHENING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

is a learning process in which behavior is sensitive to, or controlled by its consequeNCES

MEMORY

PROCESS IN WHICH INFORMATION IS ENCODED, STORED, AND RETRIEVED

FLASHBULB MEMORY

A DETAILED AND VIVID MEMORY THAT IS STORED

CHUNKING

GROUPING THINGS IN SMALLER GROUPS TO REMEMBER THINGS BETTER

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

the capacity for or process of reacting to certain stimuli selectively when several occur simultaneously.

SYNTAX

THE ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS AND PHRASES TO CREATE WELL-FORMED SENTENCES IN A LANGUAGE.

MORPHEMES

THE SMALLEST UNITS OF SPEECH THAT CONVEY MEANING.

SEMANTICS

IT FOCUSES ON THE RELATION BETWEEN SIGNIFIERS, LIKE WORDS, PHRASES, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS

PHONEMES

SETS OF BASIC SOUNDS

PRAGMATICS

STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LINGUISTIC FORMS AND THE USER OF THOSE FORMS

DNA

THE FUNDAMENTAL AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

CHROMOSOMES

A THREADLIKE STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEIN FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF MOST LIVING THINGS

TERATOGEN

AN AGENT OR FACTOR THAT CAUSES MALFORMATION OF AN EMBRYO.

SCHEME

DESCRIBES AN ORGANIZED PATTERN OF THOUGHT OR BEHAVIOR THAT ORGANIZES CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION

MOTIVATION

THE REASON OR REASONS ONE HAS FOR ACTING OR BEHAVING IN A PARTICULAR WAY

DISPLAY RULE

A SOCIAL GROUP'S INFORMAL NORMS ABOUT WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW ONE SHOULD EXPRESS EMOTIONS.

INCENTIVES

A THING THAT MOTIVATES OR ENCOURAGES ONE TO DO SOMETHING
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STRESS

THE DEGREE OF PRESSURE EXERTED ON A MATERIAL OBJECT MEASURED IN UNITS OF FORCE PER UNIT AREA.

BURNOUT

EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION RESULTING FROM A COMBINATION OF EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND INTERNAL STRESSORS

COPING STRATEGIES

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

SCIENRIFIC STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIOR
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CONFORMITY

BEHAVIOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIALLY ACCEPTED
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GROUP THINK

THE PRACTICE OF THINKING OR MAKING DECISIONS AS A GROUP
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AGGRESSION

THE ACTION OF ATTACKING WITHOUT PROVOCATION
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PERSONALITY

CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES THAT FORM AN INDIVIDUAL

HALO EFFECT

COGNITIVE BIAS IN WHICH AN OBSERVES OVERALL IMPRESSION OF A PERSON
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LOCUS OF CONTROL

REFERS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH INDIVIDUALS BELIEVE THEY CAN CONTROL EVENTS AFFECTING THEM

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIOR THAT DEVIATES FROM WHAT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL

DSM-V

THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS,
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PHOBIA

AN EXTREME, IRRATIONAL FEAR OF A SPECIFIC OBJECT OR SITUATION
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PANIC ATTACKS

A SUDDEN FEELING OF ACUTE AND DISABLING ANXIETY.

PANIC DISORDERS

A PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER IN WHICH DEBILITATING ANXIETY AND FEAR ARISE FREQUENTLY AND WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE.
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