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What is the collective unconscious?
Carl Jung's concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history.
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What is OCD?
This is an anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive and unwanted thoughts and actions.
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What is an adaptation?
A response to a specific stimulus that solves a specific problem in evolutionary history.
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What is culture?
This term describes the behaviors, attitudes, ideas, and traditions of a group of people.
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What is operant conditioning?
This is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement and diminished if followed by a punishment.
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Who is Abraham Maslow?
He proposed that we are motivated by a hierarchy of needs.
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What is PTSD?
This disorder is cause entirely by a traumatic event.
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What is Naturalistic Observation?
This descriptive research involves watching and recording the behavior of organisms in their natural habitat.
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Who is Pavlov?
The researcher who studies the influence of conditioned stimuli.
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What is 0-18 months?
The age range of the oral change.
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What is Depression?
This is associated with low-self esteem, learned helplessness, and rumination.
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Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
He established the first psychological laboratory at the university of Leipzig, Germany.
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What is associative learning?
Learning that certain events occur together.
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What is projection?
A defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
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What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This disorder causes the person to feel little to no emotion and other bad social actions.
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What is correlational research?
This research shows a relationship between two variables.
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What is spontaneous recovery?
This is the reappearance of a weakened CR after a pause.
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What are defense mechanisms?
In psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.
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What is General Anxiety Disorder?
This is an anxiety disorder in which a person is unexplainably and continually tense and uneasy.
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