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Psychology 101 #3 Test

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PERSONALITY
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PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
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CATHARSIS HYPOTHESIS
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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PSYCHONEROIMMUNOLOGY
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EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL
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PROJECTIVE TESTS
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UNCONSCIOUS
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SOCIAL FACILITATION
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PSYCHOANALYSIS
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RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
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SET POINT
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INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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FEEL-GOOD, DO-GOOD PHENOMENON
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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The point at which your "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When you body falls below, increased hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may combine to restore the lost weight.
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The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.
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A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
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People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
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View personality with a focus on the unconscious and the importance of childhood experiences.
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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate.
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1.Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts. 2.Freud's therapeutic technique used in treating psychological disorders.
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Improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others.
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The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.
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A personality test, such as the Rorschach, that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one's inner dynamics.
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An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
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The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
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In psychology, the idea that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy)relieves aggressive urges.
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The perception that you control your life.
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The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.
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According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
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A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose around a particular level.
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The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. When its level is low, we feel hunger.
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Our tendency to form judgments 9of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
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View personality with a focus on the potential for healthy personal growth.
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A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes) accompanying emotion.
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In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says what ever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.
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A questionnaire (often with true/false or agree/disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to asses selected personality traits.
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The tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings, such as fear, anger, or happiness.
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A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
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A desire for significant accomplishment, for mastery of skills or ideas, for control, and for attaining a high standard.

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