That PSYC that I hate

repression

psychoanalytic defense mechanism keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious (that didnt happen?)

identification with the aggressor

adopting the psychological characteristics of people we find threatening (women scare me so i become female.)

denial

psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people refuse to believe or even to perceive painful realities (nuh uh didnt happen.)

regression

psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage (stressed so become baby n weep)

reaction formation

Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate. (teasing somebody you like)

projection

psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others (telling ur friends you love men)

rationalization

defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions ("test was hard" instead of "im stupid")

intellectualization

An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis (stats n percentages)

displacement

psychoanalytic defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person; as when redirecting anger toward a safer outlet (anger at work -> beat wife)

sublimation

transferring of unacceptable impulses into socially valued motives (boxing)

id

the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle (🍆?)

superego

the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment and for future aspirations (morality)

ego

decision maker (idk tbh)

Stanford Prison Experiment

Philip Zimbardo

Role signifiers (cop/prisoner), 2 week experiment, ended early

Deindividualization - lost themselves in given roles

Milgram Experiment

obedience;

electrical shocks to incorrect answers, "learners" were paid actors, prediction was 1/1000 would go all the way but ended up being 2/3 went fully

authority is powerful

Asch Experiment

conformity

40% conformity on average, larger group = more, on paper = less, unanimity = more vs 1 wrong = less

Kitty Genovese Case

bystander effect (woman murdered; no one helped-less likely to help when others present)

-caused by diffusion of responsibility

oral psychosexual stage

0-18 months, pleasure center is mouth....biting, chewing, sucking

fixation results in bad habits

anal psychosexual stage

18-36 months, focused on bowel and bladder elimination, control

fixation results in anal personality

phallic psychosexual stage

3-6 years, pleasure zone is genitals, coping with sexual feelings, oedipus complex

identification with aggressor

(i love mommy)

latency psychosexual stage

6-puberty, dormant or suppressed sexual feelings

(ex: girls have cooties)

genital psychosexual stage

(puberty on) maturation of sexual interests

if no fixation then normal romantic relationships

Minnesota Twin Studies

showed that similarities of twins on things like IQ or well-being reared apart were based in genetics, instead of environment

Genetics > environment

Fraternal/Dizygotic = 50%

Identical/Monozygotic = 100%

obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd)

an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

diagnosis+%: obsessions/compulsions should occupy at least an hour a day, 1-2% of US pop

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

diagnosis+%: distress stemming from life threatening event, 7% of US pop (varies depending on culture and world events)

panic disorder

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable panic attacks with fear and physical symptoms (tachycardia, dizziness)

diagnosis+%: at least 2 panic attacks followed by 1 month of anxiety worry about having another, 2-5% of US pop + 20-25% college students have 1 panic attack

generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

anxiety disorder, continual feelings of worry, anxiety, physical tension, and irritability across many areas of life functioning

diagnosis+%: at least 6 months of self-disrupting worry, 3-6% of US pop

specific phobia

fear of objects or specific situations or events (arachnophobia, claustrophobia etc)

diagnosis+%: fear must be long standing and disrupt normal functioning, 7-13% of US pop

agoraphobia

An abnormal fear of open or public places where escape may be difficult

diagnosis+%: fear must be long standing and disrupt normal functioning, 7-13% of US pop

social anxiety disorder

intense fear of social situations, leading to avoidance of such

diagnosis+%: fear must be long standing and disrupt normal functioning, 7-13% of US pop

major depressive disorder

a mood disorder in which a person feels sad and hopeless for weeks or months

diagnosis+%: 5+ symptoms for 2+ weeks, 7% of US pop

persistent depressive disorder

depressive disorder characterized by a chronically sad and melancholy mood

diagnosis+%: depressed mood for majority of day for 2+ years, 2% of US pop

bipolar 1

mood disorder characterized by extremely elevated moods during manic episodes

diagnosis+%: manic episode lasting at least a week, 1% of US pop

bipolar 2

mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of extremely depressed and mildly elevated moods

diagnosis+%: at least one hypomanic and one major depressive episode, 1% of US pop

cyclothymia

disorder that consists of mood swings from moderate depression to hypomania and lasts two years or more

diagnosis+%: symptoms present for 2+ years, 0.4-1% of US pop