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reaction formation

bragging about smth you are insecure about, adopting behaviors or feelings opposite to the norm

repression

unconsciously blocking a memory

regression

reverting back to original norms

rationalization

justifying ones behavior with socially acceptable norms(failing a chem test because they didn’t study but blaiming it on the exam being difficult )

ego

controls a persons impoulses, regualtes id and superego

supergo

moral compass, ideals judgement

id

instant gratification; unconscious drive to satisfy basic needs with focus purely on pleasure

displacement

redirecting emotions from the original source to a safer, less threatening target

positive regard

support, love, and acceptance and individual recieves from others

positive regard

support, love, and acceptance an individual gets from others

self concept

differing beliefs, perceptions, and feelings and indiviuals have about themselves

social-cognitive theory

highlights the importance of observational learning, social experiences, and cognitive process in the development of an individual’s personality

reciprocal determinism

a person’s personality is shaped by their interactions between personal factors, behaviors, and their enviornment (while you are trying out sports, the friends you make along the way impact your perceptions)

self-efficiacy

belief in their ability to do a specific task

self-concept

a collection of beliefs, perceptions, and feelings that an individual has about themseleves

Cognitive Dissoance

Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person's behavior, beliefs, and values are not aligned, creating a sense of mental discomfor

big five theory of personality

openness, conscientiousness, extraversion

openness

a person’s imagination, creativity, agreebleness, neuroticism, and curiosity

conscientiousness

a person’s organization, dependability, discipline, and goal-directed behaviors

extraversion

socially ethusiastic

agreeableness

a person’s tustworthiness, altruism, kindness, and affection

neurotiscism (emotional stability)

person’s tendency to expeirence emotional syabolity and remain calm in stressful situaions

intrinsic

comes from within a person

Extrinsic

outside of an individual

drive reduction theory

a theory that suggests a person’s biological needs create internal states of tension, known as drives. encourages them to store homeostasis

Yerkes-Doson Law

performance increase with arousal, but only to a certain point

aproach-approach

choose between two positive outcomes

avoidance-avoidance

forced to choose between two negative outcomes

approach avoidance

1 goal which has positive and negative aspects to it

sensation theory

people are motivated by the need for new experiences

Disinhibition

tendency to seek out social or recreational situations that involve relaxing and having fun

James Lange Theory

the experience of an emotion is a person’s physiological response to a stimulus — a person expeirences an event of stimulus that causes the nervous system to be alterted(create emotions)

Cannon-Bard

repsonse to a stimulus occurs alongside emotional response at the same time

Schachter two-factor theory

physiological and cognitive awareness to a stimulus — stimulus that triggers them to become physiologically aroused — emotional experience

Joesph LeDoux’s Theory

direct path to the amygdala and skip the cortex — causes a person to have an immediate emotional response without being aware of what is occurring

appraisal

when a person encounters a stimulus, they assess the situation and come to a conclusion

broad-and-build theory

different emotions affect an individual’s awareness and behavior (positive emotions broadening an individual’s awareness)