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General Psychology
Exam 4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/07/2008

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Germinal Stage

Definition

 

First stage of Prenatal Development

 

Fertilization, and cell division leads to formation of zygote

 

Begins at conception, ends at implantation

 

 

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Concrete Operations

Definition

Third Stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

 

Ages approx. 7-11

 

Ability to Conserve emerges

 

Lack of Abstract Thinking

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Psychosexual Stages

Definition

Freud's Theory of Development

 

 

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

 

 

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Ego Defense Mechanisms

Definition
Anxiety results as the ego deals with pressure from id, superego and reality

 

Freud's notion for the unconscious attempts to reduce anxiety.

 

 

Ego Defense Mechanisms result from repression.

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Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Definition

Types of life changes ranked as varying degrees of stress

 

Initial findings suggested positive relationship between number of life changes and illness

 

Coping strategies likely make these results variable.

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Rational Emotive Therapy

Definition

Albert Ellis

 

Activating Event --Belief -- Consequences

 

Beliefs can be irrational which lead to poor consequences.

 

Must change irrational beliefs to rational beliefs.

 

 

 

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