Renner Chapter 3
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| 12796133 | adaptation | a change in behavior to meet the needs of a changing environment | |
| 12796134 | analysis | trying to figure out the meaning of a set of observations | |
| 12796135 | behavioral science | using the scientific method to study human behavior | |
| 12796136 | classical conditioning | a pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a response | |
| 12796508 | conscious needs | those needs of which we are aware | |
| 12796509 | creativity | the ability to think, do, or see things in a new and different way | |
| 12796510 | denial | refusing to believe something even though it's obvious | |
| 12796511 | developmental psychologist | studies the pyschological changes that occur as we age | |
| 12796512 | ego | acts as a referee between the id and superego | |
| 12796513 | emotions | feelings such as love, hate, anger, happiness | |
| 12796514 | empathy | feeling as another person does | |
| 12796515 | environment | your surroundings | |
| 12796516 | heredity | the passing of traits from parents to children through reporduction | |
| 12796517 | id | represents our most basic needs | |
| 12796518 | learning | a change in behavior caused by experience | |
| 12796519 | mental set | an expectation of the way things should be or will be | |
| 12796520 | needs | what humans require to survive and grow in a healthy way | |
| 12796521 | negative reinforcement | taking away something unpleasant in order to get a desired behavior (the behavior must come first, though) | |
| 12796522 | observation | watching and writing down facts and events | |
| 12796523 | operant conditioning | training a subject to perform a certain action through the use of reinforcers | |
| 12797360 | perception | taking in information from the environment | |
| 12797361 | personality | the combination of hereditary factors, environmental factors, and experience patterns that make us unique individuals | |
| 12797362 | positive reinforcement | giving a reward in order to get a desired behavior (the behavior must come first, though) | |
| 12797363 | projection | projecting one's faults onto someone or something else | |
| 12797364 | psychology | the study of how the mind and body work together to create thoughts that lead to actions | |
| 12797365 | rationalization | making an excuse for an action without realizing the excuse is not the real reason for the action | |
| 12797366 | repression | pushing unpleasant memories into the subconscious | |
| 12797367 | response | an action caused by a stimulus | |
| 12797368 | self-actualization | becoming the best person you can be | |
| 12797369 | shaping | rewarding a subject when the subject performs a behavior that is close to the desired behavior | |
| 12797370 | stimulus | leads to a response | |
| 12797371 | superego | represents society's teachings regarding right and wrong | |
| 12797372 | trial-and-error learning | trying different ways to solve a problem until one works | |
| 12797373 | unconscious needs | those needs of which we are not fully aware | |
| 12797374 | Freud | Austrian psychologist who was one of the first to seriously examine the personality | |
| 12797375 | Maslow | argued that needs must be met in a certain sequence, or hierarchy | |
| 12797376 | blind self | aspects of yourself that are known to others but not known to you | |
| 12797377 | hidden self | aspects of yourself that are not known to others but are known to you | |
| 12797378 | open self | aspects of yourself that are known to you and known to others | |
| 12797379 | unknown self | aspects of yourself that are not to you and not known to others | |
| 12797380 | esteem needs/ self esteem | our need to feel competent and confident, and for recognition | |
| 12797381 | social needs | our need to for acceptance, affection | |
| 12797382 | safety and security | our need to feel free from danger; our need for predictability and stability | |
| 12797383 | physical needs | our most basic need for food, water, survival |
