General Psych-Ds rest
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jenniferforest on April 12, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 discriminative stimulus | in operant conditioning, a cue that indicates the kind of consequences that's likely to occur after a response |
| disease model of addiction | the idea that addiction is a disease that has to be medically treated |
| disorganized type | subtype of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized behavior, disorganized speech and emotional flatness or inappropriateness |
| displacemnt | defense mechanism involving transferring feelings about a person or event to someone or something else |
| display rules | norms that tell ppl whether, which, how and when emotions should be displayed |
| dissociative amnesia | characterized by inability to remember extensive, important personal info, usually about something traumatic or painful |
| dissociative disorders | characterized by disturbances in consciouisness, memory, identity and perception |
| dissociative fugue | disorder in which a person suddenly and unexpectedly leaves home, fails to remember the past and becomes confused about his or her identity |
| dissociative identity disorder | disorder in which a person fails to remember important personal info and has 2 or more identities or personality states that control behavior; aka multiple personality disorder |
| dissonance theory | proposes that ppl change their attitutdes when they have attitudes that are inconsistent with one another |
| distributed practice | learning material in short sessions over a long period, aka spacing effect |
| divergent thinking | when ppl's thoughts go off in a different direction as they try to generate many different solutions to a problem |
| dopamine | neurotransmitter involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory and emotion |
| double-blind | procedure when neither the subjects nor the experimeter knows which subjects belong to the experimental and control grps |
| drive reduction theories of motivation | ideas that suggest ppl act in order to reduce needs and maintain a constant physiological state |
| drug therapy | tx involving use of meds, aka pharmacotherapy |
| dysthymic disorder | involves depressed mood on a majority of days for at least 2 yrs |
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