AP Psych Chp 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Conflict | Simultaneous existence of incompatible demands, opportunities, needs, or goals |
| Approach/approach conflict | According to Lewin, the result of simultaneous attraction to two appealing possibilities, neither of which had any negative consequences |
| Avoidance/avoidance conflict | According to Lewin, the result of facing two undesirable possibilities, neither of which has any positive qualities |
| Approach/avoidance conflict | According to LEwin, the result of being simultaneously attracted to and repelled by the same goal |
| Confrontation | Acknowledging a streaaful situation directly and attempting to find a solution to the problem or attain the difficult goal |
| Stress | Any environmental demand that creates a state of tension or threat and requires change or adaptation |
| Adjustment | Any effort to cope with stress |
| HEalth Psychology | A subfield with in psychology concerned with the relationship between psychological factors and physical health and illness |
| Pressure | A feeling that one must speed up, intensify, or change the direction of one's behavior or live up to a higher standard of performance |
| Frustration | The feeling that occurs when a person is prevented from reaching a goal |
| Projection | Attributing one's own repressed motives, feelings. or wishes to others |
| Identification | Taking on the characteristics of someone else to avoid feeling incompetent |
| Regression | Reverting to childlike behavior and defenses |
| Intellectualization | Thinking abstractly about stressful problems as a way of detaching oneself from the problem |
| Reaction formation | Expression of exaggerated ideas and emotions that are the opposite of one's repressed beliefs or feelings |
| Compromise | Deciding on a more realistic solution or goal whan an ideal solution or goal is not practical |
| Withdrawl | Avoiding a situation when other forms of coping are not practical |
| Defense Mechanisms | Self-deceptive techniques for reducing stress, including denial, repressiong, projection, identification, etc. |
| Denial | REfusal to acknowledge a painful or threatening reality |
| Repression | Excluding uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and desires from consciousness |
| Displacement | Shifting repressed motives and emotions frmo an original object to a substitute object |
| Sublimation | Redirecting repressed motives and feelings into more socially acceptable channels |
| General adaptation syndrome | According to Selye, the three stages the body passes through as it adapts to stress: alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion |
| Psychoneuroimmunology | A field of medicine that studies the interaction between stress on the one hand adn immune, endocrine, and nervous system activity on the other |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | Psychological disorder characterized by episodes of anxiety, sleeplessness, and nightmares resulting from some disturbing event in the past |
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