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- the Codependency Movement
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Beattie broadened & popularized it.
Started w/ alcoholism.
Gettting entalnged in their partner's addictions in ways that inadvertently supported the addictive behavior. - Paradox of Progress
- Although our modern era hyas seen great techno progress, personal problems have no diminished.
- Psychology
- a Science that studioes behavior and the physiological and mental processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems.
- Empiricism
- the premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation.
- Experiment
- research method in which the investigator manipulates 1 independent variable and observes whether any changes occur in a second dependent variable as a result.
- Independent Variable
- a condition or event that an experimenter varies.
- Dependent Variable
- thought to be affected by the manipulated independent variable.
- Experimental group
- the subjecs who recieve special treatment.
- Control group.
- similar subjects who do not recieve that special treatment.
- Correlation
- when two variables are related to eachother.
- Correlation coefficient
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a numerical index of the degree of relationship that exists between two variables.
*while the positive or negaitve sign indicates whether an association is direct or inverse, the size of the coefficient indicates the strength of the association between two variables. - Naturalistic Observation
- a researcher engages in careful observation of behavior without intervening.
- Case Study
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an in-depth investigation of an individual participant
*interviews of person, related persons, observation, examination, testing - ID/EGO/SUPEREGO
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according to the pleasure principle
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decision making component, reality principle
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incorporates social standards about what's right and wrong - Concious/Preconcious/Unconcious
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aware of currently
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just beneath the surface, easily retreieved
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not aware of, but exert influence on one's behavior - Defense Mechanisms
- largely unconcious reactions that protect a person from painful emotions such as anciety and guilt
- Rationalization
- creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior
- Repression
- keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconcious
- Projection
- attributing one's own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another
- Displacement
- involves diverting emotional feelings (like anger) from their original source to a substituate target
- Reaction formation
- behaving in a way that is exactly the opposite of one's feelings
- Regression
- involves a reversion to immature patterns of behavior
- Identification
- bolstering self esteem by foirming an imaginary or real alliance with some person or group
- Psychosexual stages
- developmental periods with a characteristic sexual focus that leave their mark on adult personality
- Fixation
- inability to move forward from one stage to another as expected