Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

Aristotle, 2, 109, 166, 193, 248

art of persuasion, social psychology,

252–254

Asimov, Isaac, 198

association neurons, function of, 33

attack on character, logical thinking,

131

attention, functionalism, 6

attention process, perception, 63

Attila the Hun, 193

attitudes

change of, persuasion, 252–254

social psychology, 251–252

attraction, interpersonal, social psy-

chology, 249–251

attribution theory, interpersonal

attraction, 250–251

auditory nerve, hearing, 50

authoritarian-permissive dimension,

parental style, 168

authority, appeal to

logical thinking, 130–131

persuasion, 252–253

autism, infantile, affectional drive, 95

autokinetic effect, social psychology,

255

automatic thoughts, cognitive ther-

apy, 239

autonomic nervous system, function

of, 34–35

autonomy

conscious individual, 204

need for, acquired motives, 96

social psychology, 254

autonomy versus shame, psychosocial

development, 161

avoidance-avoidance conflict, 115

axis, mental disorder classification,

215–216

axon, 30, 33

bad habits, behavior therapy, 237

balance, sensation, 53–54

balance theory, social psychology,

256

Bandura, Albert, 81, 82, 203

Bard, Philip, 111

Barrymore, John, 203–204

basilar membrane, hearing, 50

battle fatigue, group therapy, 240

Baumrind, Diane, 168

B-complex vitamins, organic mental

disorders, 224

Beck, Aaron, 239

behavior

abnormal, defined, 214–215

behaviorism, 7

biology and, 30–44 (See also

biology)

personality and, 192–193

psychology definition, 2

social psychology, 248

study of, 8–11

behavioral aspect, emotion, 110

behavioral component, social atti-

tude, 252

behavioral tendency, learning, 73

behavior control, psychology goals,

3–4

behaviorism, classical schools, 7

behavior modification, behavior

therapy, 238

behavior therapy, 237–238

bell-shaped curve, intelligence test-

ing, 144

belongingness, hierarchy of needs,

100

Berlin, Irving, 62

bestiality

sexual variance, 181

sodomy, 183

bias, survey method, 22

bile, humors, type-trait theories, 193

Binet, Alfred, 140

Binet-Simon Scale, 140–141

binocular vision, depth perception, 65

biogenetic disorder, schizophrenia,

225

biological drives

Freudian personality theory, 196

motive, 92–93

sexuality, 175

biologically based therapies,

described, 232–233

biological viewpoint

abnormal behavior, 225

behavior, 9

biology, 30–44

brain, 35–39

endocrine system, 39–41

nervous system, 34–35

neurons, 30–34

reproductive, developmental psy-

chology, 155–157

biometric method, intelligence test-

ing, 140

bipolar disorder, mood disorders, 221

bipolar trait, personality theory, 195

bitter taste, 51

black bile, humors, type-trait theo-

ries, 193

Bleuler, Eugen, 222

blood, humors, type-trait theories,

193

Broca’s area, function of, 38

brain

depth perception, 65

function of, 35–38

hemispheres of, 38–39

neurons in, 33

thalamic theory, emotion, 111

brain stem, function of, 36

Breuer, Josef, 8, 20, 219

brightness

structuralism, 5

vision, 49

bystander apathy, social psychology,

257

camphoric smell, 53

Cannon, Walter B., 92, 111

Cannon-Bard theory (thalamic the-

ory), emotion, 111

case study method, research methods,

21

Cattell, Raymond B., 195–196

cell assembly, perception, 62

central nervous system, function of,

34

cerebellum, function of, 36

cerebral cortex, function of, 37–38

change of stimulation, curiosity

drive, 94

character, attack on, logical thinking,

131

child psychology, defined, 154

chivalry, courtly love, 185

choleric personality, 193

chromosomal anomaly, reproductive

biology, 155

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