Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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chromosomes, reproductive biology,
155–157
chronic anxiety, extent of, 213
chronic hypoglycemia, described, 41
chronic worry, anxiety disorders, 217
chronological age, intelligence test-
ing, 143–144
Cicero, 114
clairvoyance, extrasensory percep-
tion, 67
classical conditioning, learning,
74–76
classical schools, 4–8
behaviorism, 7
functionalism, 5–6
Gestalt psychology, 6–7
psychoanalysis, 7–8
structuralism, 4–5
client-centered therapy, 235–237
clinical method, research methods,
20–21
clinical psychology, defined, 12
clinical syndromes, mental disorder
classification, 215–216
clitoris, sexual response cycle, 176
closure, perception, 60
cochlea, hearing, 50
cognition
consciousness, 46
emotion, 110
psychology definition, 3
cognitive appraisal theory, emotion,
111–112
cognitive-behavior therapy, 238–240
cognitive component, social attitude,
252
cognitive development, developmen-
tal psychology, 163–166
cognitive dissonance theory, social
psychology, 257–258
cognitive distortion
cognitive therapy, 239
psychotic disorders, 221–222
cognitive hypothesis, perception, 62
cognitive learning, perception, 62
cognitive needs, hierarchy of needs,
100
cognitive processes, behavior, psy-
chology definition, 2
cognitive therapy, 239–240

cognitive viewpoint, behavior, 10
cold, touch sensation, 52
collective unconscious, personality
theory, 200–201
color
structuralism, 5
vision, 47–49
common fate, perception, 60–61
compensation, Adlerian psychology,
201–202
concept, defined, 122
concept formation, thinking,
122–124
concrete operations stage, cognitive
development, 165
conditional love, parental style,
169–170
conditioned reflex
experimental psychology, 12
learning, 75
conditioned stimulus, learning, 74–75
conditioning
learning, 75–76
operant, learning, 77–81
cones, vision, 48
conflict
emotion, 114–117
incongruence, conscious individ-
ual, 205
personality formation, learning,
203–204
conformity, social psychology,
254–257
confusion versus identity, psycho-
social development, 162
congruence, client-centered therapy,
235
conjugal love, marriage, 185–186
conjunctive concept, thinking,
122–123
conscience, Freudian personality the-
ory, 197
conscious individual, personality,
204–205
consciousness
behaviorism, 7
learning and, 81–84
psychology definition, 3
steps in, 46
structuralism, 5

contempt, marriage instability, 187
control group, experimental method,
25
conventional level, moral develop-
ment, 167
convergent thinking
creative thinking, 132
intelligence, 138
conversion disorder, abnormal psy-
chology, 218–219
Coopersmith, Stanley, 168
Copernicus, Nicholas, 128–129
cornea, vision, 48
corpus callosum, brain hemispheres,
38
correlational method, research meth-
ods, 23–25
correlation coefficient
correlational method, 24
intelligence testing, 146
corticosteroid hormones, function
of, 40–41
counseling psychologist, defined,
13
countertransference, psychodynamic
therapy, 235
courtly love, intimacy, 185
creative thinking, 131–133
criticism, marriage instability, 187
cross-dressing, sexual variance,
183–184
culture, sociocultural viewpoint, 11
Curie, Marie, 193
curiosity drive, 93–94
cyclothymia, mood disorders, 221

data
psychology definition, 2
scientific method, 18, 19
decibel (dB), hearing, 50
deductive reasoning, logical thinking,
129
deep touch sensation, 52
defense mechanisms
compensation, Adlerian psychol-
ogy, 201–202
Freudian personality theory,
197–199
psychoanalysis, 8
unconscious motivation, 98

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