Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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stress
adrenal glands, 41
health and, emotion, 112–114
structuralism, classical schools, 4–5, 6
subconscious perception, Thematic
Apperception Test (TAT),
206
superego, Freudian personality the-
ory, 197
superior personality, dissociative dis-
orders, 220
survey method, research methods,
21–22
survival, biological drives, 92–93
sweet taste, 51
symbol, thinking, 122
sympathetic division, autonomic
nervous system, function of,
34–35
symptom, mental disorder classifica-
tion, 215
synapse, neurons, 32
synaptic cleft, neurons, 32
syndrome, mental disorder classifica-
tion, 215
syphilis, general paresis, organic
mental disorders, 225
systematic desensitization, behavior
therapy, 237

tabula rasa, learning viewpoint, 9
taste, sensation, 51
taste buds, sensation, 51
telepathy, extrasensory perception,
66–69
Tennov, Dorothy, 185
Terman, Lewis, 22, 141
testes, function of, 41
testing. Seepsychological testing
testosterone, function of, 41
texture gradient, depth perception,
66
thalamic theory (Cannon-Bard the-
ory), emotion, 111
thalamus, function of, 37
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT),
206
therapy, 231–246
behavior therapy, 237–238
client-centered, 235–237

cognitive-behavior therapy,
238–240
defined, 232
drug therapy, 241–243
group therapy, 240–241
overview, 232–233
psychodynamic, 233–235
thiamin, organic mental disorders,
224
thinking, 120–135
cognitive viewpoint, 10
concept formation, 122–124
convergent, intelligence, 138
creative thinking, 131–133
defined, 122
divergent, 131
experimental psychology, 12
functionalism, 6
Gestalt psychology, 6
logical thinking, 128–131
metathought, 121–122
problem solving, 124–128
psychology definition, 3
thirst, biological drives, 92–93
Thorndike, Edward L., 77
Thurstone, Louis, 139
thyroid gland, 9, 40
thyrotrophin, function of, 40
thyroxin, function of, 40
timbre, hearing, 50
token economy, behavior therapy,
238
Tolman, Edward C., 82
Tolstoy, Leo, 133
touch, sensation, 51–52
tough-minded attitude, scientific
method, 18
traits. See alsopersonality
defined, 192
interpersonal attraction, 249
theories of, 193–196, 200
tranquilizers, 241
transference, psychodynamic therapy,
234–235
transsexualism, sexual variance,
183
transvestic fetishism (transvestism),
sexual variance, 183–184
treatments. Seetherapy
trial-and-error learning, 76–77

trichromatic theory, vision,
48–49
trisomy 21 (Down’s syndrome),
155
trust versus mistrust
affectional drive, 95
psychosocial development, 161
two-sided argument, persuasion,
253
tympanic membrane, hearing, 50
Type A behavior, 113, 114
Type B behavior, 114
Type I and Type II errors, scientific
method, 19
type-trait theories, 193–196. See also
personality; traits

ultra-violet rays, vision, 48
unconditional love, parental style,
169
unconditional positive regard, client-
centered therapy, 236
unconditioned stimulus, learning,
74
unconscious
collective unconscious, personality
theory, 200–201
motivation, 97–99
projective personality tests,
205–206
psychoanalysis, 8
slips of the tongue, 233–234
undifferentiated type, schizophrenia,
psychotic disorders, 222
unilateral attraction, interpersonal
attraction, 249
unipolar disorders, mood disorders,
220–221

vagina, sexual response cycle, 176
vaginismus, female sexual dysfunc-
tion, 179
validity
intelligence testing, 145–147
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI), 207
psychological testing, 23
values
motivation, 102–103
sociocultural viewpoint, 11

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