Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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Erikson, Erik, 95, 154, 160–163, 248
erogenous zones, psychosexual devel-
opment, 158
esteem needs, hierarchy of needs,
100
estrogen, function of, 41
evaluative component, social attitude,
251
excitement, sexual response cycle,
176
exhaustion, stage of, 113
exhibition, need for, acquired
motives, 97
exhibitionism, sexual variance, 181
existentialism
humanistic viewpoint, 11
motivation, 102–103
exocrine glands, defined, 39
experience, learning, 73–74
experimental group, experimental
method, 25
experimental method, research
methods, 25–27
experimental psychology, defined,
12–13
explanation, psychology goals, 3
extinction
behavior therapy, 237
conditioned reflex, learning,
75–76, 79
extrasensory perception, 66–69
extraversion, personality theory, 195,
200, 203–204
eye
depth perception, 65–66
vision, 48

face validity, intelligence testing, 146
facilitator, group therapy, 240
factor analysis
intelligence testing, 139
sixteen personality factor theory,
195–196
failure to thrive syndrome, psychoso-
cial development, 161
false analogy, logical thinking, 130
false assumption, problem solving,
128
family
Freudian personality theory, 197
sociocultural viewpoint, 11

fantasy, ego defense mechanisms,
199
fear
hierarchy of, behavior therapy,
237
rational anxiety, 216
female arousal disorder, 178
female orgasmic disorder, 178
female sexual dysfunction, 178–179
femininity-masculinity, Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI), 208
feral children, intelligence, 149
Festinger, Leon, 257, 258
fetishism, sexual variance, 181
fetus, reproductive biology, 157
fight-or-flight reaction, epinephrine,
41
figure-ground perception, 59–61
fixation of libido, psychosexual
development, 159
flexibility, creative thinking, 133
floral smell, 53
follicle-stimulating hormone, func-
tion of, 40
forces, psychodynamic viewpoint, 10
formal operations stage, cognitive
development, 165–166
fovea, vision, 48
Fowler, Gene, 204
François, Donatien Alphonse (Mar-
quis de Sade), 183
Frankl, Viktor, 102–103
free association, psychodynamic ther-
apy, 233
free-floating anxiety, anxiety disor-
ders, 217
Freud, Sigmund, 1, 5, 7–8, 10, 20,
36, 86, 97, 98, 154, 155,
157–160, 194, 196–200, 201,
202, 219, 220, 233–234
Freudian slips, 234
frigidity, female sexual dysfunction,
178
frustration
Freudian personality theory, 196
idealization-frustration-demoral-
ization (IFD) syndrome, 186
functional fixedness, problem solving,
128
functionalism, classical schools, 5–6

gain-loss theory, interpersonal attrac-
tion, 250
Galton, Francis, 24, 140
Gardner, Howard, 139
Gauss, Karl Friedrich, 144
Gaussian curve, intelligence testing,
144
gender identity disorder, sexual vari-
ance, 183
gene, reproductive biology, 156
general adaptation syndrome (GAS),
41, 113
general drives, motivation, 93–95
general factor (g), intelligence, 138,
139
generalized anxiety disorder, 217
general paresis, organic mental disor-
ders, 225
generativity versus self-absorption,
psychosocial development,
162
genetics. See alsoinnate tendencies
biological viewpoint, 9
intelligence, 138
reproductive biology, 155–157
genital stage, psychosexual develop-
ment, 159
genuineness, client-centered therapy,
236
geographical world, perception, 58
Gestalt laws, perception, 59–61
Gestalt psychology
case study method, 21
classical schools, 6–7
creative thinking, 132
giantism, 40
global aspect, intelligence, 138
global assessment, mental disorder
classification, 216
goiter, thyroid gland, 40
gonads, function of, 41
Gottman, John, 186–187
grand mal seizure, 241
Greece (ancient), 2–3, 4, 108, 109,
218–219
ground, figure-ground perception,
59–61
group therapy, 240–241
growth hormone (GH), function of,
40
guided fantasies, behavior therapy, 237

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