ECON 130. PSYCHOLOGY. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

abnormal behavior actions that are unexpected and often evaluated negatively because they differ from typical or usual behavior. behavioral model explanation of human behavior, including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology behavior therapy array of therapeutic methods based on the principles of behavioral and cognitive science, as well as principles of learning as applied to clinical problems. it considers specific behaviors rather than inferred conflicts as legitimate targets for change. castration anxiety fear in young boys that they will be mutated genitally because of their lust for their mothers. certain psychological dysfunctions are considered to be on a continuum rather that either present or absent because drawing the line between normal and abnormal dysfunction is often difficult. classical conditioning fundamental learning process first described by Ivan Pavlov. an event that automatically elicits a response is paired with another stimulus event that does not. the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that can elicit the desired response by itself. clinical description details of the combination of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of an individual that make up a particular disorder. collective unconscious