PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hallucination, Heterosexuality, Habituation
9 Jan 2020
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Gender typing the process of developing the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions associated with a particular gender. Generalization the tendency to associate stimuli, and therefore respond similarly to, due to their closeness on some variable such as size, shape, color, or meaning. Gestalt german word typically translated as meaning "whole" or "form. " Gestalt therapy treatment focusing on the awareness and understanding of one"s feelings. Group polarization the tendency for members of a cohesive group to make more extreme decisions due to the lack of opposing views. Group therapy psychotherapy conducted with at least three or four non-related individuals who are similar in some are, such as gender, age, mental illness, or presenting problem. Group think the tendency for members of a cohesive group to reach decisions without weighing all the facts, especially those contradicting the majority opinion. Habituation the decrease in response to a stimulus due to repetition (e. g. , not hearing the ticking of a clock after getting used to it)
