Chapter 10 - Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

it occurs when a memory is elaborated upon through imagination, leading the person to confuse the imaged event with events that actually happened

the tendency to look only for evidence that confirms their previous hunch and to not look for evidence that might disconfirm their belief

readily acknowledge that information can get into our memories without our ever being aware of the information

• does not influence people's motivations
• ex:// flashed on a screen so quick that you don't recognize the actual words

makes that associated material more accessible to conscious awareness than is material that is not primed

desperation and confusion a person feels when he or she has not developed a strong sense of identity

implying that people go through the stages in a certain order and hat there is a specific issue that characterizes each stage

a set of shared standards for many behaivours

to highlight a gender difference in response to compeition and achievement situations

which refers to the common tendency for people to take the credit for success yet to deny responsibility for failure

inflated self-admiration and constant attempts to draw attention to the self and to keep others focused on oneself

although a narcissist appears high in self-esteem, he or she actually had doubts about his or her worth as a person

mother and baby enter the laboratory room, and leaves the stranger with baby, comes back and record baby's reaction

stoically endured the separation and went about exploring the room, interacted with stranger, felt confident the mother would return

avoided the mother when they returned

cry when mom left, however behaved ambivalently when mom returned, showed both anger and desire to be close to the mother

the person has few problem developing satisfying friendships and relationships, trust people

difficulty in learning to trust others

vulnerability and uncertainty about relationships