Abnormal Psychology

The channeling of unacceptable impulses into socially constructive pursuits

Impossing one's own impulses or wishes onto another person

The use of justifications to explain away unacceptable behavior

Refusal to recognize a theatening impulse or desire

Behaving in a way that is the opposite of one's true wishes or desires to keep these repressed.

The transfer or unacceptable impulses away from their original objects to a safer or less-threatening object

The return of behavior that is typical of earlier stages of development

Expulsion from awareness of unacceptable ideas or motives

Repression, Regression, Displacement, Denial, Reaction Formation, Rationalization, Projection, Sublimation

The body's master control unit 
(includes spinal cord & brain)

Divided into three major parts, the lower part/hindbrain, the midbrain, and the forebrain
(nervous system - central nervous system)

A column of nerves between the brain and the peripheral nervous system
(nervous system - central nervous system)

The body's link to the outside world
(contains the autonomic nervous system & the somatic nervous system)

Regulates involuntary bodily processes, including heart rate, respiration, digestion, pupil contraction; opperates automatically, without conscious direction
(contains the sympathetic nervous system & the parasympathetic nervous system)
(part of the peripheral nervous system)

Carries sensory information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system & relays motor commands to muscles; controls voluntary movement
(part of the Peripheral Nervous System