SUBJECT INDEX
Absorption, 91
Academic performance
(see Achievement)
Accidents, 55
Achievement, 11, 183 –193, 195,
212–213, 216 –219, 239 –242, 293,
325–328, 404 –405 (see also Work)
Achievement Goal Questionnaire, 190
Achievement goals, 190 –193
Achievement motivation, 183 –193
Acquiescence response (agreement
response), 179
Active coping strategies, 127 –130
Adler, Alfred, 96 –101
Adoption, 255 –257
Affect intensity, 207 –210
Aggregating data, 167 –168
Aggression, 6– 8, 83 –84, 131 –138, 375,
404–412, 436 –440
Agreeableness, 161
Allport, Gordon, 152 –155
Analogue behavioral observation, 366Anal stage of development, 51
Androgyny, 379 –384
Anger (see Hostility)
Anima and animus, 102“Anna O., ”case of, 41
Anxiety, 124 –131, 233, 236 –238,
281–282 (see also Social anxiety)
Anxiety to novelty, 233
Anxious-ambivalent attachment style,
141–146
Archetypes, 102 –106
Assessment, 15, 33 –37, 59 –63,
117–119, 172 –179, 297 –301,
364–368, 428 –431Behavior observation, 364 –368
Personal
narratives, 117 –119
Projective tests, 59 –63
Q-Sort, 297 –301
Repertory grid technique, 428 –431
Self-report inventories, 172 –179
Attachment style, 138 –146
Attachment theory, 140 –141
Attributions, 188 –190
Autonomy versus shame and doubt,
107–108
Aversion therapy, 361
Avoidance coping strategies, 128 –130
Avoidant attachment style, 141 –146
Bandura, Albert, 353 –357, 362 –364,
386–389
Basic trust versus mistrust, 106 –107
Behavioral approach system (BAS),
226–227
Behavioral inhibition system (BIS),
226–227
Behavioral validation, 37
Behaviorism, 222, 341 –350
Behavior modification, 360 –362
Behavior observation methods,
364–368
Behavior potential, 351 –352
Belongingness and love needs, 286
Big Five Factor Markers for
Conscientiousness, 162
Big Five personality factors, 159 –165,
170–172, 255
Biofeedback, 380
Birth order, 99 –101
B-love, 286Brain electrical activity, 243 –246
Breuer, Joseph, 41 –42
Cardinal trait, 153
Case study method, 28 –30
Castration anxiety, 52Catharsis, 81, 83 –84, 132, 137 –138
Cattell, Raymond, 158 –160
Central traits, 153
Cerebral asymmetry, 244 –246
Classical 
conditioning, 345 –346,
358–361
Client-centered therapy (see Person-
centered therapy)
Cognitive-affective units, 415 –416
Cognitive personality variables,
415–424
Cognitive psychotherapy, 424 –428
Collective unconscious, 101 –105
Collectivist cultures, 11Conditional/unconditional positive
regard, 282 –283, 294
Conditioning principles (see Classical
conditioning, Operant conditioning)
Conditions of worth (see Conditional/
unconditional positive regard)
Congruent (convergent) validity, 36
Conscientiousness, 162, 171 –172
Conscious versus unconscious
determinants of behavior, 13 –14
Construct validity, 35Contingencies of self-worth, 328 –330
Coping flexibility, 130 –131
Coping strategies, 126 –131
Coronary-prone behavior pattern
(see Type A)
516