Psychology

  The terms dominant and recessive describe the inheritance patterns of certain traits. That is, they describe how likely it is for a certain phenotype to pass from parent offspring. Sexually reproducing species, including people and other animals, have two copies of each gene. The two copies, called alleles, can be slightly different from each other. The differences can cause variations in the protein that’s produced, or they can change protein expression: when, where, and how much protein is made. Proteins affect traits, so variations in protein activity or expression can produce different phenotypes. A dominant allele produces a dominant phenotype in individuals who have one copy of the allele, which can come from just one parent. For a recessive allele to produce a recessive phenotype, the individual must have two copies, one from each parent. An individual with one dominant and one recessive allele for a gene will have the dominant phenotype. They are generally considered “car...

  What is the difference between intimacy and isolation? Intimacy is the ability to be able to open up romantically and emotionally to those closest to the individual. Those with intimacy have strong relationships with others. Isolation is the inability to form close relationships. These individuals are more depressed and lonely. How do you develop intimacy vs. isolation? Intimacy is developed by working on being able to share things about yourself to others. Additionally, one must practice listening to others. What does Erikson say about intimacy? Erikson says that intimacy is important to developing strong relationships with others. Being able to be intimate includes being able to discuss details about one's life and open up about their feelings. Erik Erikson's Eight Stages Erik Erikson  was born in 1902 in Germany. He is known as one of the best psychoanalysts of his time. His career started as an art teacher at a Montessori school in Vienna. This school used psychoanalytic...

Conflict , in  psychology , the arousal of two or more strong motives that cannot be solved together. A youngster, for example, may want to go to a dance to feel that he belongs to a group and does what his friends do. For an adolescent in Western  culture , that is a strong motive. But the youth may be a clumsy dancer and sensitive to the real or imagined ridicule of his fellows. Therefore, he also has a motive to avoid the dance to escape humiliation. He is in a dilemma; whether he goes or stays he will experience distress. This type of situation is termed an  approach-avoidance conflict. Psychologically, a conflict exists when the reduction of one motivating stimulus involves an increase in another, so that a new adjustment is demanded. Conflicts are not all equally severe. A conflict between two desired gratifications ( approach-approach conflict), as when a  youth  has to choose between two attractive and practicable careers, may lead to some vacillation bu...