Intro to Psych EXAM 4

Anxiety

A panic disorder is a type of ________________ disorder characterized by panic attacks, along with at least one month of worry about panic attacks or self-defeating behavior related to the attacks.

attitude

A(n) _________ is the evaluation of or feelings towards a person, idea or object that are typically positive or negative.

chronic

Addiction is often viewed as a(an) __________ disease

Skinner

Because we have developed certain response tendencies, ______ believed that we demonstrate consistent behavior patterns.

Persona

Carl Jung referred to the ______ as the mask we adopt.

Collective Unconscious

Carl Jung's view of extroverted and introverted types serves as a basis of the ________.

Zimbardo

Conducted Stanford Prison experiment

Intake

During the therapist's first meeting with a client, called _________, the therapist gathers specific information to address the client's immediate needs.

client centered

Humanistic therapy is also called ________ therapy.

Relapse

Repeated drug use and/or alcohol use after a period of improvement from substance abuse is called _________

Psychotic Disorder

Schizophrenia is considered what kind of disorder?

Social Cognitive Theory

The ________ refers to common psychological tendencies that have been passed from one generation to the next.

Bystander Effect

The ____________ is demonstrated by the attack on Kitty Genovese

Social Loafing

Travis is part of a group playing tug of war. He knows that his team is stronger, so he doesn't try as hard as he could. Travis is engaged in ___________.

Children

Which group is play therapy often used to treat?

Behavior Therapy

Which kind of therapy involves a therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors?

Schizophrenia

Which psychological disorder is characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception and behavior?

confidentiality

Which term refers to the fact that the therapist cannot disclose private communications to any third party unless mandated or permitted by law to do so?

Group Therapy

Which treatment modality involves 5-10 people with the same issue or concern meeting together with a trained clinician?

Foot in door technique

Which type of persuasion involved encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?

central route persuasion

Which type of persuasion involves logic-driven arguments using data and facts to convince people of an argument's worthiness?

Hans and Sybil Eysenck

Who believed that our personality traits are influenced by genetic inheritance?

Carl Rogers

Who developed client-centered therapy?

Sigmund Freud

Who developed psychoanalysis?

Freud

Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality?

Wakefield

Who identified psychological disorders as a harmful dysfunction?

Stanley Milgram

Who was the social psychology professor at Yale who designed an obedience study in order to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis?

Trait

_______ theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving

Group Polarization

_________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group

Anxiety Disorders

___________ are characterized by excessive, persistent fear and apprehension and by related disturbances in behavior

Autism Spectrum Disorder

a childhood disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and repetitive patterns of behavior

Social Role

a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

Script

a person's knowledge about the sequence of events expected in a specific setting

Congruence

a state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar

Seasonal Pattern

a subtype of depression in which a person experiences the symptoms of major depressive disorder only during a particular time of year

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

classification system used by most mental health professions in the United States of America

Psychological Disorder

condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

aversive conditioning

counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior

Race and Ethnicity

cultural competence is a therapist's understanding and attention to issues of______

Albert Bandura

developed social cognitive theory

Obsessive compulsive disorder

experience thoughts and urges that are unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts

Self Serving Bias

following an outcome _______ are those attributions that enable us to see ourselves in favorable light

Suicidal Ideation

involved thoughts of death by suicide, thinking about or planning suicide, or making suicide attempt

Self Efficacy

our level of confidence in our own abilities

Inferiority Complex

refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of society

Archetype

the ancestral memories in the collective unconscious

Just World Hypothesis

the belief that people get the outcome they deserve

Comorbity

the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual

Heritability

the proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics

intrapersonal behavior

topics that pertain to an individual, include emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition (the ways in which we think about ourselves and others)