Psychology Exam 4

Who developed social-cognitive theory?

Bandura

Who developed client-centered therapy?

Carl Rogers

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

Carl Rogers and Maslow

Which classification system is used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5)

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

Group therapy

A(an) ________ complex refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of society.

Inferiority

During the therapist's first meeting with the client, called ________, the therapist gathers specific information to address the client's immediate needs. 43

Intake

Social psychology is a field that studies both interpersonal and intrapersonal behavior. What is an example of interpersonal behavior?

Interpersonal topics (those that pertain to dyads and groups) include helping behavior (Figure 12.2), aggression, prejudice and discrimination, attraction and close relationships, and group processes and intergroup relationships.

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

Myers Briggs Type Indicator

Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?

Philip Zimbardo

Cultural competence is a therapist's understanding of, and attention to, ________.

Race, culture, and ethnicity in providing treatment

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

Relapse

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

Schizophrenia

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

Seasonal Pattern

Who developed psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality?

Sigmund Freud

The ________ is demonstrated by the attack on Kitty Genovese.

The bystander effect

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

Trait theorists

28. Who identified psychological disorders as a harmful dysfunction?

Wakefield

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.

anxiety

________ disorders are characterized by excessive, persistent fear and apprehension and by related disturbances in behavior.

anxiety disorder

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

attitude

Which childhood disorder is characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and repetitive patterns of behavior or interests?

autism spectrum disorder

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

behavior therapy

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?

carl hovland

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

central route persuasion

Which group is play therapy often used to treat?

children

Addiction is often viewed as a(an) ________ disease.

chronic

Humanistic therapy is also called ________ therapy.

client centered; rogerian; humanism

What is comorbidity?

co-occurrence of two disorders in the same individual

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

collective unconscious

A psychological disorder is a ________.

condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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?

confidentiality

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

congruence

Aversive conditioning is a ________.

counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior

Which type of persuasion involves 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?

foot in the door

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

freud

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

group polarization

________ describes a proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics.

heritability

What is the just-world hypothesis?

ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve

People with ________ disorders experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts.

obsessive compulsive disorder

Self-efficacy is ________.

our level of confidence in our own abilities, developed through our social experiences

An archetype is a ________.

pattern that exists in our collective unconscious across cultures and societies

When it comes to social psychology, a script is a ________.

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

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

persona

Schizophrenia is considered a ________ disorder.

psychological

Following an outcome, ________ are those attributions that enable us to see ourselves in favorable light.

self- serving bias

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 ________.

social loafing

What is a social role?

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

________ involves thoughts of death by suicide, thinking about or planning suicide, or making a suicide attempt.

suicidal ideation