Chp. 18-19-20 ap psych test

resistance

A client's hesitancy or unwillingness to discuss issues raised during free association -

persuasion

A direct attempt to change/influence other people's attitudes or views

2 or more personalities

A person with dissociative identity disorder has -

sales resistance

A person's abilities to say "no" to persuasive requests to buy products or services -

free association

An analyst ask the client to relax and then to say whatever comes to mind

attitude

Belief and feeling about objects, people and events that affect how people behave -

all of the above

Brief psychoanalysis differs from traditional psychoanalysis in

the person has a stake in the outcome

a person's behavior is more likely to follow his or her attitudes when:

humanistic therapy

assumes most people are basically good and naturally tend to strive for self-actualization

dissociative fugue

characterized by forgetting personal info:

active listening

the listener repeats, rephrases, and asks for clarification of the speakers statements

Freud's use of hypnosis

the psychoanalytical technique of free association developed as a result of:

central and peripheral route

the two basic ways to persuade people are the

nondirective therapy

Clients are encouraged to take the lead and talk openly about whatever is troubling them

physical functioning, no medical explanation

Conversion disorders involve change in (or loss of) -

depersonalization

Dissociative disorder involving feelings detachment from one's mind or body

present the stimulus over and over again

Effective way to persuade person to adopt more favorable attitude toward a stimulus is to -

somatization

Expression of psychological distress through physical symptoms (Greek word for "body")

traumatic event

Formerly called psychogenic amnesia, dissociative amnesia, characterized by a sudden loss of memory

central route

Method of persuasion that uses evidence and logical arguments

all of the above

Some people are more persuasive than others; research shows that people are persuasive if they are

latent content

The hidden meaning of a dream which the therapist interprets

cognitive evaluation

The process of evaluating evidence, examining data carefully, and forming attitudes

self-esteem and social anxiety

The two personality factors involved in sales resistance

two sided argument

People present their side of an argument and their opposition's side as well (to discredit)

change attitude to match behavior

People suffering from cognitive dissonance are likely to -

School/college counselors

Person centered (humanistic) therapy is practiced widely by

paranoid schizophrenia

Personality disorder that causes people to be distrustful and suspicious of others

reach their full potential

Primary goal of humanistic therapy is to help individuals

expose unreasoned problems in the client's earlier relationships

Psychoanalysts make use of transference to -

people act as others want/expect them to act

Psychologist Carl Rogers believed psychological problems arise when -

antisocial personality

Shows a persistent behavior pattern for disregard for, and violation of, rights of others -

cognitive anchors

Though a person's attitude can change, they usually stay the same because of

hypochondriasis

Unrealistic preoccupation with the fear that one has a serious disease

dream analysis

Used by psychoanalysts to reveal the unconscious thoughts and feelings expressed in dreams

person centered

key components are active listening and unconditional positive regard (Carl Rogers)

peripheral route

method of persuasion in which subjects are associated with positive or negative cues:

in a good mood

people are less likely to evaluate messages carefully when they are:

schizoid personality disorder

people who are loners and cannot become attached:

patterns of inflexible traits

people with personality disorders suffer disruptions in their social life or work because of

cognitive anchors

persistent belief that shapes the way people see the world and interpret events

social relationship problems

person-centered therapy seems to work best for treating:

emotional appeals

persuasive messages that play on listener's feelings, rather than on their logic

revealing unconscious thoughts/feelings at the problem's root

self-awareness and insight help patients undergoing psychoanalysis reduced guilt and anxiety by

dissociation

separation of personality traits or mental processes from conscious thought

somatoform disorder

hypochondriasis is a type of:

manifest content

the actual content of a dream as it is remembered by the client

are not reinforced for good behavior

Learning theorists suggest that personality disorders (i.e. antisocial) behaviors can be caused by

transference

develop a relationship with the analyst similar to the one with an important person in life:

repression of unacceptable urges

dissociative disorders have been explained by