Intro to Psychology Personality and Psychological Disorders

Genuineness

According to the textbook, the three main features that humanistic therapists hope to exhibit are _____, acceptance, and empathy.

empathy

Alice works as a school counselor for an inner-city school. She is very popular with the students. They believe that they can share anything with her and that she will listen and take the time to understand what is going on with them. Carl Rogers would argue that Alice would score high on a scale of:

learning

Andrea experiences extreme anxiety when she approaches any lake. Her therapist suggests that her fear is the result of a traumatic childhood boating accident. The therapist's suggestion reflects a _____ perspective.

emphasize the importance of clients' personal interpretations of life events.

Cognitive therapists are MOST likely to:

agoraphobia.

Connie is overwhelmed with fear whenever she must leave the house. She is especially afraid when she uses the subway or goes grocery shopping. Connie's case illustrates:

biomedical therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy, deep brain stimulation, and the use of antidepressants are all forms of _____.

High Self Concept

Humanistic psychology emphasizes the importance of:

identification

Jacob picks up a hammer and begins pounding on a board just as his father is hammering nails into the wall. Jacob's actions are BEST explained by:

traditional psychoanalytic

Mikkia needs therapy for help with procrastination. She says, "There's no way I'm going to that therapist! He sees patients three times a week for years on end. I need to get better soon!" The therapist MOST likely uses the _____ approach.

cognitive therapy.

Patrick suffers from depression. Whenever something bad happens, he tends to blame himself or overgeneralizes the extent of the situation. To address Patrick's depression, his therapist is attempting to teach him more adaptive ways of thinking. The therapist's approach is MOST representative of:

Genuineness

People high in the quality of _____ are open with their feelings and are transparent and self-disclosing.

enhance

Recent research seems to indicate that high stress and associated stress hormones tend to _____ memory.

regression; displacement

Sally and her husband, Sam, begin arguing at the dinner table over differing views on how they should spend Sam's bonus check. After arguing for a few minutes, Sally storms from the table and slams the front door as she goes out for a walk. Sam snaps at the children and tells them to hurry up and finish their dinner. Sally is displaying _____; Sam is displaying _____.

self-concept

The humanistic perspective has been criticized for focusing excessively on:

emphasizes the growth potential of healthy individuals.

The humanistic perspective on personality:

family therapy

This therapy assumes that no person is an island, and that people live and grow in relation to others, especially those with whom they live.

Transference

Todd is attracted to his therapist. His attraction reflects the feelings he had toward his mother when he was a young boy in the midst of the Oedipal conflict. Todd's experience illustrates:

obsessive-compulsive; posttraumatic stress disorder

Two disorders that involve anxiety are _____ disorder and _____.

social anxiety disorder

Walter has an intense fear of speaking in public. Because he can only engage in one-on-one discussions, he has been passed over for promotions. He may be suffering from _____ disorder.

hormones

Which area of biological research was NOT cited as a potential explanation of anxiety disorders?

self-actualization

Which of these is NOT a condition of a growth-promoting climate?

Humanistic therapy is one type of insight therapy.

Which statement BEST expresses the relationship between insight therapy and humanistic therapy?

humanistic

Which theoretical perspective led to the new subfield of psychology known as positive psychology?

panic

_____ disorder is characterized by sudden episodes of intense dread.

counterconditioning

_____ is a behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors.

Humanistic

_____ therapy emphasizes people's inherent potential for self-fulfillment