Psychology ch 12,13,14

Passion

According to ROBERT STERNBERG's triangular model of love, _____ is most crucial in short term relationships

early childhood

According to psychodynamic therapy, psychological problems reflect ___ experiences and inner conflicts.

Commitment

According to the triangular mode of love, ___ means deciding to enhance and maintain the relationship

attidude

An enduring mental representation of a person, place, or thing that typically evokes an emotional response and related behavior

Observational learning

Behavior therapists rely heavily on principles of conditioning and ________

Motives

Cognitive psychologists believe people decide whether they will lash out or not on the basis of their interpretation of the other persons _____

multiple personality disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder was formerly known as

therapist

During modern psychodynamic therapy, the client and the _____ usually sit face to face

Deep depression

Ecstatic elation and ____ are both aspects of delusional disorder

Psychological

Overcrowding aggravated the ___ problems that inmates of asylums were already facing.

Mood disorders

People with ___ May become severely depressed when things are going well or when they encounter mildly upsetting events

Generalized

People with ___ anxiety disorder suffer from persistent anxiety that can not be attributed to a phobic object, situation, or activity

borderline personality disorder

People with ____ alternate between extremes in adulation and loathing

Avoidant personality disorder

People with ____ are generally unwilling to enter a relationship without some assurance of acceptance

PTSD

People with acute stress disorder can go on to experience ____

Dopamine theory

People with schizophrenia use more dopamine than most people do

Catatonic

People with the condition termed ____ show striking impairment in motor activity

Reality

Psychological disorders are sometimes associated with faulty perceptions or interpretations of

Behaviors

Psychotherapies influence clients' thoughts, feelings, and ____

Consciousness and choice

Social cognitive theorist believe ____ play key roles in aggressive behavior among humans

Self actualization

According to CARL ROGERS, psychological problems arise from roadblocks placed in the path of ____

Stress

In groupthink, external threats heighten the cohesiveness of the group and is a source of ____

Self esteem

People who remain depressed have lower ____

Irrational

Rational emotive behavior therapists encourage clients to challenge and correct ___ expectations

propinquity

Reason people tend to have partners from the same backgrouns

claustrophobia

The fear of tight or enclosed places

Empathy

The feeling of _____ encourages helping behavior and discourages aggressiob

Persuasive messages

The elaboration likelihood model describes the ways in which people respond to ____

Aggressive

The hypothalamus brain structure is associated with instinctive ____ reactions in nonhumans

Hallucination

a perception in the absence of sensory stimulation that is confused with reality

Anti anxiety drugs

Most ______ belong to the chemical class known as benzodiazepines

traumatic

PTSD may occur months or years after a ____ experience

Discrimination

Prejudice is connected to avoidance, aggression, and ______

Stressors

The core of generalized anxiety disorder appears to be pervasive worrying about numerous ___

Selective exposure

The deliberate seeking and attending to information that is consistent with one's attitude is known as _____

Pressure

The discomfort faced by the participants in the Asch study was caused by the _____ to conform

Directive

Unlike client centered therapy, gestalt therapy is ____ in nature

Decreases

Valuing being right over being liked ____ the tendency to conform

Gestalt therapy

Was originated by FRITZ PERLS

dispositional attribution

We are biased toward making _____ when we explain other people's behavior

Defenses

When the superego floods an individual with excessive guilt, _____ are established

Asylums

were intended primarily for housing people with psychological disorders

paranoid personality disorder

A tendency to interpret other people's behavior as threatening or demeaning

Ignore evidence

AARON BECK believed that clients may selectively perceive the world as a harmful place and ___ to the contrary

active

ALBERT ELLIS's rational emotive therapy methods are ____ and directive

social mask

According to gestalt therapy, people don ____ pretending to be things they aren't

Flawed decisions

A characteristic of groupthink that contributes to ___, the group's belief in its rightness

Stupor

A condition in which the senses, thought, and movement are dulled

Praise

Agreement and _____ are more effective ways to encourage withers to embrace one's views

Disassociative

Amnesia is frequently associated with ____ disorders

Group therapy

An advantage of _____, is it allows the therapist to work with several clients at once

Psychodynamic therapies

Based on the thinking of SIGMUND FREUD

attitude-discrepant behavior

Behavior inconsistent with an attitude that may have the effect of modifying an attitude is known as ____

maladaptive behavior

Behavior therapists may help clients become aware of the circumstances in which ______ occurs

Beliefs and attitudes

Cognitive therapy is likely to focus on changing the _______ that create and compound people's problems

Somatoform

Conversion disorder is a type of ___ disorder

Prejudice

Discrimination refers to behavior that results from ____

Hypochondria

Illness anxiety disorder is a type of somatic symptom disorder that was earlier called

Free association

In ____, clients are made comfortable and asked to talk about any topic that comes to mind

empathy

In client centered therapy, ____ refers to the recognition of a clients experiences and feelings

Cognitive

On a ____ level, prejudice is linked to expectations that members of the target group will behave poorly or engage in criminal activity

Fascination

Passion involves ____ for the loved one, sexual craving, and the desire for exclusiveness.

Conform

People are said to _____ when they change their behavior to adhere to social norms

ideas of persecution

Refer to erroneous belief that one is being victimized

Modeling

Relies on observational learning

Obedience to authority

STANLEY MILGRAM undertook a series of classic experiments at Yale to study the factors that contribute to _____

Dominate

Testosterone appears to affect the tendencies to ____ and control other people

Reciprocity

The attraction-similarity hypothesis theorizes that ___ is a powerful determinant of attraction

Prefrontal lobotomy

The best known form of psychosurgery that is used with people with severe psychological disorders

Central route

When ads focus on the quality of the product, they persuade people to change attitudes through ____

Specific phobias

excessive, irrational fears of specific objects or situations

Reinforced

From the behavioral perspective, strong and agile organisms are likely to be ____ for aggressive behavior

Social

Excessive fear of public speaking is a common ____ anxiety disorder

Personality

FRITZ PERLS used the term gestalt to signify his interest in giving the conflicting parts of the ____ an integrated form of shape

Dissociative Amnesia

In generalized ___ people forget their entire lives

Manic

In the ___ phase of bipolar disorder, a person may make huge contributions to charity

electromyograph

In the context of biofeedback training, the ____ is a device that is used to monitor muscle tension

Evaluation apprehension

In the context of group behavior, ____ is the concern that others are assessing one's behavior

Dreams

In the context of psychodynamic therapy, SIGMUND FREUD considered ___the "royal road to the unconscious"

Positive regards

Client centered therapists have unconditioned ____ for their clients

Physical appearance

A factor that contributes to attraction

Family therapy

A form of group therapy that may be undertaken from the systems approach

Physical

A racing heart is a ___ symptom of anxiety disorders

Neuroticism

Characterized largely by persistent anxiety

Principles of learning

Behavior therapy applies ____ to directly promote desired behavioral changes

Fears

Behavior therapy methods for reducing ___ include virtual therapy

Collectivist

Belonging to a ___ society increases the tendency to conform

Schizophrenia

Characterized by disturbances in thought and language, perception and attention, motor activity, and mood, as well as withdrawal and absorption in daydreams or fantasy.

Anxiety disorder

Characterized by excessive worrying, fear of losing control, nervousness, and inability to relax

Acute stress disorder

Characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a traumatic event