Psychology exam 4

A psychological disorder is a _______

"harmful dysfunction" in which behaviors are Maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing, and atypical.

Who developed social-cognitive theory?

Albert Bandura

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-d

Anxiety

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

Anxiety

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

BF Skinner

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

Beginning therapy

Who developed client-centered therapy?

Carl Rogers

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

Central route

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

Chronic brain

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

Congruence

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

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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

Foot-in-the-door

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

Group Process

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

Group polarization

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

Group therapy

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

Hans and Sybil Eysenck

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

Heritability

Who identified psychological disorders as a harmful dysfunction?

Jerome C.Wakefield

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

Mental Disorder

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 us

Milgram

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

_______ 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

What is comorbidity?

The correlation OR co-occurrence of two or more disorders

What is the just-world hypothesis?

The idea that people need to believe one will get what one deserves so strongly that they will rationalize an inexplicable injustice by naming things

Aversive conditioning is a ________.

Type of counter conditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

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

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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

attitude

Self-efficacy is

belief of capacity to accomplish goal.

The ________ is demonstrated by the attack on Kitty Genovese.

bystander effect

An archetype is a __________

characteristic/personality trait.

Which group is play therapy often used to treat?

children

Humanistic therapy is also called ________ therapy.

client-centered therapy

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

collective unconscious

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

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

People with experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behavior

obsessive compulsive disorders

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

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

psychotherapy

Schizophrenia is considered a _______

psychotic disorder.

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

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

suicidal ideation

What is a social role?

title, position, or status that carries expectations for acceptable behavior.

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

trait