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