Psych Final Exam

___stress that occurs when people move to new countries or cultures and must adjust to a new way of life.

Acculturative Stress

__the ability to pick up on the content and emotions behind words in order to understand a client's perspective.

Active Listening

Jung suggested that the questing hero figure prominent in many legends, stories, epic poems, and so forth represents a(n)___, a symbolic representation of a universal experience.

Archetype

Daniel has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Daniel's psychiatrist might prescribe___ to control his hallucinations and delusions.

Atypical Antipsychotics

Tasha is seeing a therapist because she is depressed. Her therapist gives her examples of reinforcing self-statements and trains Tasha on self-instructional methods that allow her to modify her own behavior. Tasha's therapist is most likely practicing__

Behavior Therapy

In the psychology of stress and health, the minor irritants or problems people deal with on a regular basis are called___

Daily Hassels

___ the mass movement of patients with psychological disorders out of mental institutions and the attempt to reintegrate them into the community.

Deinstitionalization

are distortions of perceptions and memories of the real world, without one's awareness, to help reduce anxiety created by conflict among the id, ego and the superego.

Ego Defense Mechanism

Jenny has just finished describing one of her dreams to her therapist. Her therapist tells her to say anything and everything that comes to her mind. Jenny's therapist is using the technique of___

Free Association

With respect to Freud's model of the mind, pleasure is to reality as__ is to ego.

Id

Stress may impair the production of disease-fighting white blood cells called___

Lymphocytes

Carrie has had trouble sleeping for the past two weeks. She has no energy and feels "blue." Carrie may be suffering from _____

Major Depressive Disorder

Dr. Chapman believes that major depression is best treated through the prescription of drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin in the brain. Dr. Chapman appears to endorse the __ model of the etiology of psychological disorders.

Medical

Gloria is a real "diva": She expects special treatment from others but completely disregards others' feelings. Gloria may have___ personality disorder.

Narcissistic

Jillian can't bear to leave her home without washing all the linens and floors, vacuuming the carpets, and organizing everything in her cupboards. Because she knows that her behavior is extreme, she has tried to go to work without doing all these things, but she is overcome with such overwhelming dread that she never makes it all the way to the office. Jillian probably has___

OCD

is the unique core set of characteristics that influence the way one thinks, acts and feels and is relatively consistent throughout the lifespan.

Personality

__ a negative attitude or opinion about a group of people based on certain traits or characteristics.

Prejudice

Kirby just got divorced. He is currently thinking about how disruptive and significant this life change will be for him. According to Lazarus, Kirby's behavior is an example of___

Primary Appraisal

Melissa just landed her dream job. The only problem is that her workplace is far from her home. She spends about 3 hours commuting in the car every day. Traffic is normally quite heavy and Melissa is experiencing a great deal of stress. If Melissa moved closer to her place of employment in order to decrease her commute time, this would be an example of___

Problem-Focused Coping

Barry is looking at an abstract collage of colors, lines, and shapes, trying to come up with an interpretation of it. Barry may be taking a(n)__ personality test.

Projective

Dr. Ainsworth believes that one's personality largely reflects internal conflicts and unconscious forces. Dr. Ainsworth appears to take a___ perspective on personality.

Psychodynamic

Siobhan usually has two or three cocktails in the late afternoon to "take the edge off" the stress created by her demanding job. Siobhan's behavior illustrates the___ Hypothesis

Self- Medication

To help Tom reduce his fear of flying, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is taking off in an airplane. The therapist's technique BEST illustrates___

Systematic Desensitization

Dr. Montgomery, a personality theorist, seeks to identify the key dimensions necessary to predict behavior. Dr. Montgomery endorses the___ Perspective on personality

Trait

Dr. DeRouen is a psychodynamic therapist. Her colleague, Dr. Ebrahim practices person- centered therapy. Both doctors, though, believe that the goal of therapy is to encourage awareness of inner conflicts, defenses, and motives. Both Dr. DeRouen and Dr. Ebrahim are therefore ___ therapists.

insight