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