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Final for Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| disorder in which panic attacks occurs frequently enough to cause the person difficulty in adjusting to daily life | Panic disorder |
| an irrational persistent fear of an object situation or social activity | Phobia |
| terrified of being sick and worries constantly ghoing to doctors repeatedely, and becoming preoccupied w/ every sensation of the body. | hypochondriasis |
| behavior the quality of excessive excitement energy. and elation or irritability. (example charlie sheen) | manic |
| severe depression that comes on suddenly and seems to have no external cause. | depression |
| (multiple personality disorder) occurs when a person seems to have 2 OR MORE distinct personalities within one body. | dissociative identify disorder |
| disorders in which there is a BREAK IN CONSCIOUS AWARENESS, MEMORY, THE SENSE OF IDENTIFY, OR SOME COMBINATION. | dissociative disorder |
| person experiences a specific symptom in the sommattic nervous system's functioning such as; PARALYSYS, NUMBNESS OR BLINDNESS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PHYSICAL CAUSE. | conversion disorder |
| client dramatically complains of a specific symptom such as nausea, difficulty swallowing, or pain for which there is no real physical cause. | sommatization dosorder |
| disorder in which intruding recurring thoughts or obssesions create anxiety that is releaved by performing a repetive ritaliostic behavior compolsion. | obsessive compulsive disorder |
| main symptom is excessive or unrealistic anxiety and fearfulness. | anxiety |
| changing one's behavior to match that of other people. | comformity |
| give you a little token, asking for a small commitment and after gaining compliance asking for a bigger commitment. (ex. donation) | foot-in-the-door |
| asking for a large commitment and being refused and then asking for a smaller commitment. | door-in-the-face |
| changing one's behavior at the command of an authority figure. | obidience |
| tendency to direct prejudice and discrimmination at out-group members who have little social power or influence. | scapegoating |
| negative attitude about the members of a particular social group. | prejudice |
| TREATING people differently because of prejudice towards their social group. ( ex. sexism , racism) | discrimination |
| sociably desirable behavior that benefits others . | prosocial behavior |
| behavior intended to hurt or destroy another person. | aggression |
| the pattern of BEHAVIOR THAT IS EXPECTED OF A PERSON WHO IS IN A PARTICULAR SOCIAL POSITION (standford prison experiment) | social roles |
| study of abnormal behavior. | psychoanalytic |
| the perceived "us" | in-group |
| the perceived "they" | out-group |
| sense of discomfort or disstress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's attitude. | cognitive dissonance |
| the tendency for people to put LESS EFFORT IN TO A SIMPLE TASK when working with others on that task. | social loafing |
| changing one's behavior as a result of other people directing or asking for change, (not the same obidience) | compliance |
| "teacher" administered what they thought were real shocks to a "learner". | milgram study |
| who was the one electric shocked? "learner or teacher" | no one |
| kind of thinking that occurs when people place more importance on mainting group cohesiveness than on assessing the facts of the problem w/ which the group is concerned | Group think |
| insight therapy to discover the unconscious conflicts | Psychoanalysis |
| see abnormal behavior as learned | behaviorist |
| focus on helping client recognize distortion in their thinking & replace distorted,unrealistic beliefs w/ more realistic helpful thoughts | Cognitive Therapy |
| rapid & intense exposure to fear provoking situation object, w/out escape | Flooding |
| slow and gradual exposure to source of anxiety. The client is taught to relax while concentrating on fear *remember the clown clip | Systematic Desensitization |
| Historical treatment of mental illness | Middle ages mentally ill called witches |
| client "patient" to freud is allowed to talk freely about anything w/out fear of negative evaluation | Free association |
| therapist use "reflection" to restate the sentiments the client discusses allows the client to know the therapist is engaged and understands what the client is saying | Person-Centered therapy |
| offers a more directive approach to insight therapy often includes role-playing *the empty chair technique | Gestalt therapy |
| A major reason why people won't help when there are many bystanders because: | of diffusion of responsibility |
| The term refers to the tendency to help others who are in need even when there is not likely to be reward for helping | altruism |
| ______ is characterized by severe mood swings between major depressive episodes and manic episodes. | Bipolar disorder |
| ___ theorist would suggest psychopathology comes from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of thought | Cognitive |
| The psychoanalysist knows that repressed information is just "below the surface" of the conversation when the patient begins to experience _____. | resistance |
| Antabuse is medication taken that will bring on illness when one drinks on illness when one drinks alcohol. What type of therapy is this? | Aversion therapy |
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