This allows someone to focus on one stimulus while ignoring others.
What is selective attention?
Psychologists who study growth across the lifespan work in this field.
What is developmental psychology?
Internal forces that direct behavior are called this.
What are motives?
This is the leading cause of disability among people ages 15–44.
What are mental disorders?
This type of therapy is often called “talk therapy.”
What is psychotherapy?
Meditation can produce this type of state.
What is an altered state of consciousness?
Distress experienced when a parent leaves is called this.
What is separation anxiety?
Satisfaction that comes from within is called this type of reward.
What is an intrinsic reward?
A general feeling of worry or uneasiness is called this.
What is anxiety?
This therapy category uses medication to help treat disorders.
What is biomedical therapy?
These are measured to determine stages of sleep.
What are brain-wave patterns?
According to Piaget, egocentrism occurs during this stage.
What is the preoperational stage?
Freud believed personality was made up of these three parts.
What are the id, ego, and superego?
Repetitive behaviors such as excessive checking or cleaning are called this.
What are compulsions?
This manual is most commonly used to diagnose mental disorders.
What is the DSM?
According to Freud, painful memories are stored in this part of the mind.
What is the unconscious?
This marks the beginning of adolescence.
What is puberty?
Erik Erikson emphasized the importance of these in personality development.
What are social relationships?
False beliefs held despite evidence are known as these.
What are delusions?
This therapy rewards positive behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for prizes.
What is a token economy?
These natural biological cycles regulate sleep and wakefulness.
What are circadian rhythms?
Parents who expect obedience without explanation use this parenting style.
What is authoritarian parenting?
This personality model includes openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability.
What is the Five-Factor Model?
Hearing voices is the most common type of this schizophrenia symptom.
What are hallucinations?
Humanistic therapy focuses on helping clients reach this goal.
What is self-actualization?