Stress and Health
The type of conflict where all the choices are POSITIVE
What is approach-approach?
A false sensory perception that occurs in the absence of any stimulus or a distorted perception of a stimulus
What is hallucination?
Also called person-centered, a type of therapy that seeks to help the client become fully functioning.
What is psychotherapy?
Unwanted thoughts , ideas or images.
What are obsessions?
Pattern of constant and excessive worry about every day life.
What is GAD?
A type of conflict where all choices are NEGATIVE
What is avoidance-avoidance?
The acronym for a dissociative disorder characterized by multiple personalities in the same person; the individual may "black out" when an alternate personality is "out"
What is DID?
Type of therapy in which relaxation and gradual exposure to a feared object brings about a change in behavior.
What is systemic desensitization?
A disorder characterized by thought of persecution or plots against you, hallucinations and delusions of grandeur?
What is paranoid schizophrenia?
A disorder with irrational and unreasonable fear of something
What is Phobic Disorder?
A type of conflict where both POSITIVE and NEGATIVE consequences come with the decision
What is approach-avoidance?
A psychotic disorder that includes a loss of contact with reality along with hallucinations or delusions; this can also be dangerous, as someone suffering from this disorder can act on "voices" or their irrational thoughts
What is schizophrenia?
Type of conditioning that involves associating pain and discomfort with a behavior.
What is aversive conditioning?
A personality disorder with the trait excessive need for attention.
What is histrionics?
Victims of traumatic events experience the original in dreams or flashbacks leaving sever and long lasting effects.
What is PTSD?
A personality type that refers to people who do not put a lot of pressure on themselves and are often laid back.
What is Type B Personality?
A disorder where an individual deceives and manipulates others for personal gain; lying, stealing, damaging personal property; and responding without remorse when caught and often blames others
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
The acronym for the type of therapy where electrical impulses are used to treat severe disorders.
What is ECT?
Type of disorder where psychological distress is exhibited through physical symptoms.
What are somatoform disorders?
Fear of open spaces
What is Agoraphobia?
A personality type that refers to those who are extremely active, competitive, and rarely are laid back
What is Type A Personality?
A disorder where the person suffering from symptoms such as instability in emotions, self image, and relationships; unpredictable mood swings, feelings of emptiness, fear of abandonment, and self-destructiveness (self-mutilation, suicide, substance abuse, gambling, sexual promiscuity, etc)
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
Therapies that might teach people methods of relaxation in situations that are anxiety provoking. Uses desensitization, aversion therapy and operant conditioning to modify behavior.
What is behavior therapy?
Approves the DSM
What is the American Psychological Association?
Anxiety disorder that consists of obsessions and compulsions.
What is OCD?