Personality
Which approach to personality focuses on describing individual differences?
What is trait theory?
Repetitive, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors are characteristic of ______________.
What is OCD, Obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Name two things depressants do
What is calm neural activity and slow body functions?
Deep brain stimulation has been reported to relieve ____________ .
What is depression?
According to Carl Rogers, we feel unhappy or depressed if our self-concept does not match our
What is the ideal self?
Name the correct sequence of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
physiological, safety, love and be loved, self-esteem, self-actualization, self-transcendence
A persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation is indicative of _________________
What are specific phobias?
A stimulant drug with aftereffects that include depression, irritability, high blood pressure, seizures, and some violent outbursts.
What are methanphetamines?
The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to _____________.
What is to bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to gain insight?
This therapist believed that the need to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive motives comes from the id, which operates on the pleasure principle.
Who is Freud?
Personality inventories are long sets of ___________ questions covering a wide range of feelings and behaviors.
What are behavior style questions?
Alcohol use disorder causes a decrease in this neurotransmitter.
What are endorphins?
This drug appears to produce therapeutic effects by blocking receptor sites for dopamine.
What are antipsychotic drugs?
Psychosurgery involves
What is removing or destroying brain tissue?
According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multidirectional influences among these 3 things.
What are behaviors, internal personal factors and environmental events?
In psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are used by the ____________ to reduce anxiety and guilt feelings.
What is the ego?
List the major symptoms of PTSD
recurring distressing memories, social withdrawal, anxiety, nightmares, trouble sleeping
Xanax and Ativan help treat _____________
What is anxiety?
Lithium salts are often used to treat hypermania in __________ and hypomania in ____________.
What are bi-polar I and bi-polar II disorders?
Match the central therapeutic technique with each psychological therapy school of thought. a)actively disputing self-defeating thoughts, b)systematic desensitization, c)active listening, d)free association
What is a)cognitive b)behaviorist, c)humanistic, and d)psychoanalytic therapy
Someone who is soft-hearted and trusting and is always willing to help those who are less fortunate than themselves would rank high on the Big Five dimension of ______________.
What is agreeableness?
List the major symptoms of GAD
Generalized anxiety disorder - constantly tense and anxious about a wide range of things, sometimes with little or no apparent reason.
Nicotine, Ecstasy and amphetamines are ___________
What are stimulants?
Name and describe the 3 elements Carl Rogers believed were needed in any relationship (especially the client/therapist relationship).
What are unconditional positive regard (finding good in the person no matter what), empathy (relating to the person) and genuineness (being authentic)?
Name the 4 styles of therapy from Ch 14 and a major psychologist from each.
Psychotherapy -Freud, Adler, Horney and Jung
Humanistic - Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Behavior - Pavlov and Skinner
Cognitive - Bandura and Aaron Beck