Motivation
Social Psychology
Emotions, Stress and Coping
Psychological Disorders
Psychological Treatment
100
According to the ____ theory people are motivated in ways that lead to a reward.
Incentive
100
_______is a strategy for improving accuracy when forming impressions. An example of this is anticipated accountability.
Controlled Processing
100
The ________ is activated due to mild, pleasant stimulation, while the __________ is activated by mild, unpleasant stimulation.
Parasympathetic nervous system and sympathetic nervous system.
100
The diathesis-stress model is a ________ approach to psychopathology.
Eclectic
100
_______ were institutions that housed and treated the mentally ill during the twelfth century.
Asylums
200
________ is the desire to establish and maintain social contacts, while ________ is the desire for close relationships characterized by open and intimate communication.
Need for affiliation, need for intimacy
200
A ___________ attribution is blaming people for the bad things that happen to them in order to protect your own feelings instead of blaming the situation. An example of this would be the just world hypothesis.
defensive
200
Expressive components of emotion serve two functions: define and describe them both.
Nonverbal communication: signals to others how we feel. Sensory feedback: signals to ourselves how we feel.
200
Axis IV (four) of the DSM assesses ________.
Psychosocial and environmental problems.
200
John is afraid of spiders. His therapist instructs him to visit a museum on arachnids. This is an example of which type of exposure therapy?
Flooding
300
________ is a strong desire to acquire prestige and influence over other people, while ________ is a strong desire to accomplish difficult tasks, outperform others, and excel.
Need for power, achievement motivation/need for achievement
300
___________ is the tendency for the presence of others to enhance performance on simple tasks and impair performance on complex tasks.
Social Facilitation
300
______ occurs when an individual determines whether or not an event is a threat, and _______ occurs when they select a potential response to the threat.
Primary appraisal and secondary appraisal.
300
_________ is a disorder characterized by anxiety in a wide variety of contexts and difficulty controlling worrying.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
300
________ are the most common delusions associated with schizophrenia.
Delusions of persecution
400
A study done on motivating effects found that Canadian students were motivated by _______, while Japanese students were motivated by ________.
Success and Failure
400
________ influence is the desire to be right, while ________ influence is the desire to be liked.
Informational and Normative
400
A _________ coping style can be successful in reducing negative emotions but has long term costs.
Maladaptive
400
In the _______phase of schizophrenia, deterioration is just beginning and symptoms are mild.
Prodromal
400
_________ are commonly used to treat anxiety, depression, and psychosis from a biological perspective.
Psychotropic Medication
500
______orientation is the desire to achieve on external indicators of success, which produces more anxiety. __________ orientation is the desire to become proficient in a skill to the best of your ability.
Performance, Mastery
500
_______is when an event occurs because you predicted it would. A person’s expectation can lead to its fulfillment.
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
500
Bob’s car just broke down and he found out he won’t be able to drive it for the next week while it’s being repaired. He deals with this stressful event by realizing it will give him an opportunity to exercise more through riding his bike. This is an example of the coping strategy: ___________.
Positive reappraisal
500
Luis, who had just been told that his cat died last night, continues to smirk and doesn’t seem sad. This is an example of _______________, a positive symptom of schizophrenia.
Inappropriate affect.
500
According to Stanley Rachman, why do compulsions persist?
Compulsions are rewarded or reinforced by an eventual decrease in anxiety.
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