Personality Theories
This is an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting.
What is personality
These two types of therapy are referred to as insight therapies.
What are humanistic (person-centered) and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic?
This is a stable and enduring pattern of behavior; disposition to feel and act in certain way.
What is a trait?
This disorder occurs at the same rate in males and females and is likely to cause more disfunction in the person's life than major depressive disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
This gender is more likely to complete suicide because they often use more lethal means.
What is male?
According to Freud, this part of the personality mediates the demands of the id, the superego and reality. This part of the personality operates on the reality principle.
What is ego?
This type of therapy may use medication, such as, Prozac, electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT), and psychosurgery.
What is biomedical therapy?
Eysenck & Eysenck believed personality could be described best using these two personality dimensions.
What are introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-instability
Dana is a sculptor. She has been very hyperactive and overly optimistic. She has also been sleeping very little. She has made some very poor financial decisions recently. Dana is most likely going through this type of episode?
What is manic episode?
Carlos cut his forearm when he was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. He was not trying to kill himself, but wanted to gain relief from tormenting thoughts. Carlos was participating in this type of behavior.
What is nonsuicidal self-injury?
Maryn's parents told her she could not play video games. After her parents went to bed, Maryn sneaks out her laptop and starts to play games. According to Freud's theory, this part of Maryn's personality is in control?
What is id?
Humanistic therapists use this where they empathetically listen, echo, restate and asks for clarification from the client.
What is active listening?
Manuel is ruthless, suspicious and uncooperative, whereas, Marta is soft-hearted, trusting and helpful. Manuel and Marth are at the extremes of this Big Five factor.
What is agreeableness?
Jace often has a panic attacks when he sees or suspects a spider to be nearby. He is often immobilized by the discomfort. When he thought there may be a spider in his garage, he was unable to get into his car to go to work for 3 days. Jace may have this type of disorder.
Karson is a violent criminal. It is likely that he has ___________ psychological disorder?
What is no?
This man is known for the person-centered perspective.
Who is Carl Rogers?
Jo Ann goes to a therapist and during the intake session describes her problems including information about childhood. The therapist focuses on Jo Ann's drinking an excessive amount of alcohol and pays little attention to information about Jo Ann's childhood. The therapist considers aversion therapy as a technique to use with Jo Ann. The therapist is most likely using this type of therapy.
What is behavior therapy?
This neurotransmitter tends to be higher in extraverts.
What is dopamine?
This type of disorder is characterized by continually feeling tense and worried. Someone with this disorder may have sleep disturbances. This disorder may cause physical illnesses such as high blood pressure.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
People with depressive disorders are more likely to act on suicidal thoughts at what point of their depressive episode? (When they first notice feelings of sadness, when they are experiencing the most extreme levels of depression or when they are starting to feel a little better/gaining a little relief from the depressive symptoms?)
What is when they are starting to feel a little better?
Maslow described this as striving for identity, meaning, and purpose beyond the self.
What is self-transcendence?
Pat and Casey are having marital problems including sexual dysfunction. This type of therapy is most likely to be effective?
What is behavioral therapy?
As Elmer has aged for adolescence into later adulthood, he has become more conscientious and more agreeable, but less neurotic. Elmer is exhibiting this.
What is a maturity principle?
Clark was a firefighter in New York City on 9/11. He rescued people from the World Trade Centers.He had flashbacks and much anxiety when he hears sirens. He also nightmares and disturbed mood. He tends to believe he has no worth because he did not save enough people. He goes to a therapist who recommends exposure therapy, as well as, changing how Clark views his performance as a fire fighter. Clarks is likely receiving this type of therapy.
What is cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)?
Brynlee owns a gun and keeps it in her home. Due to this, she and her family are more or less safe?
What is less safe?