The Circle of Life
Why are you like this?
Stress Mess Express
Diagnose This
(But Don't. Not a Therapist)
So how does that make you feel?
100

This is the correct order of prenatal development.

What is Germinal, Embryonic, Fetal?

100

In Freud's model, this part of personality operates on the pleasure principle and seeks immediate gratification.

What is the id?

100

This type of positive stress motivates and energizes a person.

What is eustress?

100

This manual, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is used to classify and diagnose psychological disorders.

What is the DSM-5?

100

Freud's therapeutic approach that aims to bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness is called this.

What is psychoanalysis?

200

This term describes any environmental agent that can cause damage during prenatal development.

What is a teratogen?

200

A person who is angry at their boss but comes home and yells at their spouse is using this defense mechanism.

What is displacement?

200

Walter Cannon described this rapid, automatic bodily response to perceived threat.

What is the fight-or-flight response?

200

Bipolar disorder is distinguished from major depressive disorder by the presence of these types of episodes.

What are manic or hypomanic episodes?

200

Carl Rogers developed this type of humanistic therapy that emphasizes empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard.

What is client-centered therapy (person-centered therapy)?

300

According to Erikson, the primary psychosocial conflict of adolescence is this.

What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?

300

According to Albert Bandura, this term refers to a person's belief in their own ability to succeed in specific situations.

What is self-efficacy?

300

In Lazarus's model, this type of appraisal involves evaluating whether you have the resources and ability to cope with a stressor.

What is secondary appraisal?

300

A person with schizophrenia who firmly believes the government is monitoring them through their television despite no evidence is experiencing this type of symptom.

What is a delusion?

300

Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy focuses on identifying and challenging these kinds of thinking patterns, such as automatic thoughts like "I'm worthless."

What are maladaptive (distorted, negative) thinking patterns?

400

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who obeys the law only to avoid punishment is at this level of moral reasoning.

What is preconventional?

400

This neo-Freudian emphasized inferiority feelings and striving for superiority as key forces in personality development.

Who is Alfred Adler?

400

Research suggests these everyday irritations may actually predict health outcomes better than major life events.

What are daily hassles?

400

In schizophrenia, symptoms like diminished emotional expression, social withdrawal, and lack of motivation are classified as this type of symptom.

What are negative symptoms?

400

This phobia treatment is based on classical conditioning and gradually exposes a person to a feared stimulus while they practice relaxation.

What is systematic desensitization?

500

This is a key difference between Piaget and Vygotsky: Piaget proposed discrete stages while Vygotsky emphasized this continuous influence on cognitive development.

What is the role of culture and social interaction?

500

Daily Double!!!!!!!

Carl Jung introduced this concept, which he described as a shared reservoir of universal experiences, symbols, and archetypes inherited across all of humanity.

500

This field studies how psychological factors, the nervous system, and the immune system interact with one another.

What is psychoneuroimmunology?

500

This model proposes that a genetic predisposition combined with environmental stressors can trigger the onset of schizophrenia.

What is the diathesis-stress model?

500

Research on psychotherapy effectiveness consistently shows that this aspect of therapy is one of the strongest predictors of positive outcomes.

What is the therapeutic relationship (therapeutic alliance)?

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