Like Flowers We Grow
Allena wants to work in pediatric care one day, possibly taking care of 2 and 3 year olds. At this stage of development, the children Allena would be taking care of are focused on trying to do things on their own, so they might not let their parents help them put on their jackets. What psychosocial conflict are the children addressing?
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Stage 2)
Bell wants to pursue a career in law, which unfortunately means she risks facing burnout and annoying clients, judges, and colleagues. However, she knows that she must not lash out or even frown when annoying things happen. This is an example of...
Display rules
In high school, Angie was taking 14 credits of college courses, was leading clubs, and was volunteering in a hospital. With all of this going on, she got sick more often, clearly showing that all of that stress led to her having her _____ weakened.
Immune System
Anjali is a dancer and pianist. These skills have become easy for her as she's been doing this for years. Because of this, as long as she's not too stressed, she's much better at performing on stage than when she's at practice and nobody is watching. This is an example of...
Social Facilitation
Natalia had a friend whose dog ran away. Instead of giving up and acting like there was nothing they could do, Natalia and her friend's family started doing things to find the dog, showing that they had an _____ locus of control.
Internal
Hexin used to paint and was very paranoid that her paintings didn't have enough detail. Because of this, she checks her painting multiple times over and over. This is just a minor case, but if she were constantly thinking about it and compelled to check every day, she might be suffering from...
OCD
A pastor, within his community, discusses the meaning of life in a lot of counseling sessions with his church members. He is engaging in _____ therapy
Existential
Unlike the social butterfly, former living room WWE superstar, and future doctor that Diego is, Diego's friend is very introverted and likes to stay at home. His being introverted makes him stay inside more, which leads him to be more introverted. This is an example of...
Bidirectional Influences
To go home and see her family, Maria has to take a long drive to Jacksonville, even if she's tired or hungry. Her prioritizing her belonging needs over her physiological needs would refute...
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Savannah suffered an injury that kept her out of soccer for a while. Instead of letting it keep her down, she treated the moment as a challenge and decided to sign up for a lot of things that replaced soccer for a bit. She used this approach to stress:
Stress as a transaction
When Gavin and his friends were receiving their college acceptances, some of them did not get into UF like he did. This likely caused an even stronger hit to their self-esteem as they likely engaged in...
Upward Social Comparison
Lauren does social media for UF sports teams and wants to further pursue a career in advertising. This may require her to meet and speak with plenty of people she does not know. Lauren would probably have to display very high levels of...
Extroversion
Tyler suffered from a concussion this semester. It was actually an extremely stressful situation for him. It was so stressful that he has flashbacks about the headaches, he has dreams of never looking at screens again, and golfs with a helmet on. Tyler might be suffering from...
PTSD
John is a doctor who has mixed medicine with psychology. John is likely a...
Psychiatrist
Shelby's parents were racecar drivers. When she first started to race growing up, she was probably put in a smaller toy car growing up, and not a full-fledged racecar just yet. Driving the toy car, instead of a real car is within the _______ for a new driver at her age.
Zone of Proximal Development
Charlie can sometimes get frustrated and a tad bit scary when things go awry or get difficult. Regardless, she is always able to get back to her uncontrollably laughing self. Charlie bouncing back from the low moments is an example of her being on the...
Hedonic Treadmill
Jami was really stressed about the writing assignment, and the best way for her to deal with that stress was to ask her teacher for help and clarification. Here, Jami was trying to gain...
Informational Control
After Blake first signed up for this class, things changed, and he realized that he didn't actually need it. Unfortunately, it was too late to get out of it. Now, even though he doesn't want to be here, _____ posits that he still shows up to make sure he doesn't look bad.
Impression Management Theory
Mason dropped his bottle in the middle of class. Although he's a dumbbell rack maxing backwards hat wearer, his conscience was telling him that the right thing to do was to pick it up. Instead of his conscience, what would Freud say was telling him to pick up the bottle?
Superego
Karis scored very low in agreeableness (scary!). While "disagreeability" isn't a mental illness, the fact that almost nobody scores as low as she did means that at least this criterion is met:
Statistical rarity
Sometimes, when Sarah has a bad day and comes home to her brother making smelly food in the kitchen, she makes fun of him. If this ever got to the point of needing therapy, a strategic family intervention may include a therapist telling Sarah "yea make fun of him more, he'll never eat again!" Which is an example of a...
Paradoxical Request
Shannon identified with her fellow honors students in high school, seeing a lot of diversity and talent within her in-group. If we want to see how they develop over time as they move from high school to college and further on, compared to the icky non-honors kids, what type of study would be best to do this?
Longitudinal design
Ryan is a future sports agent and will be working with athletes who will be motivated to pursue winning games and scoring points. However, these are not based on any of the natural drives we have, providing support for...
Incentive Theories
Isa is a great student, a Cicerone, and comes to class even when she's #sick. However, she can get #hostile with her teacher over a quiz question or two, which stresses everyone out. Isa has a...
Type A Personality
Jivitesh walked in with one day his McLaren jacket on. However, he also ended up being a walking billboard with all these different logos on him. He was inadvertently helping companies take the ____ route to persuasion.
Peripheral
After Andrew finished listening to his favorite alpha podcast, he decided to ask a girl for her number. When she said no, he retorted, "I didn't want you anyway, you're not rejecting me, I'm rejecting you! Andrew might never have wanted the girl's number, or he might be experiencing...
Denial
Caroline is on the UF club rowing team. However, when she gets in that boat, she becomes The Row Queen, an ageless entity who is composed of nothing but muscles, lung capacity, and the burning desire to ROW. Caroline (or The Row Queen), might be suffering from...
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Instead of thinking "Oh my goodness if I get a B on the quiz then I'll get a B in the class and then I'll never have a good gpa and then never get into law school" and continuing to stress, Jude's teacher suggests that she think "It's just one quiz, and I have 8 semesters to have a great gpa." This is an example of...
REBT
A preschool teacher introduces her class to Perry, a platypus. One child, who knows that ducks have bills and can swim, says, “That’s a duck!” The teacher explains that the platypus is actually a mammal, even though it has a bill and swims. The child changes their understanding of what mammals can look like to include the platypus, which is...
Accommodation
JJ plays volleyball. If his team was in the middle of a losing streak and a teammate said, "If we don't expect to win, then at least we won't get sad when we lose," that would be a great example of...
Defensive Pessimism
As a future PT, Jonathan will have patients who will have gone through a lot. From the alarm of the original injury to the continued stress of rehab. After long moments of rehab and PT, hopefully the stress ends. However, what might happen with these patients next?
Exhaustion/going to sleep/needing to rest.
Deindividuation
While Dominic was too busy conforming to his friend group and putting in the same order as all of them at Starbucks, he failed to notice that his friend was always smoking, vaping, or drinking something. According to Freud, at what stage did a possible fixation for Dominic's friend occur?
oral stage
Clay loves the color pink, almost to the point of obsession, and will always find a way to wear it. Some might fit that behavior under one of the diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 for a disorder. This, out of context, is an example of what criticism of the DSM-5?
Medicalizes what's normal
Samuel is in Alcoholic's Anonymous and fears that if he takes one sip of bear at his brother's wedding, it will lead to the slippery slope that left him in as bad of a state as the one that brought him into the support group and mentorship program from the beginning. This concept is also known as what?
Abstinence Violation Effect