Using direct and repeated exposure to emotion arousing stimulus in order to decrease or eliminate the emotional response.
What is exposure therapy?
100
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
What is psychology?
200
Manic-Depression
What is another name for bi-polar disorder and the name of a Jimi Hendrix song?
200
An emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure.
What is anxiety?
200
Sudden and unexpected travel away from home accompanied by forgetting about a previous identity and creating a new one.
What is a dissociative fugue
200
Focuses on the present, not the past
What is a central tenet of humanistic therapy?
200
Negative stereotypes associated with disorders
What is a stigma?
300
A disorder where people jump from episodes of major depression to manic states.
What is bi-polar disorder
300
Persistent belief and preoccupation that one is physically ill even though they are medically healthy.
What is hypochondriasis?
300
Change in appetite, insomnia, diminished sexual interest, anxiety.
What are symptoms of depression?
300
typically anti-psychotic medication.
What are some medications that are prescribed for people who suffer from schizophrenia?
300
An experiment where an animal salivated because of a bell... Also, a Bare Naked Ladies song lyric from "Brian Wilson."
Pavlov's dog experiment - classic conditioning
400
Not always, however, people who suffer from schizophrenia are most commonly pre-disposed due to family history.
Is schizophrenia hereditary?
400
Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen. Then inhale slowly through your nose for 3 seconds. The hand on your abdomen should rise whilst the hand on your chest should stay relatively still. Then exhale through your mouth for three seconds, making a whooshing noise as you breathe out.
What is one way of dealing with anxiety without medication?
400
A strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one's will.
What is a compulsion?
400
For some people with ______________, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the best treatment.
What is severe depression?
400
Anorexia nervosa (anorexia) and bulimia nervosa (bulimia).