Humanistic and Personality
This perspective focuses on personal growth, free will, and reaching one’s full potential.
What is humanistic psychology?
This disorder involves physical symptoms with no clear medical cause.
What are somatic symptom (somatoform) disorders?
The tendency to put in less effort when working in a group.
What is social loafing?
This antidepressant is a commonly prescribed SSRI.
What is Prozac?
In this experiment, about 65% of participants delivered the highest shock level.
What is Milgram’s obedience study?
A gap between your real self and your ideal self leads to this kind of distress.
What is incongruence?
A dissociative disorder where a person suddenly travels away and forgets their identity.
What is dissociative fugue?
Reduced personal responsibility when others are present.
What is diffusion of responsibility?
A patient with moderate depression is treated using both medication and weekly talk therapy. Explain why this combination is more effective than using only one approach.
What is combining antidepressants (e.g., SSRIs) with psychotherapy addresses both biological and cognitive/behavioral factors?
This study showed how people conform to incorrect group answers.
What is Asch conformity experiment?
This personality disorder is characterized by excessive attention-seeking and dramatic behavior.
What is histrionic personality disorder?
These schizophrenia symptoms involve a lack of normal emotional responses.
What are negative symptoms (e.g., flat affect)?
Losing self-awareness in a group, often leading to impulsive behavior.
What is deindividuation?
This therapy gradually exposes someone to a feared stimulus while teaching relaxation.
What is systematic desensitization?
This teacher demonstrated scapegoating through a classroom exercise on eye color.
Who is Jane Elliott?
Men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with this personality disorder.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This disorder develops after exposure to trauma and includes flashbacks and hypervigilance.
What is PTSD?
We tend to like things more after repeated exposure to them.
What is the mere exposure effect?
Exposure therapies are based on this type of learning.
What is classical conditioning?
These are external influences that affect behavior in studies like Milgram’s.
What are situational factors?
A therapist consistently shows acceptance and support for a client regardless of what the client says or does, helping the client develop self-worth.
What is unconditional positive regard?
A student claims that schizophrenia is caused by too much serotonin. Explain why this is incorrect and identify the neurotransmitter more strongly linked to schizophrenia.
What is serotonin is incorrect; dopamine is more strongly associated with schizophrenia?
This concept explains how conflicting beliefs create psychological tension.
What is cognitive dissonance?
A behavioral technique using rewards to reinforce desired behaviors.
What is a token economy?
This concept explains blaming others to reduce one’s own frustration or guilt.
What is scapegoating?