Chapter 8 Vocab
This is a reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
What is Stress?
is dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life.
What is coping?
What is Psychotherapy?
Real or imagined fears are associated with
A. mood disorders
B. bipolar disorders
C. anxiety disorders
D. conduct disorders
C. Anxiety Disorders
a condition in which real or imagined fears are difficult to control.
ex. phobia, OCD, Panic
What is Anxiety Disorder?
Stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person's control.
What is Chronic Stress?
an individuals total response to a major loss
What is grief response?
treatment process that focuses on changing unwanted behaviors through rewards and reinforcements
What is Behavior Therapy?
Your body's stress response engages both the nervous system and the
A. circulatory system
B. endocrine system
C. digestive system
D. reproductive system
B. Endocrine system
a pattern of behavior in which the rights of others or basic social rules are violated.
What is Conduct Disorder?
A state of calm that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly.
What is Relaxation Response
The act of showing sorrow or grief
What is Mourning?
involves treating a group of people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a trained counselor.
What is Group Therapy?
Which of the following does NOT describe occasional anxiety?
A. it is manageable
B. it is normal
C. it has no symptoms
D. it can have positive effects
C. it has no symptoms
an illness often with an organic cause, that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living.
ex. depression & bipolar disorder
the condition of feeling worried about what may happen.
What is Anxiety?
feeling isolated and separated from everyone else.
What is Alienation?
the use of certain medications to treat or reduce the symptoms of a mental disorder.
What is Biomedical Therapy?
Asking for help from a mental health professional
A. shows responsibility
B. is NOT a sign of weakness
C. can be a relief
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
an extreme harmful eating behavior that can cause serious illness or even death.
What is Eating Disorder?
is a physical reaction that results from stress rather than an injury or illness.
What is psychosomatic response?
an illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts feelings and behaviors of a person.
What is Mental Disorders?
a treatment method designed to identify and correct distorted thinking patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that may be troublesome, self-defeating, or self-destructive.
What is Cognitive Therapy?
The kind of fatigue that can result from constant worry, boredom, or isolation is
A. pharmaceutical
B. psychological
C. physical
D. philosophical
B. psychological
is a condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harm.
What is PTSD?