The system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings
What is language?
According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, _____ needs focus on the need to find meaning and identity beyond the self.
What is self-transcendence?
Which defense mechanism is characterized by eliminating thoughts, feelings, and memories that arouse anxiety from consciousness?
What is repression?
Compulsive behaviors are_________ to obsessive thoughts in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder
What are responses?
Carl Rogers encouraged therapists to foster (client) growth by exhibiting acceptance, genuineness, and _____.
What is empathy?
The ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment, or to be understood.
What is thinking?
The idea that the physiological need creates an aroused state that motivates an individual to satisfy the need.
What is Drive-Reduction theory?
The question “who am I?” and our thoughts and feelings about ourselves are related to our
What is "Self Concept"?
When people bounce from a depressive extreme state to a euphoric, overly talkative, wildly energetic, and excessively optimistic state. These may be symptoms of _______.
What is bipolar disorder?
This type of therapy seeks to make people aware of their irrational negative thinking and to replace it with new ways of thinking.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
The action of using one’s mind to produce thoughts, or reason about something
What is intelligence?
The ___________ theory of emotion states that emotion is the result of bodily response and simultaneous subjective experience.
What is Cannon-Bard?
In the “Big Five” trait theory of personality, what traits does the factor neuroticism assess?
What is Emotional stability vs. instability
Jumbled ideas that may make no sense, even within sentences, are a common symptom of _____.
What is schizophrenia?
The type of therapy that helps change harmful and even suicidal behavior patterns
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
The mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.
What is concept?
Social networking sites are associated with _____.
What is increased narcissism?
Which of the following factors would have social-cultural influences on personality?
What area childhood experiences?
Drugs such as depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens are known as _______________ drugs.
What is psychoactive?
_____ is a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, who work together constructively to overcome the client’s problem.
What is a therapeutic alliance?
Expert knowledge, imaginative thinking, venturesome personality, and convergent thinking
What are some factors of creativity?
This act activates areas of the brain similar to those activated by physical pain.
What is ostracism?
Individuals in collectivist cultures _____.
What is "give priority to the goals of the group"
Constant depressed mood, reduced interest in usual activities, lack of energy and concentration are possible symptoms of _______.
What is major depressed disorder?
This type of therapy focuses on your conscious self-perceptions. You lead the discussion in therapy where the therapist does not judge or interpret. What approach to therapy is your therapist following?
What is person-centered therapy?