Ch 8/9
Turning sensory input into a mental code the brain can store and later retrieve is called:
What is Encoding?
Following rules to gain approval or keep order reflects which level of moral reasoning?
What is the Conventional Stage?
Making excuses for failing a test instead of admitting poor study habits is an example of:
What is Rationalization?
At what stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome does the body’s energy become depleted and illness can set in?
What is the Exhaustion Stage?
When relatives meet with a therapist to improve communication and resolve conflict, it’s called:
What is Family Therapy?
Believing you remember something that never really occurred demonstrates a:
What is a False Memory?
A baby’s natural emotional style, like being calm, active, or easily upset, is called:
What is Temperament?
In Jung's Theory, this is the social mask or role shown to others:
What is the "Persona"?
What measure assesses the degree of stress caused by major life events?
What is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale?
Using antidepressants or ECT to treat symptoms of mental illness is part of:
What is Biomedical Therapy?
Remembering factual information, like the boiling point of water, uses which kind of memory?
What is Semantic Memory?
Studying because you genuinely enjoy learning is an example of:
What is Intrisic Motivation?
Traits that show up only in specific situations and are less central to personality are called:
What are Secondary Traits?
Talking to a friend for comfort after a stressful event is an example of:
What is Emotion-Focused Coping?
Someone whose mood shifts dramatically, has unstable relationships, and fears being abandoned might have:
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A teen experimenting with career options and personal identity is in which Erikson stage?
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
Believing in your ability to handle difficult challenges shows strong:
What is Self-Efficacy?
Changing your answer to match everyone else’s even when you know they’re wrong shows:
What is Conformity?
A counselor who helps clients challenge unhelpful thoughts and replace them with healthier ones is practicing:
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
Which idea says a psychological disorder results from a breakdown in normal functioning that causes real-world problems?
What is Harmful Dysfunction?
A young child who thinks a taller glass holds more juice than a shorter, wider one doesn’t understand:
What is Conservation?
Doing an assignment only to earn bonus points demonstrates:
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
When a group values harmony over critical thinking and ignores alternatives, it is experiencing:
What is Groupthink?
Which psychologist proposed that emotions depend on how we evaluate a situation before reacting?
Who is Richard Lazarus?
The model of mental illness that says a biological vulnerability combines with life stress:
What is the Diathesis Stress Model?