Cognition, Language, & Intellligence
The variety of approaches that can be used to achieve a goal.
What is problem solving?
The part of the brain that does not full develop until after adolescence (and may contribute to some poor decision making as a teen!)
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The stress response to unpleasant stressors
What is distress?
A negative attitude or opinion about a group of individuals based on a characteristic they share, such as a psychological disorder
What is a stigma?
A weakness of this type of therapy is that not everyone always feels at ease discussing personal troubles in a room full of people
What is group therapy?
The sudden awareness of a problem's solution
Parent-teen conflict and arguments tend to increase during this period of development
What is adolescence?
The personality type characterized by being competitive, aggressive, and impatient
What is Type A personality?
A behavior or mental act that is repeated over and over to relieve anxiety
What is a compulsion?
A key figure in the mental hygiene movement and reform of how patients were treated in mental institutions
Who is Dorothea Dix?
The tendency to only seek evidence that supports your existing beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
The second stage of grief (according to Kübler-Ross)
What is anger?
A choice or situation with both appealing and unappealing characteristics
What is an approach-avoidance conflict?
A less severe version of mania for people diagnosed with bipolar II
What is hypomania?
A type of treatment that is based on the best available research, clinical expertise, and knowledge of a patient's culture, values, and preferences
What is evidence-based treatment?
A problem-solving strategy in which each option is tried and eliminated until the correct one is found
What is the trial-and-error strategy?
The least developed sense for a newborn baby
What is vision?
The common strategy of "being in the moment" for a little time each day to manage stress
What is mindfulness meditation?
A disorder characterized by regular criminal behavior, lack of empathy, and aggressive, impulsive behavior
What is antisocial personality disorder?
An error in thinking that can be replaced with beliefs that nurture more positive, realistic thoughts (based on Beck's cognitive therapy)
What are cognitive distortions?
What is emotional intelligence?
Peek-a-boo games are compelling for babies because infants early in the their development lack this skill
What is object permanence?
The belief that life is up to chance and fate, so nothing you do will make a difference in the stress you are experiencing
What is an external locus of control?
The disorder diagnosed in all 4 of the identical Genain quadruplets (showing that this disorder is highly heritable!
What is schizophrenia?
This type of therapy is especially useful in treating specific phobias.
What is behavior therapy?