Like Flowers We Grow
Carmen is a babysitter, taking care of 2 and 3 year olds. At this stage of development, the children Carmen is taking care of are focused on trying to do things on their own, so they don't let her help them put on their jackets. What psychosocial conflict are the children addressing?
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Stage 2)
Sophia wants to pursue a career in healthcare, which unfortunately means she risks facing burnout and annoying patients. However, she knows that she must not lash out or even frown when these things happen. This is an example of...
Julia is headed to dental school, which is bound to be a very stressful environment. So while she will be learning to help to build up people's smiles, she will also risk having her _____ weakened. Especially if she remembers for too long that her teacher wasn't a big fan of sorority girls!
Immune System
Olivia is a cheerleader, and has been doing cheer and gymnastics for years. Because of this, whether it's a toss hands or a backflip, she's much better at completing these stunts when in the football stadium than when she's at practice and nobody is watching. This is an example of...
Social Facilitation
Omar is very easy to get along with, is never difficult to talk to or work with, studies hard, and always shows up to class on time. He would probably score high in____ and _____
Agreeableness and Conscientiousness
Soahum is very paranoid that his teacher might not see his SONA credits. Because of this, he's asked his teacher multiple times to check for him. This is just a minor case, but if he was constantly thinking about it and compelled to ask his teacher to check every day, he might be suffering from...
OCD
A pastor, within his community, discusses the meaning of life in a lot of counseling sessions with his church members. He is engaging in _____ therapy
Existential
Leon is an aspiring school teacher, so he must recognize that the way he treats his students will impact how they treat him and vice versa, which is an example of...
Bidirectional Influences
When Alyssa first got to college, she wanted to get her priorities straight: make sure she's fed and safe before thinking about friends. Once she made some friends, she could work on building up her self esteem. Alyssa was climbing up...
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Ben started this semester with an injury and unfortunately will be ending this semester with an injury. However, he takes these moments head-on and almost seems to treat these moments like challenges. He probably has this approach to stress:
Stress as a transaction
Kira aims to write a book one day. Because of this, she looks at many of her favorite authors, especially the ones that are similar to her, for inspiration and motivation. This is also called...
Upward Social Comparison
Daylana was surprised that her teacher knew her name, especially because she only ever spoke once in class to explain something that her teacher couldn't. Daylana would probably score very low on...
Extroversion
Miranda injured her foot while running. It was actually an extremely stressful situation for her (as it was a stress fracture that she had). It was so stressful that she has flashbacks about her foot being in a boot, she has dreams of living in a boot for a house, and refuses to walk if not absolutely necessary. Miranda might be suffering from...
PTSD
Josh is a pre-med student, and while he is not 100% sure yet what he might want to to do in the medical field, he does know that mixing medicine and his (hopefully) newfound interest in psychology could lead him to pursuing a job as a...
Psychiatrist
Ethan is a computer science major. When he first started learning code, he was probably told to code up a line to print out the message "Hello World", which is usually within the _______ for most budding computer scientists, while training up a new AI model probably isn't quite yet.
Zone of Proximal Development
Nicholas just got badly beaten up just because he sat in the wrong seat one day. While he was upset by the ______ hatred shown by the guy who beat him up, he was more upset by the ______ hate showed to him by the class who just watched, especially because he got everyone a free in-class assignment credit!
Burning, Non
Lauryn was really stressed about the upcoming exam and the best way for her to to deal with that stress was to ask her teacher if there was anything he heard about the exam that he would like to share. Here, Lauryn was trying to gain...
Informational Control
When Tyler laughs, his teacher laughs, but his teacher knows that he must stay composed in order to maintain an air of professionalism. Even though his attitude toward Tyler's laugh would point to one him exhibiting the behavior of laughing, _______ posits that his teacher will hold in his laughter.
Impression Management Theory
David messed up on his scantron during the exam. Although he was already pretty much done, his conscience was telling him that the right thing to do was to get a new one and start again. Instead of his conscience, what would Freud say was telling him to start over?
Superego
Connor is a pre-med engineering student... my goodness. While doing all that to yourself isn't (yet) classified as a mental illness, the fact that not many people pursue that level of pain ("education") means that at least this criteria is met:
Statistical rarity
Sometimes when Sarah has a bad day and comes home to her brother making stinky fries in the kitchen, she makes fun of him and his stank meal. If this ever got to the point of needing therapy, a strategic family intervention may include a therapist telling Sarah "yea make fun of him more, he'll never eat again!" Which is an example of a...
Paradoxical Request
Angelina identified with the "nerds" in her high school. What would've been interesting to her was to see how they developed over time as they moved on from high school to college and further on. What type of study would've been best to do this?
Longitudinal design.
Leehee is a water polo player, so very regularly she is motivated to pursue winning games and scoring goals. However, these are not based on any of the natural drives we have, providing support for...
Incentive Theories
Avery is a good student, loves a fast paced class with tons of notes, is a leader in her sorority, and wants to make sure every aspect of her life is organized. However, all of this sometimes stresses her out. Avery has a...
Type A Personality
In both the bystander effect and social loafing, this is a big reason why people don't act or do anything...
Diffusion of responsibility
Kalista did not agree with her personality test scores. While she is very easy to talk to and get along with, she likes to think that she's way more emotionally stable, so she doesn't think her results were fully accurate. The test results might be inaccurate, or she might be experiencing...
Denial
When Heath walks out of this room, he becomes Rebecca, a 40 year old woman who owns a bakery and loves longs walks on the beach. Heath (or Rebecca), might be suffering from...
Instead of thinking "Oh my goodness they probably hate me" and continuing to not text a person after a day, Cindy's therapist suggests that she think "Oh it's been a while since I've responded, let me make sure to text them now, they'll probably be happy to hear from me." This is an example of...
REBT
A preschool teacher introduces her class to Perry, a platypus. One child, who knows that ducks have bills and can swim, says, “That’s a duck!” The teacher explains that the platypus is actually a mammal, even though it has a bill and swims. The child changes their understanding of what mammals can look like to include the platypus, which is...
Accommodation
MJ's saying of "If you expect disappointment, then you can never really get disappointed" is a great example of...
Defensive Pessimism
Talya has been trying to open the class textbook for over 24 hours but has been met with "error 504, bad gateway" over and over again, really alarming her at first. After resolving to work through the issue, she finally figured it out after contacting Pearson support. What might happen with Talya next?
Exhaustion, going to sleep.
Deindividuation
Thomas loves to smoke and is constantly dependent on his girlfriend for reassurance. According to Freud, at what stage did a possible fixation for Thomas occur?
oral stage
MaKayla once got so sick that she could not get out of bed for days. However, that is one of the diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 for a disorder. This, out of context, is an example of what criticism of the DSM-5?
Medicalizes what's normal
Samuel is in Alcoholic's Anonymous and fears that if he takes one sip of bear at his brother's wedding, it will lead to the slippery slope that left him in as bad of a state that brought him into the support group from the beginning. This concept is also known as what?
Abstinence Violation Effect