Motivation and Emotion & Developmental Psychology
This term refers to the general processes that affect the direction, persistence, and strength of goal-directed behavior.
motivation, incentive, or instinct
What is motivation?
How we influence others and how others influence us is a focus for this area of psychology.
social psychology, developmental psychology, or biopsychology
What is social psychology?
This is an area of study in psychology characterized by atypical thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
psychological disorders, motivation and emotion, or biopsychology
What is psychological disorders?
Clyde is arrested for drunk driving. His prison sentence includes attending therapy sessions to treat alcohol addiction. He doesn’t want to attend these sessions, but his sentence will be extended if he doesn’t attend them. This scenario is an example of this kind of treatment.
involuntary, voluntary, or free association
What is involuntary?
During the sensorimotor stage of development, a child develops this; an understanding that an object still exists even if it is out of sight.
egocentrism, object permanence, or conservation
What is object permanence?
This individual developed the first comprehensive theory of personality.
Hippocrates, Sigmund Freud, or Wilhelm Wundt
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This term refers to a co-occurrence of two disorders.
gestalt, comorbidity, or dissociative
What is comorbidity?
This term refers to the fact that the therapist cannot disclose private communications to any third party unless mandated or permitted by law to do so.
disclosure, confidentiality, or discretion
What is confidentiality?
This stage theorist studied childhood development and created the cognitive theory of development.
Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, or Jean Piaget
Who is Jean Piaget?
This humanistic theorist divided the self into two categories; the ideal self and the real self.
Erik Erikson, Alfred Adler, or Carl Rogers
Who is Carl Rogers?
This disorder is characterized by mood states that alternate between depression and mania.
generalized anxiety disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or bipolar disorder
What is bipolar disorder?
This type of therapy involves a therapist employing principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors.
psychodynamic therapy, cognitive therapy, or behavioral therapy
What is behavioral therapy?
Erik Erikson proposed the eight stage psychosocial theory that covers our lifespan. According to Erikson, this is the first stage and the stage where infants are dependent upon their caregivers and caregivers need to be responsive and sensitive to the needs of their infants.
trust vs mistrust, integrity vs despair, or autonomy vs shame/doubt
What is trust vs mistrust?
You witness a car accident during rush hour traffic and keep driving. You do not stop to help because there are so many people around and you figure someone will likely help. This scenario is an example of this.
diffusion of responsibility, aggression, or cognitive dissonance
What is the diffusion of responsibility?
This disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for others, impulsivity, deceitfulness, irresponsibility and a lack of remorse over misdeeds.
antisocial personality disorder, schizophrenia, or narcissistic personality disorder
What is antisocial personality disorder?
This percent of those who seek treatment for a substance use problem tend to relapse and return to using drugs or alcohol after a period of abstinence.
10 to 20, 20 to 40, or 40 to 60
What is 40 to 60 percent?
This theory of emotion believes one's physiological arousal precedes the cognitive experience of a feeling.
What is the James-Lange theory of emotion?
Identical twins, whether raised together or apart, have very similar personalities. This was the primary finding of this study.
What is the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart?
This disorder is characterized by individuals who experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
This individual developed the client-centered therapy.
Who is Carl Rogers?