Social Psychology
The study of how people influence others' behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes.
What is social psychology
This Big Five trait is associated with being sociable and energetic
What is extraversion
This approach to mental illness emphasizes dignity, kindness, and respect but historically lacked effective treatments
What is moral treatment?
This demographic group has the highest suicide rate among age groups in Canada and the U.S.
What are children and adolescents?
This term refers to a psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems.
What is psychotherapy?
Cult leaders often isolate recruits, use sleep deprivation, and employ this repetitive tactic to shape beliefs
What is indoctrination?
The three components of Freud's personality structure.
What are the id, ego, and superego
This policy, enacted in the 1960s and 1970s, involved releasing psychiatric patients into the community and closing mental hospitals.
What is deinstitutionalization?
This symptom of schizophrenia involves false beliefs
What are delusions?
These non-professionals provide mental health services with agency-specific training but no advanced degrees.
Who are paraprofessionals?
This theory states that comparing yourself to someone less skilled can boost self-esteem, while comparing to someone more skilled can motivate improvement
What are upward and downward social comparison?
This defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to others.
What is projection?
This disorder involves repeated and unexpected panic attacks, often leading to persistent concern about future episodes.
What is panic disorder?
This dissociative disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities
What is dissociative identity disorder? (DID)
This therapy gradually exposes clients to anxiety-provoking stimuli while pairing relaxation.
What is systematic desensitization?
This effect occurs when the mere presense of weapons increases aggressive thoughts or actions.
What is the weapons effect?
This projective test uses ambiguous inkblots to allegedly reveal personality traits
What is the Rorschach test?
This condition is marked by intrusive obsessions and time-consuming compulsions, like excessive handwashing
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This disorder is marked by deficits in language, social bonding, and imagination.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
The primary advantage of group therapy over individual therapy.
What is learning from others’ experiences and feedback?
The two key reasons bystanders often fail to intervene in emergencies
What are pluralistic ignorance and diffusion of responsibility?
Transforming socially unacceptable impulses into admired goals, like becoming a surgeon, to fulfill aggressive urges.
What is sublimation?
This mood disorder is characterized by altering episodes of depression and mania
What is bipolar disorder?
This term describes the mistaken perception of a relationship between two unrelated events (e.g., vaccines and autism)
What is an illusory correlation?
The most widespread biomedical treatment, involving medications.
What is psychopharmacotherapy?