adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
conformity
100
the 3 D's of psychological disorders: Deviant, distressful, and ______________.
dysfunctional
100
the concept that psychological disorders have physical causes, can be treated, and usually cured
medical model
100
retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage
regression
100
an eating disorder in which a person maintains a starvation diet
anorexia nervosa
200
the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when working toward a common goal
social loafing
200
The DSM-5 is divided into 5 categories. Anxiety disorders are found in which Axis?
Axis 1
200
brain surgery to "cure" violent behaviors. The doctor goes through the eye socket to cut into the frontal lobe.
lobotomy
200
Shifting sexual or aggressive energy toward a more acceptable object or person (for example, kicking the dog when you are mad at your teacher)
displacement
200
unwanted, repetitive thoughts
obsessions
300
the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making process overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives (in other words, you will agree with everyone else even if you don't think something is a good idea)
groupthink
300
The "common cold" of psychological disorders
depression
300
a "simple salt" used to treat the manic episodes of bipolar disorder
lithium
300
Refusing to believe painful realities
Denial
300
people with whom we share a common identity
ingroup
400
an unjustifiable (and usually bad) attitude toward a group (for example, "I don't like white males.")
prejudice
400
Eating too much and taking a laxative to purge
bulimia nervosa
400
a counterconditioning therapy that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior (for example, putting drugs to make you nauseous any time you drink alcohol)
aversive conditioning
400
Offering self-justifying explanations in place of real, more threatening unconscious reasons
rationalization
400
the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without changing the DNA
epigenetics
500
The man who demonstrated that 60% of people will "kill" someone if a person in authority tells them to do it.
Milgram
500
A disorder in which a person has hallucinations, delusions, and/or disorganized speech
schizophrenia
500
therapy aimed at altering the way people act and think
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
500
Switching unacceptable impulses into their opposites (for example, when I am angry at a customer service person, I am super-friendly, calm, and nice)
reaction formation
500
The theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition