Health Psychology
a subfield of psychology that explores the impact of psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors on health and wellness.
What is... health psychology
in psychology, the idea that “releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.
What is... catharsis
About what fraction of a human tooth is visible?
What is... one-third
the concept that genetic predispositions combine with environmental stressors to influence psychological disorder.
What is.... diathesis stress model
the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
What is... DSM-5-TR
the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
What is... stress
attempting to alleviate stress directly — by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
What is... problem-focused coping
Name the three dinosaur eras
What is... Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
What is... generalized anxiety disorder
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition; views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and seeks to enhance self-insight.
What is... psychodynamic therapy
the drive to move toward (approach) or away from (avoid) a stimulus.
attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction.
What is... emotion-focused coping
What is the oldest college in the US?
What is... Harvard
a group of disorders in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder.)
What is... bipolar disorder
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat specific phobias.
What is... systematic desensitization
Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases — alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
What is... GAS (general adaptation syndrome)
the hopelessness and passive resignation humans and other animals learn when unable to avoid repeated aversive events.
What is... learned helplessness
Were playing cards invented in Europe, Asia, or Africa?
What is... Asia
a group of disorders characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or speech, disorganized or unusual motor behavior, and negative symptoms (such as diminished emotional expression); includes schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder.
What is... schizophrenia spectrum disorders
a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior).
What is... cognitive-behavioral therapy
the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect our immune system and resulting health.
What is... psychoneuroimmunology
the perception that outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate.
What is... external locus of control
What is a group of hedgehog called?
What is... a prickle!
a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating identities. (Formerly called multiple personality disorder.)
What is...dissociative identity disorder (DID)
the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity.
What is... transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)