Unit 5 test Flashcards by Alyssa Aveiro

a consistent, enduring way of thinking, feeling, or behaving

personality trait

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dimension type where you look at yourself for the explanation on why something happened

internal

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you feel that you are loved and respected unconditionally and dont have to prove yourself in order to get that love and respect

unconditional positive regard

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is that individual comfortable with their behavior?

personal distress

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mediator, tries to satisfy id and super ego, operates according to reality principle

ego

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does society consider this behavior to be acceptable? (subjective)

social deviance

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you have a fairly congruent self concept

if you receive UCR

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10 inkblots as ambiguous stimuli

rorschach inkblot test

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you have a lot of incongruence

if you receive more CPR

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example is (i understand most things in algebra except word problems)

specific

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attributing your own anxiety provoking thoughts onto someone else

projection

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ambiguous visual stimuli presented to client who responds with whatever comes to mind

projective tests

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sudden intense panic; multiple physical and emotional symptoms

panic attack

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shifting negative feeling and impulses to an acceptable target

displacement

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the two outcomes between the battle between superego and id

guilt or anxiety

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short-lasting (i’m just having a bad day)

unstable

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distortions of a persons perception of reality that reduce guilt and anxiety

defense mechanisms

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false beliefs that are not based on reality

delusions

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amy has always done well in her math classes, so she believes she will do good in her prob and stats class next semester

self ethacacy

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carlos convinced his phone line is tapped and never takes same route so enemy agents don’t find out where he works

delusions of persecution

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behavioral excess

positive symptoms

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proposes that its useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease

the medical model

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dr carson think psychological disorders can be treated and cured like physical illness

the medical model

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state of continuous elation, expansive mood

bipolar disorder

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giving a comfortable excuse for an uncomfortable situation

rationalization

long-lasting (i always fail my algebra test)

stable

type of conflicts a student who attributes a poor test grade to his lack of intelligence has

stable, global, internal

specific etiology explanation for depression

style theory

unresolved psychosexual conflict

fixation

binging a lot of food which is followed by purging - symptoms: extreme exercise, laxatives or water pills or vomiting, showing little or no control over their eating habits

bulimia nervosa

happens during phalic stage, child feels unconscious attraction to parent of opposite gender and unconscious feeling of anger towards other parents; most children get over this by using identification

oedipus complex

there is a consistent and specific target

phobia

dimension type where you look at others for why something happened

external

frequent disruptive panic attacks

panic disorder

unique and stable ways people think, feel, and behave

personality

less than, or an absence of, normal behavior (poor attention, lack of emotional responsiveness, poor speech production) [too little of behavior]

negative symptoms

operates according to moral imperatives

superego

is the internal or external dimension at higher risk for depression

internal

a specific self-report inventory that assesses a psychological disorder

MMPI-2

obsessions and compulsions that are time consuming and repetitive

obsessive-compulsive disorder

personal (unconscious mind, same as freud) and collective (passed from generation to generation

two levels of unconscious stated by carl jung

baseball player misses a ball and goes to smash an inanimate object

displacement

refusing to recognize a distressing reality

denial

severely disordered thinking, bizarre behavior - possible symptoms are hallucinations and delusions

schizophrenia

theory that states there are two levels of unconscious and archetypes

carl jung

identification of all factors that contribute to a mental illness

etiology

systematic arrangement of needs, in priority, in which basic needs must be met before less basic needs are aroused - self actualization - esteem - social belonging - safety needs - physiological needs

maslows hierarchy of needs

personality test that ask individuals to answer a series of questions about their characteristic behavior

self-report inventories

central belief is striving for superiority - we are all compensating to try to overcome our feelings of inferiority

alfred adler theory

compares the individual behavior frequency with the average

statistical deviance

there are more than 250 mental illnesses; the name

labeling issue

phobia has a dedicated and consistent target, GAD is anxious about multiple things not just one target

difference between phobia disorder and GAD

image of oneself that develops from interactions with important significant people in ones life

self concept

is anybody harmed?

maladaptive behavior

follows pleasure principle, most primitive part of the mind

significant weight loss (emaciated) - symptoms: intense fear of being overweight, warped sense of body image, refusal to eat proper amount of calories for healthy weight

anorexia nervosa

shows that there is subjectivity involved, difference between abnormal and normal is not as small as we think

the reason for rosenhan study

excesses of, or additions to, normal behavior (hallucinations or delusions) [too much of a behavior]

positive symptoms

20 pictures of people in ambiguous situations

thematic apperception test

the need to fulfill ones potential

self-actualization

false sensory perceptions or a distortion of an actual stimulus

hallucinations

symptoms include persistent ASD lasting longer than a month or emerge as late as six months after trauma

PTSD

explanation to explain why something happened

attributional

redirecting unacceptable impulses into acceptable outlets

sublimation

difference between ones self-concept and ones actual experience

incongruence

widely encompassing assumptions (i can't do anything right)`

global

keeping distressing thoughts and feelings in the unconscious

repression

severe depression, sudden, no apparent external cause

major depressive disorder

emotionally charges images or thought forms that has universal meaning (mandela)

archetypes

all of these dimensions mean you are at higher risk of depression

internal, stable, and global

unconsciously modeling your feelings or actions on the behaviors of someone you admire

identification