Psychology & Counseling Test 2

Controls bodily changes in emotion

Changes brough about during emotions

Physiological reactions characteristic of emotional state of alarm

Pattern of brain activity resulting from physiological imbalances that threaten homeostasis

Hunger, Thirst, Breathing, Sleep, Sex, Temp., Pain, Elimination

Sensory & stimulus variability

Inherited patterns of glandular activity, sensitivity of nervous system, other physical traits

____ of loss is often experienced emotionally as sudden, violent & upsetting disturbance

Fear or anxiety caused by sudden realization of danger created by impact of shock

Desire to reach goal that has value for individual

Believes in motive for self-actualization

Factors that influence whether we fulfill a motive

Locus of control of lives is within self; you are in charge of own destiny

Blocking of motive satisfaction by some kind of obstable

Simultaneous arousal of TWO or MORE incompatible motives, resulting in unpleasant emotions

Two equally desirable outcomes; win-win

Two unappealing or undesirable outcomes

Goal involves having both pleasant and unpleasant aspects

Torn between two goals that both have some desirable & undesirable aspects

Vague, unpleasant feeling accompanied by premonition that something undesirable is about to happen

Body's reaction to anything that threatens to damage organism from disease germ to intense & prolonged emotion

Characteristic bodily changes shown in grieving process
Represent expressions of stress caused by frustration
Conflict or prolonged emotional upset;
Bodily ailments that stem in part from mental & environmental causes

Bowlby and crying

Effects of crying on body

Psychological effects of stress

Effective defenses against stress

Support and understand from family and coworkers is key part of necessary ____ mechanism to combat stress of professional life

Defense mechanism which ppl maintain goal they were unable to attain was not desirable or they acted out of "good" motives rather than "bad"

Defense mechanism which ppl suffering anxiety over motives seem to banish motives from conscious thought, pushing them into unconscious

Forbidden motive channeled toward more acceptable goal

Attempt to relieve anxiety by becoming like another person or group

Defense mechanism where ppl behave as if motives were opposite of real motives; excessive display of "good" trait such as politeness

Defense mechanism where individual hides anxiety-producing motives by accusing other ppl of having them

Coping mechanisms are forms of ____ when used as unconscious defense to reduce, avoid, or prevent anxiety that arises from impact of loss

Aggressive behavior focused directly on obstable that caused frustration

Aggressive behavior that has innocent bystander

Reaction where ppl try to relieve feelings of frustration by withdrawing from attempt to attain goals

State of indifference where ppl loose all interest in what happens to them

Retreat toward types of activity appropriate to lower level of maturity

Abnormal behavior hinges on

Symptoms are distressing to person, reality testing is in tact, behavior does not violare gross social norms, no apparent organic etiology

Mental disorders characterized by gross impairment in reality testing as evidence by delusions, hallucinations, marked incoherent speech, disorganized & agitated behavior

Type of anxiety disorder marked by repetitious thoughts or acts

Psychological conflicts & stress converted into physical symptoms, typically loss of functioning of some part of body

Psychoses traditionally classified as

Schizophrenia
Manic-depressice illness (bipolar depression)
Paranoid personality

Victim loses touch with reality & personality functioning breaks down & becomes completely disorganized

Manic-depressive illness

Persons mood swings from deep melancholy to wild excitement

Constant & unwarranted suspicious & mistrust of other ppl

Total pattern of characteristic ways of thinking & behaving that constitutes individuals distinctive method of relating to environment

Freud's psychoanalytic theory

Parts or forces of humnan mind, according to Freud

Persons instinctive drives toward sexuality (libido) & aggression

Persons contact with reality

Punishes transgressions (represents forces perceived outside person)

Central problem in mental disturbance, according to psychoanalytical theory, is ____ -produced in ego when demands of id threaten to create dange or when superego threatens to impose disapproval or punishment

Dredge up into awareness the unconscious desires & conflicts that Freud considered source of neurotic anxiety & guilt

In his book __________, Freud introduced controversial notion of death instinct or urge to self destruction

Introduced concepts of introvert and extrovert

Inferiority complex

Stresses self-image, or phenomenological self, represents way we see our abilities, relationships, ourselves with other ppl; we have answeres to our problems within ourselves

Treatment of several patients as same time using group dynamics

Medical therapy

Study of way organisms inherit traits that help control their conduct

Stage theory of development that identifies 8 stages of development; characterizedby psychosocial crisis

Study of how ppl influence or are influenced by others

Process through with children are integrated into society through exposure to actions & opinions of other members of society

Yielding by individuals to pressures from group in which they find themselves; peer pressure

We evaluate our conduct, opinions and abilities by comparing ourselves with other ppl

Organized and enduring set of beliefs and feelings, predisposing us to behave in certain way

Attitude that an individual maintains so stubbornly as to be virtually immune to any information or experiences that would disprove it

Attitude that disregards individual differences & holds that all members of certain group behave in same manner (shared by large numbers of ppl)

We seek to preserve agreement & harmony among our beliefs, feelings, and actions

We attribute our behavior first to situational factors and only secondly to dispositional factors

We attribute behavior of others first to dispositional factors

Effectiveness of persuasiveness depends on

Tendency to do good without expecting anything in return

Science of behavior

Modern definition of psychology is study of human

Crying

Adult throwing temper tantrum

Non-directive counseling

Good communication counseling

Inability to perceive external reality

Conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns

Inability of individual to adjust to life without presence of deceased, or feeling of less significance in world

Conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns

Suppressed and postponed grief