Unit 5 Crossword

1. the perception that that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
3. an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange tokens for privileges or treats
5. the analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
6. the ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification for greater long term rewards
8. the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging
9. a psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain
11. a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgment is common
13. a false belief, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders
14. a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), actions (compulsions), or both
15. the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material
16. surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
17. a psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

2. compulsive fretting, overthinking our problems and their causes
4. behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors, exposure therapies and aversive conditioning
7. false sensory experiences, such as seeing emotion in the absence of an eternal visual stimulus
10. the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
12. fear or avoidance of situations, such as crowds or wide open places, where one has felt loss of control and panic