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- 1. therapy therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight
- 4. in the door phenomenon the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request
- 5. nervosa an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
- 6. route persuasion occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness
- 9. identity disorder A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
- 11. goals higher-level goals taking priority over specific individual or group goals
- 12. unselfish regard for the welfare of others
- 15. compulsive fretting; overthinking about our problems and their causes
- 18. transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) The application or repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain uses stimulate or suppress brain activity
- 19. Cover Jones "mother of behavior therapy"; used classical conditioning to help "Peter" overcome fear of rabbits
- 21. disorder (OCD) a disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)
- 22. conditioning a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors; based on classical conditioning
- 24. in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
- 25. effect the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races
- 28. nervosa an eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating (usually of high-calorie foods) with purging (by vomiting or laxative use) or fasting
- 29. a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions
- 31. Elis Rational Emotive Therapy and ABC Theory (directive, confrontational therapy)
- 32. principle the principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger which can generate aggression
- 33. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression
- 34. Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction - a strategy designed to decrease international tensions
- 35. loafing the tendency for people to put less effort into a simple task when working with others on that task
- 36. dissensitization widely used application of behavior therapy that is especially effective for treating simple phobias. Pairs relaxation w/ gradual exposure to a phobic object
- 37. anxiety disorder a diffuse state of constant anxiety not associated with any specific object or event
- 38. approach an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client's problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy
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- 2. personality disorder A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist.
- 3. love the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
- 7. Convulsive Therapy (ECT) a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
- 8. think the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
- 10. love an experience involving feelings of euphoria, intimacy, and intense sexual attraction
- 13. image perceptions mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil and aggressive
- 14. theory the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
- 16. A now-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves that connect the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.
- 17. eating disorder significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
- 20. the study of drug effects on psychological states and symptoms
- 22. therapy a humanistic therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients' growth. (Also called person-centered therapy.)
- 23. Beck 1921-present; Field: cognitive; Contributions: father of Cognitive Therapy, created Beck Scales-depression inventory, hopelessness scale, suicidal ideation, anxiety inventory, and youth inventories
- 24. alliance the relationship between therapist and client that develops as a warm, caring, accepting relationship characterized by empathy, mutual respect, and understanding
- 26. growth the capacity to grow and experience long-term positive effects in response to negative events
- 27. the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.
- 30. disorder changing emotional difficulties into a loss of a specific voluntary body function
- 33. Symptom disorder psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause