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RMA Chpt 6
Question | Answer |
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1. Name 5 basic principles of psychology. | Psychology, subfields, scientific method, theories & hypothesis. |
2. The sum total of the typical ways of acting, thinking and feeling that makes each person different. | Personality |
3. The term emotion refers to. | A positive or negative feeling, in reaction to stimuli accompanied by physiological arousal and related behavior. |
4. What are 3 steps of the scientific method? | Identify the problem, formulate a rationale & give supportive research. |
5. Who is the most important pioneer of the psychodynamic approach? | Sigmund Freud |
6. Define the humanistic theory of personality. | Humans strive to reach their full potential, with encouragement & support, they can achieve it. |
7. Name 3 founders of humanistic psychology. | Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow & Victor Frankl. |
8. What are Carl Jung's theories based on? | Extroversion, introversion, personal unconscious & collective unconscious. |
9. Name 8 of Freud's Defense Mechanisms. | Repression, rationalization, projection, denial, regression, displacement, sublimation & reaction formation. |
10. Give an example of displacement. | A father who is angry at his boss but does not express it, yet he yells at his children when he goes home. |
11. According to Freud's Stages of Personality Development, define latency and what age group does it refer to? | Unimportance of sexual concerns; children's sexual concerns are temporarily put aside; refers to age group 5-6 years to adolescence. |
12. What are Maslow's hierarchy of human needs? | Biological, safety, love & belongingness, self-esteem & self-actualization. |
13. ________ reinforcement is achieved when a reward is given. | Positive |
14. What term defines a symbolic code used in communication? | Language |
15. Cognition is the adjustment of a person's sensory capacity after prolonged exposure to a stimulus. True or False | False, it's Adaptation |
16. Psychological disorders are mental disorders or disturbances of thought or emotion. True or False | True |
17. Phobias are intense, irrational joys of specific emotions. True or False | False, Phobias are intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations. |
18. Schizophrenia is an uncommon disorder that affects about 10% of the general population. True or False | False, affects about 1% |
19. Autism is a mental disorder characterized by extreme withdrawal and an abnormal absorption in fantasy. True or False | True |
20. Obsessions & compulsions are 2 separate problems that do not occur together within the same person. True or False | False, Obsessions & compulsions occur together within the same person. |
21. During the 1960s - 1970s, what psychiatrist provided insight about the process of death & dying. | Elizabeth Kubler-Ross |
22. What are Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' 5 stages of death? | Denial, anger, bargaining, depression & acceptance. |
23. Name 4 of the 6 strategies to increase compliance. | Clarify patient instructions for medication, keep a good rapport between patients & medical staff, be honest and keep patient well informed. |
24. What are 3 phases of general adaptation syndrome (GAS)? | Alarm & mobilization, resistance & exhaustion. |
25. Stress reducers, minor positive events that can make a person feel good. | Uplifts |