Nce/Lpc Exam Study Guide

Ego's need for immediate gratification. - Answer- Pleasure Principle The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. - Answer- Etiology An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. - Answer- Self-actualization This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) - Answer- Unconditional Positive Regard Accomplished by rewarding success of desired behavior. - Answer- Shaping Learning method involving the conditioning of new stimuli to existing responses. - Answer- Classical Conditioning A behavior modification used to establish new behavior. - Answer- reinforcement The designations "common," "personal," & "cardinal" refer to ______________. - Answer- Trait Theory Individuals are in an interactional relationship with their environment. - Answer- contextual worldview Freud believed human behavior is mainly motivated by the psychosexual energy called __________. - Answer- libido Relearning by using a particular stimulus to establish a new, more adaptive response - Answer- counter conditioning Idea that there are many different ways to interpret events, each one leading to different behaviors. - Answer- Kelly's concept of Constructive Alternativism A severe psychological disorder involving loss of contact with reality. - Answer- Psychosis Process of development and body change resulting from heredity rather than learning. - Answer- Maturation Vicarious conditioning occurs through observed________. - Answer- modeling The unpleasantness of _________motivates individuals to avoid or reduce