CSCC Psych - Exam 3 Questions And Answers Rated A+

aggression - behavior intended to cause harm or death Agreeableness - A personality trait emphasizing the tendency to cooperate and comply with other people alturism - completely unselfish concern for others Anal Stage (18 months - 3 years) - Freud's second psychosexual stage which focuses on the psychological consequences of toilet training. anorexia nervosa - refusal to eat antianxiety drugs - drugs used to control anxiety antidepressant drugs - drugs used to treat depression antipsychotic drugs - medications used to reduce psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and bizarre behavior antisocial personality disorder - a psychological disorder based on a disregard for, and violation of, the rights of other people anxiety disorders - the group of DSM disorders in which the experience of excessive, unjustified anxiety is the primary system attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - a disorder emerging in childhood that features significant problems with attention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, or bothattitude - a viewpoint, often influenced by both thoughts and emotions, that affects a person's responses to people, things, or situations attribution - an explanation of the cause of behavior attribution theory - a theory that behavior is caused either by traits within the individual or by the situation surrounding the individual. Autism Spectrum Disorder - a disorder emerging in childhood that features significant social interaction deficits and rigid, repetitive patterns of behavior behavior therapy - the application of operant and classical conditioning to change outward behavior, with little to no emphasis on the mental processes affecting that behavior binge eating disorder - overeating pattern like bulimia but without the purging