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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
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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 inconsistencies in
cognitive structure. - Answer✔cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping directly
with a stressful situation. - Answer✔defense mechanisms
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Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - Answer✔systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape human
behavior. - Answer✔consequences
Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. -
Answer✔abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance. -
Answer✔Jung's theory of Introversion
Behavior modification programs in schools/group homes used to motivate participants. -
Answer✔token economy
This approach to human functioning stresses the importance of each individual's perception of
reality. - Answer✔Phenomenological
Emphasizes the importance of genetic and physical contributors to maladaptive behavior. -
Answer✔biological viewpoint
Use of family constellation - Answer✔Adler
traits and values - Answer✔Allport
vicarious conditioning - Answer✔Bandura
16 Personality Factor Questionairre - Answer✔Cattell
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NCE Exam Study Guide Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
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
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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 inconsistencies in
cognitive structure. - Answer✔cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping directly
with a stressful situation. - Answer✔defense mechanisms
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Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - Answer✔systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape human
behavior. - Answer✔consequences
Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. -
Answer✔abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance. -
Answer✔Jung's theory of Introversion
Behavior modification programs in schools/group homes used to motivate participants. -
Answer✔token economy
This approach to human functioning stresses the importance of each individual's perception of
reality. - Answer✔Phenomenological
Emphasizes the importance of genetic and physical contributors to maladaptive behavior. -
Answer✔biological viewpoint
Use of family constellation - Answer✔Adler
traits and values - Answer✔Allport
vicarious conditioning - Answer✔Bandura
16 Personality Factor Questionairre - Answer✔Cattell
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