NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide
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Ego's need for immediate gratification. - ✔✔Pleasure Principle
The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. -
✔✔Etiology
An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. -
✔✔Self-actualization
This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) -
✔✔Unconditional Positive Regard
Accomplished by rewarding success of desired behavior. - ✔✔Shaping
Learning method involving the conditioning of new stimuli to existing responses. -
✔✔Classical Conditioning
A behavior modification used to establish new behavior. - ✔✔reinforcement
The designations "common," "personal," & "cardinal" refer to ______________. - ✔✔Trait
Theory
Individuals are in an interactional relationship with their environment. - ✔✔contextual
worldview
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, Freud believed human behavior is mainly motivated by the psychosexual energy called
__________. - ✔✔libido
Relearning by using a particular stimulus to establish a new, more adaptive response -
✔✔counter conditioning
Idea that there are many different ways to interpret events, each one leading to different
behaviors. - ✔✔Kelly's concept of Constructive Alternativism
A severe psychological disorder involving loss of contact with reality. - ✔✔Psychosis
Process of development and body change resulting from heredity rather than learning. -
✔✔Maturation
Vicarious conditioning occurs through observed________. - ✔✔modeling
The unpleasantness of _________motivates individuals to avoid or reduce
inconsistencies in cognitive structure. - ✔✔cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping
directly with a stressful situation. - ✔✔defense mechanisms
Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - ✔✔systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape
human behavior. - ✔✔consequences
Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. -
✔✔abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance.
- ✔✔Jung's theory of Introversion
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Ego's need for immediate gratification. - ✔✔Pleasure Principle
The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. -
✔✔Etiology
An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. -
✔✔Self-actualization
This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) -
✔✔Unconditional Positive Regard
Accomplished by rewarding success of desired behavior. - ✔✔Shaping
Learning method involving the conditioning of new stimuli to existing responses. -
✔✔Classical Conditioning
A behavior modification used to establish new behavior. - ✔✔reinforcement
The designations "common," "personal," & "cardinal" refer to ______________. - ✔✔Trait
Theory
Individuals are in an interactional relationship with their environment. - ✔✔contextual
worldview
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, Freud believed human behavior is mainly motivated by the psychosexual energy called
__________. - ✔✔libido
Relearning by using a particular stimulus to establish a new, more adaptive response -
✔✔counter conditioning
Idea that there are many different ways to interpret events, each one leading to different
behaviors. - ✔✔Kelly's concept of Constructive Alternativism
A severe psychological disorder involving loss of contact with reality. - ✔✔Psychosis
Process of development and body change resulting from heredity rather than learning. -
✔✔Maturation
Vicarious conditioning occurs through observed________. - ✔✔modeling
The unpleasantness of _________motivates individuals to avoid or reduce
inconsistencies in cognitive structure. - ✔✔cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping
directly with a stressful situation. - ✔✔defense mechanisms
Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - ✔✔systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape
human behavior. - ✔✔consequences
Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. -
✔✔abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance.
- ✔✔Jung's theory of Introversion
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