PSYCH 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 12
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Theory of Planned Behavior ......ANSWER........Theoretical model
that includes the basic ideas of the theory of reasoned action
but adds the person's perceptions of control over the outcome. p.
516
Secondary Appraisal ......ANSWER........Individuals evaluate their
resources and determine how effectively they can be marshaled
to cope with the event. It depends on the degree to which the
event is appraised as harmful, threatening, or challeging. p. 531
,age 2 of 80
Primary Appraisal ......ANSWER........Individuals interpret whether
an event invloves harm or loss that has already occured, a threat
of some future danger, or a challenge to be overcome. p. 530
Type A Behavior Pattern ......ANSWER........A cluster of
characteristics -- including being excessively competitive, hard-
driven, impatient, and hostle -- that are related to a higher
incidence of heart disease.
Rational-Emotive Therapy ......ANSWER........A therapy based on
Ellis's assertion that individuals develop a psychological disorder
because of irrational and self-defeating beliefs and whose goal
is to get clients to eliminate these beliefs by rationally examining
them. p. 496
Cognitive Restructuring ......ANSWER........A general concept for
changing a pattern of thought that is presumed to be causing
,age 3 of 80
maladaptive behavior or emotion, is central to cognitive
therapies. p. 495
Applied Behavior Analysis ......ANSWER........The use of operant
conditioning principles to change human behavior. p. 187
Averse Conditioning ......ANSWER........A form of treatment that
consists of repeated pairings of a stimulus with a very
unpleasant stimulus. p. 173
Systematic Desensitization ......ANSWER........A behavior therapy
that treats anxiety by teaching the client to associate deep
relaxation with increasingly intense anxiety-producing situations.
p. 494
Humanistic Therapy ......ANSWER........Treatments unique in their
emphasis on people's self-healing capacities, that encourage
clients to understand themselves and to grow personally. p.493
, age 4 of 80
Latent Content ......ANSWER........According to Freud, a dream's
hidden content; its unconscious and true meaning. p. 143
Major Depressive Disorder ......ANSWER........Psychological
disorder involving a major depressive episode and depressed
characteristics, such as lethargy and hopelessness, for at least
two weeks. p. 455
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ......ANSWER........Anxiety disorder
that develops through exposure to a traumatic event, a severely
oppressive situation, cruel abuse, or a natural or an unnatural
disaster. p. 452
Borderline Personality Disorder ......ANSWER........Psychological
disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in
interpersonal relationships, self image, and emotions, and of