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Psychology & Counseling exam 2
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Psychology & Counseling exam 2
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1. Wotf is stimulus need

2. Holds that we seek to preserve agreement & harmony among our beliefs - feelings & actions

3. An organized & enduring set of beliefs & feelings - predisposing us to behave in a certain way

4. Defined as fear or anxiety caused by the sudden realization of danger created by the impact of shock

5. Aggressive behavior directed against an "innocent bystander" because the cause of frustration or conflict cannot itself be attacked

6. Control many of the bodily changes in emotion

7. A desire to reach a goal that has value for the individual

8. As a defense mechanism - an attempt to relieve anxiety by becoming like another person or group

9. _____ points out that crying serves the purpose of calling for help & generally elicits a helping response in humans

10. An attitude that an individual maintains so stubbornly as to be virtually immune to any information or experiences that would disprove

11. Psychoses have traditionally been classified as

12. The most devastating of all mental disorders - in which the victim loses touch w/ reality & personality functioning breaks down & becomes completely disorganized

13. According to _____ - we attribute the behavior of others first to dispositional factors

14. _____ is accompanied by physiological events that help the body to return to physiological equilibrium after the interruption to equilibrium caused by the stress response

15. A type of mood disorder in which the person's mood swings from deep melancholy to wild excitement

16. The process through which children are integrated into the society through exposure to the actions & opinions of other members of the society

17. The _____ of a loss is often experienced emotionally as a sudden - violent & upsetting disturbance

18. A study of the way organisms inherit traits that help control their conduct

19. A defense mechanism in which people behave as if their motives were the opposite of their real motives; often characterizes by excessive display of a "good" trait such as politeness

20. Source of coping mechanisms are forms of _____ when used as an unconscious defense to reduce - avoid - or prevent anxiety that arises from the impact of a loss

21. Include hunger - thirst - breathing - sleep - sex - temperature - elimination - & pain

22. Changes brought about during emotions

23. Aggressive behavior focused directly on the obstacle that has caused frustration

24. An effective defense against stress. It may take form of

25. When torn between two goals that both have some desirable & undesirable aspects