Clinical Terms, Part II Flashcards
Pertaining to the biological aspects of an individual; This is most commonly used to distinguish between physiological and psychosocial problems.
Organic
The defense mechanism that protects the personality from anxiety or guilt by disavowing or ignoring unacceptable thoughts, emotions, or wishes
Denial
A tendency to develop a trait or attribute under the right circumstance.
Predisposition
Effective behavior an individual uses in responding to or avoiding sources of stress.
Coping Skills
Abrupt shifts and excessive variation in an individual’s expression of affect.
Labile Affect
A pattern of behavior frequently seen in victims of spousal abuse and child abuse, in which the individual responds passively to risks of harm.
Learned Helplessness
A compelling wish or drive that is out of an individual’s immediate awareness but that influences him or her to act in a way that would seem contrary to his or her rational objectives.
Unconscious Motivation
The individuals capacity for logical thinking, intelligence, perceptiveness, and self-control over impulses to achieve immediate gratification
Ego Strengths
In behavior modification, the elimination or weakening of a conditioned response by discontinuing the reinforcement after the response occurs
Extinction
A defense mechanism in which un acceptable aspects of one’s own personality are rejected or attributed to another person or entity.
Projection
The process of helping individuals, families, groups, and communities increase their strengths and develop influence toward improving their circumstances.
Empowerment
Traits of personality, behavior, thought, or orientation considered to be unacceptable, repugnant, or inconsistent with the individual’s perceptions–conscious or unconscious–of themselves.
Ego Dystonic
