Health Flashcards
Affect
expression of emotion.
Aggression
act that is intended to cause pain
Alienation
being emotionally separated from others
Antidepressants
Medications used to treat depression.
Antisocial behavior
A pattern of behavior that is verbally or physically harmful to other people
Antisocial personality disorder
disorder whose behavior does not improve as they mature.
Anxiety/ anxiety disorders
An unpleasant emotion triggered by anticipation of future events
Apathy
can be defined as an absence of emotion
Applied psychology
The area of psychology in which basic theory and research are applied to the actual problems faced by individuals on a daily basis.
Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder
Disorder characterized by attentional deficit and/or hyperactivity
Autism
A disorder that first appears in early childhood and is impaired social interaction
Autonomic nervous system
The nervous system responsible for regulating automatic bodily processes, such as breathing and heart rate.
Avoidance learning
An individual’s response to avoid an unpleasant or stressful situation
Behavior therapy
therapeutic approach that treats emotional and behavioral disorders
Biofeedback
A technique that allows individuals to monitor their own physiological processes so they can learn to control them.
Bipolar disorder
A condition in which a person alternates between the two emotional extremes of depression and mania
Body image
The subjective conception of one’s own body
Central nervous system
In humans, that portion of the nervous system that lies within the brain and spinal cord
Classical conditioning
The process of closely associating a neutral stimulus with one that evokes a reflexive response so that eventually the neutral stimulus alone will evoke the same response.
Cognitive behavior therapy
moods can be changed by replacing inappropriate ways of thinking with thought patterns that are more realistic.
Defense mechanisms
Unconscious strategies for avoiding or reducing threatening feelings
Delay of gratification
The ability to forgo an immediate pleasure or reward in order to gain a more substantial one later.
Delusion/ delusional disorders
Beliefs that are in stark contrast to reality, often having to do with persecution or an exaggerated sense of importance or glory.
Depression
An emotional state or mood characterized by one or more of these symptoms: sad mood, low energy, poor concentration,
Desensitization
A behavior modification technique used to combat phobias and other irrational fears.
Drug therapy
Medications administered to help people suffering from psychological illnesses.
Ego
is that portion of the personality that imposes realistic limitations
Emotional development
The process by which infants and children begin developing the capacity to experience emotions.
Emotional intelligence
The ability to perceive and constructively act on both one’s own emotions and the feelings of others.
Empathy
The capacity to experience and understand the thoughts and feelings of another person
Extroversion
A term used to characterize people who are typically outgoing
Forgetting curve
predictable pattern of the process of forgetting learned information.
Identity formation
A person’s mental representation of who he or she is
Id
In psychoanalytic theory, the most primitive, unconscious element of human personality.
Impulse control disorder
A psychological disorder characterized by the repeated inability to refrain from performing a particular action that is harmful either to oneself or others.
Inferiority complex
A psychological condition that exists when a person’s feelings of inadequacy are so intense that daily living is impaired.
Introversion
A commonly used term for people who are quiet
Mania
the condition opposite depression
Mental imagery
picture created by the imagination with no visual stimulus required.
Narcissism
Excessive preoccupation with self and lack of empathy for others.
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Mental illness characterized by the anxiety-producing thoughts (obsessions)
Operant conditioning
Approach to human learning based on the premise that human intelligence and will operate on the environment rather than merely respond to the environment’s stimuli.
Panic disorders
An acute feeling of intense fear
Passive aggressive personality
Its main distinguishing feature is indirect resistance to the demands or expectations of others through stubbornness, forgetfulness, inefficiency, procrastination, and other covert Its main distinguishing feature is indirect resistance to the demands or expectations of others through stubbornness
Placebo effect
a significant response that cannot be explained by physiological variables and is assumed to be psychological in origin.
Psychoanalysis
A method of treatment for mental, emotional, and behavioral dysfunctions as developed by Sigmund Freud.
Psychosis
A symptom of mental illness characterized by a radical change in personality and a distorted or diminished sense of objective reality.
Rapid eye movement
the stage of sleep most closely associated with dreaming.
Self-actualization
A prominent term in humanistic psychology that refers to the basic human need for self-fulfillment.
Self-esteem
A prominent term in humanistic psychology that refers to the basic human need for self confidence
Self-fulfilling prophecy
An initial expectation that is confirmed by the behavior it elicits.
Supergo
the part of the human personality that represents a person’s inner values and morals
