Test 4

Question 1

stressor

Answer 1

factor or circumstance that challenges a persons well being

Question 2

stress

Answer 2

occurs when our ability to cope with stressors becomes limited

Question 3

distress

Answer 3

extreme anxiety or suffering

Question 4

eustress

Answer 4

type of stress deemed healthy and fulfilling

Question 5

problem focused coping

Answer 5

changing or eliminating circumstances that cause stress

Question 6

emotion focused coping

Answer 6

separating one’s self from the stressor

Question 7

trait perspective

Answer 7

study of durable traits characteristic or one’s disposition or behavior patterns

Question 8

biological perspective

Answer 8

personality differences are rooted indistinct biological structures and nervous system activity

Question 9

social-cognitive perspective

Answer 9

builds on established learning and cognition research

Question 10

psychological disorder

Answer 10

persistent behavior, thoughts or feelings

Question 11

three key attributors to psychological disorders

Answer 11

deviant, distressful, dysfunctional

Question 12

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 12

persistent tenseness, unfocused, inability to avoid or determine cause of anxious feelings

Question 13

most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorder

Answer 13

generalized anxiety disorder

Question 14

what is TAT

Answer 14

test determining individual’s motives and how they see the world

Question 15

5 traits/factors (alphabetical)

Answer 15

agreeableness, conscientious, extraversion, neuroticism, openess

Question 16

how to clinicians classify disorders? (acronym)

Answer 16

DSM

Question 17

odd-eccentric personality disorders

Answer 17

schizoid, schizotypal, paraniod

Question 18

schizoid personality disorder

Answer 18

reclusive, isolated

Question 19

schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 19

reclusive, isolated with delusional beliefs

Question 20

dramatic-emotional personality disorders

Answer 20

antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic

Question 21

histrionic personality disorder

Answer 21

sexual, exaggerated emotion, flamboyant

Question 22

borderline personality disorder

Answer 22

fearful of abandonment

Question 23

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 23

void of empathy, psychopath

Question 24

anxious-fearful personality disorders

Answer 24

avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive

Question 25

biomedical therapy

Answer 25

physically change brain’s functioning by altering its chemistry

Question 26

NE

Answer 26

norepinephrine

Question 27

5 HT

Answer 27

serotonin