Key Terms in Psychology and Crisis Management

A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager.

To manage problems or difficulties successfully.

Separation from others; aloneness.

<p>A physiological or psychological dependence on a drug.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unwanted remarks or actions that cause a person emotional or physical harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nonphysical mistreatment of a person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Deprived or left desolate, especially through death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of deep sorrow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Getting involved in a situation to change what is happening.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who turns his or her attention inward toward himself or herself; a shy person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hopeful and confident about the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One who believes or expects the worst; prophet of doom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal. Undersupply linked to depression.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The way you see your body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning by hearing and listening</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning by seeing, reading, and watching.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning by performing a task or handling items.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relate or connect to one another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concept of human development as a lifelong process, which can be studied scientifically.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A challenge to be met at each stage of growth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Predictable</p> Signup and view all the answers