Psychology Chapter 12: Emotion and Motivation
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What is the main premise of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

  • Emotions are purely cognitive and do not involve physiological changes.
  • Emotion is experienced before physiological responses.
  • Physiological arousal leads to the experience of emotions. (correct)
  • Physiological responses occur simultaneously with emotions.
  • Which of the following best describes the concept of resilience?

  • The inability to recover from emotional trauma.
  • The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. (correct)
  • A measure of social conformity in stressful situations.
  • A personality trait that influences happiness.
  • What does the term 'cognitive dissonance' refer to?

  • A state of mental discomfort arising from conflicting beliefs. (correct)
  • The process of behavior modification through reinforcement.
  • An approach focused on the unconscious mind and its influence.
  • The difference between actual and desired behaviors.
  • Which of the following are considered types of coping strategies?

    <p>Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In social psychology, what is the fundamental attribution error?

    <p>The tendency to attribute people's behaviors to their personality traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

    <p>To evaluate personality through narrative interpretation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes Type A personality?

    <p>High levels of competitiveness and urgency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term relates to the phenomenon where individuals refrain from helping in emergencies when others are present?

    <p>Bystander effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'health psychology' focus on?

    <p>The interaction between psychological factors and physical health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main idea behind positive psychology?

    <p>Enhancing well-being by studying positive aspects of human experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that emotions and physiological reactions occur simultaneously.

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

    Resilience refers to an individual's ability to recover quickly from stress or adversity.

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

    The mere exposure effect suggests that people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

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

    Type B individuals are often characterized by a competitive and aggressive nature.

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

    Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses primarily on changing thought patterns to influence emotions and behaviors.

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

    The term 'psychoneuroimmunology' studies the relationship between psychological processes and the immune system.

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

    Under the concept of learned helplessness, individuals believe they have no control over the outcomes of situations.

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

    The bystander effect describes the phenomenon where an individual is more likely to help when they are part of a larger group.

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

    Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by high levels of empathy and concern for others.

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

    Adaptive-level phenomenon refers to our tendency to judge our experiences relative to a neutral level.

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

    According to the James-Lange theory, emotions are the result of physiological ______.

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

    The positive psychology movement emphasizes the study of ______ as a key component of well-being.

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

    The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to underestimate the impact of ______ factors on behavior.

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

    The term ______ is used to describe the psychological impact of stress on the immune system.

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

    In the context of coping strategies, ______-focused coping aims to address the problem directly.

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

    The ______ effect describes how people's behavior is influenced by the presence of others.

    <p>social facilitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The ______ complex is a psychoanalytic concept that involves a child's competing feelings towards their parents.

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

    The concept of ______ refers to a shared understanding of morality within a group.

    <p>ingroup bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The mere exposure effect suggests that repeated ______ to something increases our liking for it.

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

    ______ therapy aims to change the way a client thinks in order to improve emotional responses.

    <p>Cognitive-behavioral</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following terms with their corresponding definitions:

    <p>emotion = A complex psychological state involving a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response psychoneuroimmunology = The study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems facial feedback effect = The tendency for facial expressions to influence feelings of emotion learned helplessness = A condition in which a person feels unable to control their situation, leading to passive behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following theories with their descriptions:

    <p>James-Lange theory = Theory that emotions follow physiological responses two-factor theory = The theory that emotions are based on physiological arousal and cognitive labeling Cannon-Bard theory = The theory that emotion and physiological reactions occur simultaneously cognitive dissonance theory = The theory that we act to reduce discomfort when our thoughts and actions clash</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following coping strategies with their definitions:

    <p>problem-focused coping = Coping strategy that aims to address the stressor directly emotion-focused coping = Coping strategy that aims to alleviate emotional distress personal control = The belief in one’s ability to influence events in their life self-regulation = The ability to control one's emotions and behavior in the face of temptations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following psychological disorders with their characteristics:

    <p>anxiety disorders = Disorders characterized by excessive fear or anxiety bipolar disorders = Disorders that involve shifts in mood from mania to depression psychotic disorders = Disorders that involve distorted perceptions of reality dissociative identity disorder = Disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following sociological concepts with their definitions:

    <p>ingroup bias = The tendency to favor one's own group over others groupthink = The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group, often leading to poor outcomes social loafing = The phenomenon where individuals put in less effort when working in a group deindividuation = The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following personality theories with their principles:

    <p>psychodynamic theories = Theories that focus on the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior humanistic theories = Theories that emphasize personal growth and fulfillment trait theory = The theory that personality consists of broad dispositions that influence behavior social-cognitive perspective = The view that behavior is influenced by the interaction between traits and social context</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following definitions with their corresponding psychological terms:

    <p>self-actualization = The realization of one's potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth unconditional positive regard = An attitude of acceptance and respect regardless of what a person says or does reciprocal determinism = The process of mutual influence between personal factors, behaviors, and environment trait = A characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act in a certain way</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following methods of therapy with their goals:

    <p>behavior therapy = Therapy aimed at modifying harmful behaviors cognitive therapy = Therapy focused on changing unhelpful thinking patterns psychodynamic therapy = Therapy that seeks to explore the influence of the unconscious on behavior group therapy = A form of therapy where individuals share experiences and provide support for each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following concepts of psychological resilience with their explanations:

    <p>posttraumatic growth = Positive change experienced as a result of adversity emotional regulation = The ability to monitor and manage emotional reactions self-control = The ability to control impulses and delay gratification stress inoculation = Teaching individuals to cope with stress through gradual exposure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Chapter 12: Emotion and Motivation

    • Emotion: A complex state involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
    • James-Lange Theory: Emotional experience is a result of physiological arousal, which is then interpreted as a specific emotion.
    • Cannon-Bard Theory: Physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously and independently.
    • Two-Factor Theory: Emotions are based on physiological arousal plus a cognitive label.
    • Polygraph: A device that measures physiological responses (like heart rate and respiration) to detect deception.
    • Facial Feedback Effect: Facial expressions can influence emotional experience.
    • Behavior Feedback Effect: Bodily expressions influences emotional experience.
    • Happiness: A subjective state of well-being and contentment.
    • Feel-Good Do-Good Phenomenon: Positive mood influences helping behavior.
    • Positive Psychology: The study of human strengths and well-being.
    • Subjective Well-being: A self-perceived feeling of happiness or satisfaction with life.
    • Adaptation-Level Phenomenon: Our tendency to adapt to a situation and return to a baseline/normal level of happiness.
    • Relative Deprivation: Experiencing feelings of happiness based on how well off you are compared to others.
    • Resilience: The ability to adapt to stress/trauma and bounce back from adversity.
    • Stress: A process of appraising and responding to events that challenge/threaten or exceed one's resources.
    • Approach and Avoidance Motives: Motives that direct us toward desired goals and away from undesirable ones.
    • Fight-or-Flight Response: A physiological response to perceived threat or danger.
    • General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): The body's three-stage physiological response to stress.
    • Tend-and-Befriend Response: A response to stress that involves nurturing others, seeking support, and bonding socially.
    • Health Psychology: The study of how psychological factors influence physical health and illness.
    • Psychoneuroimmunology: The study of the connection between the mind, brain, and immune system.
    • Coronary Heart Disease: A cardiovascular disease that involves the narrowing of the coronary arteries.
    • Type A: A personality type associated with competitiveness, hostility, and impatience, potentially leading to health problems.
    • Type B: A personality type associated with a relaxed disposition, and potentially leading to a decreased risk for coronary heart disease.
    • Coping: Managing stress.
    • Problem-Focused Coping: Coping strategies aimed at directly changing/managing the source of stress.
    • Emotion-Focused Coping: Strategies aimed at reducing the emotional response to stress.
    • Personal Control: The sense of control over one's life & environment.
    • Learned Helplessness: The feeling of powerlessness/having no control.
    • External Locus of Control: Believing that things happen because of chance or external factors.
    • Internal Locus of Control: Believing that one is in control of one's life.
    • Self-Control: The ability to control one's own impulses and behaviors.
    • Emotion Regulation: Managing and modifying one's emotional responses.
    • Aerobic Exercise: Physical activity that increases heart rate and breathing rate.
    • Mindfulness Meditation: Focusing on present moment thoughts and emotions.

    Chapter 13: Social Psychology

    • Social Psychology: The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another.
    • Attribution Theory: The process of explaining one's own behaviors and the behaviors of others.
    • Fundamental Attribution Error: Our tendency to overemphasize dispositional (personality-based) explanations for behaviors of others while underemphasizing situational factors.
    • Attitude: A lasting positive, negative, or mixed evaluation of a person, object, or idea.
    • Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon: The tendency for people who have agreed to a small request to comply with larger requests later.
    • Role: Set of norms/expectations that define how to behave in a particular social position.
    • Cognitive Dissonance Theory: The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent.
    • Peripheral Route Persuasion: Influencing attitudes by using superficial cues that do not involve careful consideration.
    • Central Route Persuasion: Influencing attitudes by appealing to logic and reason.
    • Norms: Rules for accepted and expected behavior.
    • Conformity: Adjusting one's behavior to coincide with a group standard.
    • Normative Social Influence: Conformity due to a desire to gain approval/avoid disapproval.
    • Informational Social Influence: Conformity due to willingness to accept others' opinions as new information.
    • Social Facilitation: Improved performance when others are present.
    • Social Loafing: The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards a common goal than when individually accountable.
    • Deindividuation: Loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.
    • Group Polarization: The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group.
    • Groupthink: The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.

    Chapter 13: Continued (Prejudice, Aggression, Love, etc.)

    • Prejudice: A negative attitude toward a social group or its members.
    • Stereotype: A generalized belief about a group of people.
    • Discrimination: Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward members of a group.
    • Implicit Bias: Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.
    • Just-World Phenomenon: The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve.
    • Ingroup: The group that an individual identifies with.
    • Outgroup: The group that an individual does not identify with.
    • Ingroup Bias: Favoring one's own group.
    • Scapegoat Theory: Blaming an outgroup for one's problems.
    • Other-Race Effect: The tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races.
    • Aggression: Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone.
    • Frustration-Aggression Principle: The principle that frustration creates anger, which can lead to aggression.
    • Social Script: Our "mental file" of how to act in a particular social situation (e.g., a romantic date).
    • Mere Exposure Effect: The phenomenon that repeated exposure to stimuli increases liking of them.
    • Passionate Love: An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another.
    • Companionate Love: The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined.
    • Equity: A condition in relationships where the parties feel that the rewards and costs in the relationship are proportionate to eachother's contributions.
    • Self-Disclosure: Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.
    • Altruism: Unselfish regard for the welfare of others.
    • Diffusion of Responsibility: The tendency to assume that someone else will take responsibility for an action.
    • Bystander Effect: The more people who are present during an emergency, the less likely each individual is to help.
    • Social Exchange Theory: The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs.
    • Reciprocity Norm: The expectation that people will help those who have helped them.
    • Social-Responsibility Norm: The expectation that people will help those who need help.
    • Conflict: A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or values.
    • Social Trap: A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior.
    • Mirror-Image Perceptions: Mutual views for each other, often contradictory, held by conflicting groups (e.g., two sides in a conflict).
    • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: A belief that leads to its own fulfillment.
    • Superordinate Goals: Shared goals that override differences among people and require their cooperation.
    • GRIT: Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction.

    Chapters 14, 15, 16: Personality, Psychological Disorders, and Psychotherapy

    (Note: This section condenses information from multiple chapters, summarizing key concepts)

    • Personality: An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

    • Psychodynamic Theories: Theories of personality that view behavior as stemming from unconscious drives and motives.

    • Psychoanalysis: Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts.

    • Unconscious: Reservoir of thoughts, feelings, memories that are outside of conscious awareness.

    • Free Association: A method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.

    • Id: The reservoir of unconscious psychic energy striving for immediate gratification.

    • Ego: The largely conscious "executive" part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

    • Superego: The internalized set of ideals and moral principles.

    • Psychosexual Stages: Childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) where the id's pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.

    • Oedipus Complex: A boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and rivalry for his father.

    • Identification: Children incorporating their parents' values into their developing superegos.

    • Fixation: A lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage.

    • Defense Mechanisms: Tactics the ego uses to reduce anxiety, such as repression and projection.

    • Repression: Pushing painful memories and thoughts into the unconscious.

    • Collective Unconscious: Jung's concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history.

    • Terror-Management Theory: Addressing the question of how we cope with our knowledge of mortality.

    • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT): A projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes.

    • Projective Test: A personality test that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of inner dynamics.

    • Rorschach Inkblot Test: A projective test composed of ambiguous inkblots; responses are then analyzed to uncover hidden personality characteristics.

    • Humanistic Theories: Focus on potential for growth and self-acceptance.

    • Hierarchy of Needs: Maslow’s theory prioritizing certain needs like biological needs/safety before psychological needs/self-actualization.

    • Self-Actualization: The ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved.

    • Self-Transcendence: Striving for meaning and purpose beyond the self.

    • Unconditional Positive Regard: According to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person.

    • Self-Concept: Our understanding/evaluation of ourselves.

    • Trait: A characteristic pattern of behavior or disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports.

    • Personality Inventory: A questionnaire (often with true–false or agree–disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors.

    • Self-Report: A method in which people provide subjective information about themselves.

    • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI): One of the most widely researched and clinically used personality inventories.

    • Empirically Derived Test: A test developed by testing a pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups.

    • Big Five Factors: Dimensions of personality—Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extraversion (CANOE).

    • Social-Cognitive Perspective: Views behavior is influenced by the interaction between people's traits (including their thoughts, feelings, and expectations) and their social context.

    • Reciprocal Determinism: The interacting influences of behavior, internal personal factors, and environmental factors.

    • Self: Encompasses our thoughts/perceptions about who we are in relation to our past, present, and future.

    • Spotlight Effect: Overestimating others' noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders.

    • Self-Esteem: One's feelings of high or low self-worth.

    • Self-Efficacy: One's sense of competence and effectiveness.

    • Self-Serving Bias: The tendency to perceive oneself favorably.

    • Narcissism: Excessive self-love and self-absorption.

    • Psychological Disorder: A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior.

    • Medical Model: The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured.

    • Epigenetics: The study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change.

    • DSM-5-TR: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision, a widely used system for classifying psychological disorders.

    • Anxiety Disorders: Psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety.

    • Social Anxiety Disorder: Intense fear of social situations, leading to avoidance of such.

    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Excessive anxiety and worry about numerous events, accompanied by physical symptoms.

    • Panic Disorder: An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.

    • Specific Phobia: An anxiety disorder marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation.

    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and actions (compulsions).

    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.

    • Somatic Symptom Disorder: Psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical cause.

    • Illness Anxiety Disorder: (Hypochondriasis) Distress about physical symptoms with unjustified fear of having a serious disease.

    • Major Depressive Disorder: A mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or other medical conditions, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods or diminished interest/pleasure in most or all activities.

    • Depressive Disorders: Disorders characterized by a prolonged period of sadness/lack of interest in activities.

    • Bipolar Disorders: Mood disorders in which individuals are affected between periods of very low and very high mood.

    • Mania: A mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state.

    • Rumination: Feeding on negative thoughts, obsessively.

    • Schizophrenia: A severe disorder characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emoteions and behaviors.

    • Psychotic Disorders: Disorders characterized by abnormal perceptions and/or loss of contact with reality.

    • Delusion: False beliefs often of persecution or grandeur.

    • Chronic Schizophrenia: A prolonged/persistent episode of schizophrenia.

    • Acute Schizophrenia: A brief episode of schizophrenia.

    • Dissociative Disorders: Disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated (dissociated) from painful memories, thoughts, or feelings.

    • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.

    • Personality Disorders: Disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

    • Antisocial Personality Disorder: A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a charming con artist.

    • Anorexia Nervosa: An eating disorder in which a person reduces eating to significantly/dangerously low levels.

    • Bulimia Nervosa: An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, followed by vomiting, using laxatives, or fasting.

    • Binge-Eating Disorder: An eating disorder in which significant binge-eating episodes occur, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt but without the compensatory purging behaviors of bulimia.

    • Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Disorders that appear in childhood and are characterized by deviations in psychological/neurological development.

    • Intellectual Disability: A significant limitation in intellectual functioning, accompanied by limitations in adaptive behavior, beginning before age 18.

    • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors.

    • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A neurodevelopmental disorder marked by inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity.

    • Psychotherapy: Treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth.

    • Biomedical Therapy: Prescriptions, treatments, and procedures that directly affect the body's psychological (physical or mental)/chemical processes.

    • Eclectic Approach: An approach to therapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy to best treat the client.

    • Psychoanalysis: Freud's therapeutic technique.

    • Resistance: In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material.

    • Interpretation: In psychoanalysis, the analyst's noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight.

    • Transference: In psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to therapist of emotions linked with other relationships.

    • Psychodynamic Therapy: Therapy that views individuals' behavior as stemming from the unconscious conflicts and past relationships.

    • Insight Therapies: Therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person's awareness of underlying motives and defenses.

    • Person-Centered Therapy: A humanistic therapy, developed by Rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate client growth.

    • Active Listening: Empathetic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies.

    • Behavior Therapy: Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors.

    • Counterconditioning: Behavioral therapies using classical conditioning to evoke new responses or reduce the desire for maladaptive (negative) behaviors or responses.

    • Exposure Therapies: Behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxieties by exposing people (in graduated steps) to the things they fear and avoid.

    • Systematic Desensitization: A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli.

    • Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: Progressively exposing people to simulations of their greatest fears, from spiders to public speaking.

    • Aversive Conditioning: A type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant stimulus with an unwanted behavior.

    • Token Economy: An operant conditioning procedure that reinforces desired behaviors and extinguishes undesired ones.

    • Cognitive Therapy: Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting.

    • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior).

    • Group Therapy: Therapy that involves multiple participants in a group session.

    • Family Therapy: Therapy that treats the family as a system.

    • Confirmation Bias: A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.

    • Meta-Analysis: A procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies.

    • Evidence-Based Practice: Clinical decision-making that integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.

    • Therapeutic Alliance: The bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and client, which is crucial for successful therapy.

    • Biomedical Therapy: Prescriptions, treatments, or procedures that directly affect the body's psychological (physical/mental) processes.

    • Psychopharmacology: Study of drug effects on mind and behavior.

    • Antipsychotic Drugs: Drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.

    • Antianxiety Drugs: Drugs used to control anxiety and panic attacks.

    • Antidepressant Drugs: Drugs used to lift mood; treat depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and PTSD.

    • Psychedelic Drugs: Drugs that alter or distort mental awareness in hallucinatory ways and can create profound spiritual or mystical experiences.

    • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): Treatment with brief electric shock to the brain; used for severe depression that does not respond to medication or other treatments.

    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): A noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate targeted areas of the brain.

    • Psychosurgery: Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior.

    • Lobotomy: A psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients.

    • Resilience: The ability to adapt or bounce back.

    • Posttraumatic Growth: Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises, such as a major illness, or personal tragedy.

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