Psychology/Mental Health Test Review: Multiple Choice Definitions
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What is the practice of allowing the patient to discuss thoughts, dreams, memories, or words, regardless of coherency?

  • Psychodynamic theory
  • Free Association (correct)
  • Neo Freudian Theory
  • Analytical psychology
  • Which theory emphasizes a person's interpersonal relationships and their relationship to society?

  • Psychodynamic theory
  • Psychoanalytic theory
  • Operant conditioning
  • Neo Freudian Theory (correct)
  • According to Freud, what does psychoanalytic theory focus on?

  • The individual unconscious and its relationship to the collective unconscious
  • Abnormal behavior and its causes
  • Interpersonal relationships and society
  • The unconscious psychological drives and forces within individuals (correct)
  • What is the global term used to cover minor psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, obsessional and phobic neuroses?

    <p>Neurotic disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which field of study aims to predict reliably, explain, diagnose, identify the causes of, and treat maladaptive behavior?

    <p>Abnormal psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method of learning uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior?

    <p>Operant conditioning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which theory focuses on the idea that how and what people think leads to the arousal of emotions?

    <p>Cognitive theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of disorder is characterized by uncontrollable and recurring thoughts and repetitive behaviors?

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

    Which disorder is related to experiencing a shocking, scary, or dangerous event?

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

    Which disorder is characterized by symptoms like inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity?

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

    According to Freud, which part of personality wants instant gratification?

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

    "Free Association" in psychotherapy involves allowing the patient to discuss what?

    <p>Thoughts, dreams, memories, or words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Repression" is a defense mechanism where people exclude distressing what from the conscious mind?

    <p>Distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Super Ego" part of personality is always concerned with what?

    <p>Good boy, socially acceptable views</p> Signup and view all the answers

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