Exam 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

According to Rogers, when parents accept children as having intrinsic worth regardless of their behavior at a particular moment in time, they are showing them ______.

Theorists who focus on abnormal thought patterns, attitudes, and expectations associated with abnormal behavior are ______ theorists.

When we are anxious or fearful, ______.

The process of introjection was most crucial to the theory of ______.

Our understanding of the biological underpinnings of abnormal behavior has ______ in recent years.

A region of the mind that corresponds to one's present awareness is called ______.

Celia is having difficulty maintaining her balance and coordinating her muscle movements. Assuming her problems result from a brain injury, one would first examine her _______.

Jack was recently passed over for a promotion at work. He tells his wife that he is not appreciated at work and his hard work goes unnoticed. Several weeks later, Jack's boss notices that Jack has been coming to work late and leaving early. According to Ellis' ABC approach, which of the following would be the "C" of Ellis' "A-B-C" paradigm?

Unlike Freud, Hartmann would not attribute a choice of a career in art to ______.

The ego is the only psychic structure at birth.

Maureen is feeling increasingly anxious. Her therapist suggests to Maureen that she has not psychologically separated herself from her mother. Maureen's therapist most likely Agrees with the theories of ______.

The ______ is located behind the pons and is involved in balance and motor behavior.

Margaret Mahler is most closely associated with ______ theory.

The ______ nervous system regulates the glands and involuntary activities such as heart rate, digestion, and pupil dilation.

___________ are helping professionals who hold a doctoral degree and have completed graduate training that prepares them for careers in college counseling and mental health centers. They typically serve people with a milder range of psychological difficulties.

__________ studies speak to the issue of whether particular treatments work better than control procedures under tightly controlled conditions in a research lab setting.

In contemporary times, the understanding of abnormal behavior has been largely approached from_______________.

For Rogers, a child's distorted self-concept can come from parents' ______.

For Ellis, the key factor in abnormal behavior is a person's ______.

The ______ nervous system is also known as the "automatic" nervous system.