Exam 2: Contemporary Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Messages from the brain to the ______ nervous system regulate intentional body movements like raising an arm and walking.

Freud proposed several stages of ______ development.

Therapists who practice _________draw on techniques from different schools of therapy without necessarily adopting the theoretical positions that spawned those techniques.

According to cognitive therapists, errors in thinking are known as ______.

A neurotransmitter linked to anxiety disorders and depression is ______.

The learning perspective views abnormal behavior as __________________.

Describe what is meant by the term "eclectic" therapy. What has been learned about this therapy and its use among therapists.

From the behavioral perspective, abnormal behavior is symptomatic of underlying biological or psychological problems.

According to Jung, the collective unconscious contains primitive images, or ______, reflects upon the history of our species.

Social-cognitive theorists, who share many ideas with cognitive psychologists, focus on ______.

The debate of heredity versus environment is also known as ______.

Briefly describe the various parts of the nervous system, explaining what each does.

Mark is distressed because he received a "C" in his English class. Although he has "A's" in all of his other subjects, Mark continues to focus on his one average grade and he is making Himself miserable. According to Beck, Mark's emotional distress is due to ______.

The hindbrain consists of _____________.

According to Adler, feelings of inferiority due to physical deficits can lead to the development of a powerful ______.

A leader of the humanistic movement in American psychology was ______.

The first major psychological theories of abnormal behavior were ______.

The Freudian stages of human development correspond to the transfer of ______ from one ______to another.

Moral standards and values of a child's parents and other important people in his or her life become internalized during ______.

Maria accidentally collided with a tree while she was skiing and subsequently lost some of her ability to hear. Maria's accident most likely resulted in damage to her ______.