Chapters 12-14

___ involves complying with direct commands that come from a person in a position of authority.

___ are psychological methods to understand and manage stress.

Sigmund Freud was the developer of ___, a theory of personality development that relied heavily on case studies.

The ___ system attempts to protect the body from diseases and injuries on an outgoing basis.

___ refers to the negative effects experienced when confronted with stress.

___ refers to a reaction to stressors that is energizing, mobilizing, and productive.

What name did Hans Selye give to his model of the body's reaction to stress?

___ refers to a change in behavior that occurs in response to a direct request.

Karen Horney placed particular emphasis on ___ as a strong determinant of our personalitites.

When we adjust our behavior or thinking to align to a group standard, we are engaging in ___.

Social psychologists refer to an evaluative belief or opinion about objects, ideas, or people as a(n) ___.

Which Big Five personality dimension is related to emotional instability, anxiety, and worry?

Becoming your real self and realizing your fullest potiential describes the process of ___.

___ increases heart and lung fitness, and hss been shown to reduce stress and symptoms of depression.

Negative behavior toward members of a group solely because of their membership in that group.

General beliefs, either favorable or unfavorable, about a group of people are called ___.

People with a(n) ___ believe that they can control a situation, their own rewards, and therefore their own fate.

A relatively stable disposition to behave in a certain way.

The confort, care, and help that is available to us from a network of friends and family members.

Persuasion is to ___ as compliance is to ___.

___ is helping behavior that is carried out without concern for one's own safety or self-interest.

People who subscribe to the just-world phenomenon believe that ___.

Which projective test presents a series of 10 inkblots to a test-taker and asks for a verbal response to each one?

A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occuring since the age of 15.

Which strategy would be a nonaddictive means of effectively relieving stress?

What did Julius Rotter call our disposition to preceive the amount of control we have over a given situation?

Someone who is confident about the positive or successful outcomes for her or his future is ___.

Walter Cannon coined the phrase ___ to describe the body's responses to a stressor.