Psychology
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- LaShonda danced into the party and immediately became the center of attention. With sweeping gestures of her arms and dramatic displays of emotion, she boasted about her career as an actress in a local theatre company. During a private conversation, she was asked about her troubled marriage but denied any problems. Shortly after this conversation, she fainted and had to be taken home.
- Willhelm wandered into the party but didn't stay long. He spoke with very few other guests. The other guests found him to be aloof and something of a "space cadet." He found the room to be filled with "negative forces," which he thought would influence him in some way.
- Maria paraded into the party drunk and continued to drink throughout the night. Laughing and giggling, she flirted with many of the men. Twice during the evening, she disappeared for almost half an hour, each time with a different man. After a violent argument with one of them, because he took to long to get her a drink, she locked herself into the bathroom and attempted to swallow a bottle of aspirin. Her friends encouraged her to go home, but she was afraid to be alone in the emptiness of her apartment
- Winston spent most of the time talking about his trip to Europe, his new Mercedes, and his favorite French restaurants. People seemed bored being around him, but he kept on talking. When he made a critical remark about how one of the women was dressed - he hurt her feelings - he could not apologize for his obvious blunder. He tried to talk his way around it, and blamed her for being upset
- Jamal arrived at the party exactly on time. He made a point of speaking to every guest for five minutes. He talked mostly about technology and finance and avoided inquiries about his feelings or personal life. He left precisely at 10 pm because he had work to do at home.
- Before entering, Donna watched the party for several minutes from outside, through the window. Once she went in, she seemed very uncomfortable. When people tried to be nice to her, she looked guarded and distrustful. People quickly became uncomfortable with her habit of finding fault with every little thing you said or did. She seemed to be picking fights with people. She didn't stay very long at the party.
- David wasn't invited to the party. No one really knows him very well because he rarely talks. He is most comfortable when he keeps to himself. In fact, he spends most of his time alone at home reading. This is where he was during the party.
- Tiffany arrived at the party with one of her friends. For the entire duration of the party, Tiffany would not leave the side of her friend, even to go get another drink or go to the bathroom. Tiffany's friend went to talk to a guy she liked, but Tiffany became extremely upset by this, as she didn't know what to do or how to act without her friend by her side
- Taj was quite intimidated by the party. He saw an attractive woman at the other end of the room, but he was extremely nervous about talking to her. He feels rather inadequate and is fearful that the woman would reject and criticize him. He left the party quite early without talking to many people e
- Max talked to many people at the party, seemingly being quite charming. After his girlfriend complained that he was drinking too much, he got physically aggressive with her and assaulted her. He showed no regret for what he had done, claiming that she "deserved it."
- Developing Alzheimer's disease is an ordinary part of the aging process
- In the early stages, one of the most common signs of Alzheimer's disease is forgetting recently learned information and remembering it later
- Diet, exercise, and family history are believed to be risk factors associated with developing the Alzheimer's disease
- Individuals in advanced stages of Alzheimer's show evidence of expanded cortical regions and increased dendrite growth in the brain
- Approximately, one in three older adults develop Alzheimer's disease
- While neurofibrillary tangles appear in the brain of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, beta-amyloid plaques (protein deposits) in the brain disappear
- Alzheimer's disease is the only common form of a Major Neurocognitive Disorder
- In the later stages, one of the most common signs of Alzheimer's disease is misplacing or losing things and remembering where they are later
- The evaluation for Alzheimer's disease is usually relatively brief and diagnosis occurs fairly quickly
- Though medications, such as Aricept and Namenda, are available for treatment, there is no known cure for Alzheimer's disease
- Therapy focused on building a strong, positive relationship and listening with empathy
- Therapy based on Freud's theory of personality structure and psychosexual development
- Treatment with drugs, such as anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, and anti-psychotic medications
- A third-wave therapy approach centered on improving poor regulation of emotions
- Integrated therapy focused on changing self-defeating thinking and unwanted behavior
- Category of therapies based on learning principles derived from classical and operant conditioning
- Perspective emphasizes managing defense mechanisms to allow healthy functioning
- Therapy targeting ways to change thoughts, with the intention of changing feelings
- Intervention based on view that an individual's problems are rooted in interpersonal dysfunction
- Therapy approaches attuned the varied needs of diverse ethnic and religious groups or individuals
- Which of the following is NOT an insanity defense rule?
- The term Grave Disability means a person is
- Which type of psychiatric facility has the most involuntary admissions
- Which of the following is NOT a type of validity as it pertains to assessment?
- The MMPI, one of the most widely used measures of personality, is a(n)
- What are the parts of the sexual response cycle?
- Personality
- Personality Disorder: sustained pattern is...
- What are the DSM-5-TR clusters of personality disorders?
- How would you describe a person with antisocial personality disorder?