Cause: Psychosocial
What will be an ideal response?
Stress (e.g., research by Dohrenwend & Egri; Ventura et al.)
Little evidence that specific stressors more toxic than others
Aggregate stress load more important
Play role in risk for expression / relapse
Expressed Emotion (EE)
Brown et al. (1962)
Criticism (disapproval)
Hostility (animosity)
Emotional over-involvement (intrusiveness)
Cognitive perspective
Those experiencing hallucinations often turn to family / friends
Family / friends deny reality of these sensations
Conclude that others trying to hide the truth from them
Rational Road to Madness:
Begin to reject all feedback from others that is inconsistent with their own experience ...
Some develop beliefs (delusions) that they are being intentionally mislead / persecuted
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Absolute thinking is
a. failing to appreciate shades of gray. b. missing the big picture for the details. c. preferring the tangible and observable. d. privileging thoughts over behavior.
According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, the decision-making component that motivates people to remain in the relationship is:
a. intimacy b. commitment c. passion d. reciprocation
A key feature of Bandura's theory is that it:
a. ignores the effects of reinforcement on behavior b. focuses exclusively on the classical conditioning of behavior c. maintains that much of our behavior is regulated by anticipated outcomes d. pays little attention to self-control processes
Which of the following is NOT an example of self-defeating behavior?
a. Indecisiveness. b. Obsessive planning. c. Setting goals. d. Withdrawing or dropping out.