Exam 37: (AP) Psychology: Development, and Practice

Jessica has a huge fear of flying, but a promotion at work requires excessive traveling in this manner. Excellent career advancement and matching pay persuades Jessica to get over her fear. She visits a therapist who directs her to sit and watch a reenactment of another individual resolving this problem. A movie is observed where a young man slowly makes the transition from airport to actually boarding the plane. He displays great dread, but takes his time and talks himself through the entire process. Once on the plane, more fears are addressed until the man has successfully made his first flight and landed safely. Bandura was most famous for this therapy and called it what?

Ego psychology is the study of how an individual interacts with the external world, as well as the responses to internal forces. Proponents of this practice focus on the ego's normal and pathological development, management of aggressive impulses, and its adaptation to reality. What is an example of an ego function?

Since elementary school, Mark has demanded admiration for everything he has accomplished. He tends to exaggerate his achievements and demonstrates an overwhelming desire for success, power, and love. Mark feels he can only be understood by others like him who reign superior in some aspect of life. What disorder does this individual display?

Natalie is a 16-year-old girl who just got her driver's license. She asks her dad for the car to attend a sleepover at a friend's house. The father does not want the vehicle out all night and tells her "no." Natalie loves her father, but is extremely angry with him right now. This integration of contradictory experiences, ideas, and feelings describes what ego function?

Direct practice by a social worker may involve the ego function of defensive functioning. These develop in infancy and involve the boundary between the outer world and self. These primitive defenses include projection, denial, and splitting. What is the definition of a defense?

Michael has been having temporary delusions and hallucinations. He has difficulty perceiving and understanding stimuli accurately. Through direct practice, the social worker believes that Michael is having difficulty with one of his ego functions. There is difficulty distinguishing what is occurring in the outside world from is occurring in his mind. What ego function is being described?