In the context of McCrae and Costa’s Five-Factor model, the characteristic traits of the factor of openness is:

Research using the Loyola Generativity Scale to measure the level of generativity or stagnation in adulthood confirmed that:

The locomotor-genital stage of Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, which occurs between ages 3 and 5, involves:

A behavior therapy technique for treating phobias based on direct exposure to a series of increasingly fearful stimuli. Also called in-vivo (“real-life”) exposure.

A type of anxiety disorder involving repeated episodes of sheer terror called panic attacks.

An integrative model for explaining abnormal behavior patterns in terms of the interactions of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.

An irreversible brain disease with a progressive course of deterioration of mental functioning.

In Freudian theory, a defense mechanism involving the projection of one’s own unacceptable impulses, wishes, or urges onto another person.

Unfair or biased treatment of people based on their membership in a particular group or category.

In psychoanalysis, the therapist’s attempt to explain connections between what the client discloses during therapy and his or her unconscious conflicts.