Looking Away from an Upsetting Stimulus in Order to Regulate

question 75

Multiple Choice

Looking away from an upsetting stimulus in order to regulate one's level of arousal is referred to as

• A) co-regulation.
• B) self-comforting behavior.
• C) self-distraction.
• D) co-distraction.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Conflicts

Internal struggles often stemming from repressed thoughts and feelings that lead to psychological tension and symptoms according to psychoanalytic theory.

Hidden Sexual Desires

Unconscious or suppressed sexual feelings that an individual may not be fully aware of or choose not to acknowledge.

Id And Ego

Psychoanalytic terms where the id represents primal desires and the ego the rational part of the psyche that mediates between these desires, reality, and moral standards.

Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix was a pioneering 19th-century activist who significantly improved the conditions for the mentally ill and played a key role in the creation of many mental health facilities in the United States.