The Term Prone Means Lying on the Back, Face Upward

question 111

True/False

The term prone means lying on the back, face upward.

Critically assess how individual perceptions affect the helpfulness of different social support efforts.

Understand the psychological factors that contribute to obedience and disobedience in social psychology experiments.

Identify the influence of attractiveness on brain reward systems and how it affects person perception.

Recognize the role of attributional biases in interpreting other's behaviors and circumstances.

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Definitions:

Dichotomous Thinking

Dichotomous thinking is a cognitive process that categorizes experiences, values, and objects into two extreme categories, such as all good or all bad.

Splitting

A defense mechanism often observed in borderline personality disorder, where a person views themselves or others as all good or all bad, with no middle ground.

Borderline Personality Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships, with individuals often experiencing intense episodes of anger, depression, and anxiety.

Psychoticism

Proneness to psychotic-like symptoms, such as illusions.