Neurotic Behavior

question 105

Multiple Choice

Neurotic behavior

• A) is maladaptive and means that a person is out of touch with reality.
• B) is a current term, used to describe many disorders in the DSM-IV-TR.
• C) is what we now refer to as "hysteria."
• D) is maladaptive but means that a person is not out of touch with reality.

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Definitions:

Insecure Attachment

A pattern of attachment in which individuals are unable to form stable and trusting relationships with others, often due to early negative experiences with caregivers.

Temperament

An individual's natural predisposition towards emotional reactivity and intensity, often observable from early in life.

Critical Periods

Specified times during early life when the development of specific abilities, skills, or knowledge occurs most readily.

Strange Situation Experiment

A research method developed by psychologist Mary Ainsworth to assess patterns of attachment by observing how infants behave when separated from, and then reunited with, their caregiver.