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Which of the following is an example of subjective discomfort?

Edward is admitted to a mental institution because he hears voices talking to him that no one else can hear, and he sees demons attacking him, though no one else can see anything near him. Edward’s symptoms are known as __________.

Hollis has made a career of stealing older people’s retirement money by taking advantage of their trust and selling them phony retirement investments. Hollis explains that he has done nothing wrong-if these people were not so greedy, they would not be so eager to invest in his phony schemes. In his mind, his victims got exactly what they deserved. Hollis’s behavior and attitude are typical of someone with __________ personality disorder.

Personality trait theorist Raymond Cattell used the statistical technique called __________.

Keiko has a tendency to disregard the compliments that people give her about her work, and she fails to realize her own skills and talents. Beck would say that Keiko engages in __________.

According to Freud, material that we are not currently aware of but that can be easily recalled is in the __________ mind.

Some drugs that combat depression work by __________.

The neo-Freudian Carl Jung suggested the existence of a collective unconscious that contains images shared by all people, called __________.

It is not unreasonable to assume that in ancient times, signs of mental illness were believed to be caused by __________.

John M was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Which of the following therapy modalities focuses on helping patients regulate their thoughts and feelings to improve affect regulation, attention, and self-control and is a promising intervention for John?