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| the highest level of growth in Maslow's hierarchy |
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| the ideas,feelings, and perceptions one has about oneself; alsp called self-image. |
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| satisfaction and confidence in oneself; the valuing of oneself as a person. |
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| independence; the sense of being self-directed |
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| guided in behavior by the values and expections of others |
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| guided in behavior by an inner set of rules and values |
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| a mental mechanism for coping with conflict or anxiety |
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| a pattern of thinking that makes events seem worse than they are |
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| expression that is forceful but not hostile |
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| a feeling of fear that is not directed toward any definite threat |
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| a persistent and excessive fear of a specific object, activity, or situation |
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| an excessive fear of performing in public; speaking in public is the most common example |
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| a syndrome of severe anxiety attacks accompanied by physical symptoms |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by fear of being alone away from help and avoidance of many different places and situations; in extreme cases, a fear leaving home. from the greek for " fear of the public market" |
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| generalized anxiety disorder(GAD) |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry about all kinds of things and anxiety in many situations |
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| obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, recurring thoughts and the performing of senseless rituals |
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| a recurrent, irrational, unwanted thought or impulse. |
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| an irrational, repetive, forced action, usually associated with an obession |
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| post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
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| an anxiety disorder characterized by reliving traumatic events through dreams, flashbacks, and hallucinations |
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| a mood disorder characterized by loss of interest, sadness, hopelessness, lost of appetitute, disturbed sleep, and other physical symptoms. |
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a chemically inactive substance that a patient believes is an effective medical therapy for his or her condition
to evaluate a therapy, medical researchers compare the effects of a particular therapy with the effects of a placebo. the "placebo effect" occurs when a patient responds to a placebo as if it were an active drug |
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| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
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| the use of electric shock to induce brief, generallized seizures; used in the treatment of selected psychological disorders |
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| seasonal affective disorder (SAD) |
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| a mood disorder characterized by seasonal depression, usually occuring in einter, when there is less daylight |
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| a mood disorder characterized by exccesive elation, irritability, talkativeless, inflated self-esteem, and expansiveness |
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| a mental illness characterized by altering periods of depression and mania |
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| a psychological disorder that involves a distribance in thinking and in perceiving reality |
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