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| Area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions, character strengths, and conditions that create happiness. |
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| sense of positive regard and valuation for oneself. |
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| in Maslow's work, the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potential. |
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| ability to bounce back from adversity. |
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| in Goleman's work, the kind of intelligence that includes an understand of emotional experience, self-awareness, and sensitivity to others. |
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| brain chemicals that conduct signals from one brain cell to the next. |
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| the part of the brain where the executive functions of planning, organizing, and rational thinking are controlled. |
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| According to the DSM-IV-TR, a patter of behavior that is associated with distress (pain) or disability (impairment) or with significantly increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or loss of freedom. |
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| Mental state characterized by a depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure in activity, and several other symptoms. |
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| Clear physiological and psychological experience of apprehension or intense dear in the absence of a real danger. |
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| Mental disorder characterized by recurrent, unexpected panic attacks along with concern about having another attack. |
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| dependence on a substance or a behavior. |
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| a psychotic disorder in which a person has disorganized and disordered thinking and perceptions, bizarre ideas, hallucinations (often voices), and impaired functioning. |
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| treamtne of psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist. |
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| Events or agents in the environment that cause stress. |
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| the general state of the body, mind, and emotionas when an environmental stressor has triggered the stress response. |
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| Series of physiological changes that calm body systems nad return them to normal functioning. |
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| set of personality traits originally thought to be associated with risk for heart disease. Type A individuals are hard driving, competitive, achievement oriented, and quick to anger; further research has identified hostility as the key factor in the pattern. |
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| ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger. |
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| Effective style of coping with stress, characterized by a tendency to view life events as challenges rather than threats, a commitment to meaningful activities, and a sense of being in control. |
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| positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts. |
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