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| THEORY THAT HUMANS EXPERIENCE A SMALL NUMBER OF DISTINCT EMOTIONS |
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SMALL NUMBER (MAYBE 7) OF EMOTIONS BELIEVED BY SOME THEORISTS TO BE CROSS-CULTURALLY UNIVERSAL
HAPPINESS, SADNESS, SURPRISE, ANGER, DISGUST, FEAR, CONTEMPT |
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| MOTIVATION-STRUCTURAL RULES |
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| DEEP-SEATED SIMILARITIES IN COMMUICATIONS ACROSS MOST ANIMAL SPECIES |
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| CROSS-CULTURAL GUIDELINES FOR HOW AND WHEN TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS |
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| COGNITIVE THEORIES OF EMOTION |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT EMOTIONS ARE PRODUCTS OF THINKING |
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| JAMES-LANGE THEORY OF EMOTION |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT EMOTIONS RESULT FROM OUR INTERPRETATIONS OF OUR BODILY REACTIONS TO STIMULI |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT WE USE OUR"GUT REACTIONS" TO HELP US DETERMINE HOW WE SHOULD ACT |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT AN EMOTION-PROVOKING EVENT LEADS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY TO AN EMOTION AND TO BODILY REACTIONS |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT EMOTIONS ARE PRODUCED BY AN UNDIFFERENTIATED STATE OF AROUSAL ALONG WITH AN ATTRIBUTION OF THAT AROUSAL |
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| PHENOMENON IN WHICH REPEATED EXPOSURE TO A STIMULUS MAKES US MORE LIKELY TO FEEL FAVORABLY TOWARD IT |
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| FACIAL FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS |
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| THEORY THAT BLOOD VESSELS IN THE FACE FEED BACK TEMPERATURE INFORMATION IN THE BRAIN, ALTERING OUR EXPERIENCE OF EMOTIONS |
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| UNCONSCIOUS SPILLOVER OF EMOTIONS INTO NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR |
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| SUPPOSEDLY PERFECT PHYSIOLOGICAL OR BEHAVIORAL INDICATOR OF LYING |
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| ALTERNATIVE TO THE POLYGRAPH TEST THAT RELIES ON THE PREMISE THAT CRIMINALS HARBOR CONCEALED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CRIME THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE DON'T |
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| QUESTIONNAIRES THAT PRESUMABLY ASSESS WORKERS TENDENCY TO STEAL OR CHEAT |
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| DISCIPLINE THAT HAS SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE HUMAN STRENGHTS |
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| PSYCHOLOGICAL DRIVES THAT PROPEL US IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION |
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| THEORY PROPOSING THAT CERTAIN DRIVES LIKE HUNGER THIRST AND SEXUAL FRUSTRATION MOTIVATE US TO ACT IN WAYS THAT MINNIMIZE AVERSIVE STATES |
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| INVERTED U-SHAPE RELATION BETWEEN AROUSAL ON THE ONE HAND AND AFFECT AND PERFORMANCE ON THE OTHER |
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| THEORIES PROPOSING THAT WE ARE MOTIVATED BY POSITIVE GOALS |
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| MODEL, DEVELOPED BY ABRAHAM MASLOW, PROPOSING THAT WE MUST SATISFY PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS AND NEEDS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY BEFORE PROGRTESSING TO MORE COMPLEX NEEDS. |
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| THEORY THAT WHEN OUR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL DROPS HUNGER CREATES A DRIVE TO EAT TO RESTORE THE PROPER LEVEL OF GLUCOSE |
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| HORMONE THAT SIGNALS THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND BRAIN STEM TO REDUCE APPETITE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED |
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| VALUE THAT ESTABLISHES A RANGE OF BODDY AND MUSCKE MASS WE TEND TO MAINTAIN |
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| THEORY HOLDING THAT OBESE PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO EAT MORE BY EXTERNAL CUES RATHER THAN INTERNAL CUES |
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| PHASE IN HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE TRIGGERED BY WHATEVER PROMPTS SEXUAL INTEREST |
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PHASE IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SEXUAL PLEASURE AND NOTICE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH IT
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| PHASE MARKED BY INVOLUNTARY RHYTHMIC CONTRACTIONS IN THE MUSCLES OF GENITALS IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN |
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| PHASE FOLLOWING ORGASM, IN WHICH PEOPLE REPORT RELAXATION AND A SENSE OF WELL-BEING |
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| STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE INFLUENCE OTHERS' BEHAVIOR, BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES |
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| ENHANCEMENT OF PERFORMANCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS |
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| PROCESS OF ASSIGNING CAUSES TO BEHAVIOR |
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| FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR |
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| TENDENCY TO OVERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF DISPOSITIONAL INFLUENCES OVER PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR |
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| THEORY THAT WE SEEK TO EVALUATE OUR BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND AILITIES BY COMPARING OUR REACTIONS WITH OTHERS' |
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| OUTBREAK OF IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR THAT IS SPREAD BY SOCIAL CONTAGION |
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| TENDENCY OF PEOPLE TO ALTER THEIR BEHAVIOR AS A RESULT OF GROUP PRESSURE |
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| STUDIES IN WHICH EXPERIMENTER SYSTEMATICALLY MANIPULATES THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE TO OBSERVE ITS EFFECTS ON THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE |
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| TENDENCY OF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN UNCHARACTERISTIC BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY ARE STRIPPED OF THEIR USUAL IDENTITIES. |
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| EMPHASIS ON GROUP UNANIMITY AT THE EXPENSE OF CRITICAL TGHINKING AND SOUND DECISION MAKING |
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| TENDENCY OF GROUP DISCUSSION TO STRENGTHEN THE DOMINANT POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMEBERS |
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| GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT EXHIBIT INTENSE AND UNQUESTIONING DEVOTION TO A SINGLE CAUSE |
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| APPROACH TO CONVINCING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT SOMETHING BY FIRST INTRODUCING REASONS WHY THE PERSPECTIVE MIGHT BE CORRECT AND THEN DEBUNKING IT |
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| ADHERENCE TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THOSE OF HIGHER AUTHORITY |
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| BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO HELP OTHERS |
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| ERROR OF ASSUMING THAT NO ONE IN A GROUP PERCIEVES THINGS AS WE DO |
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| REDUCTION IN FEELINGS OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS |
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| PHENOMENON WHEREBY INDIVIDUALS BECOME LESS PRODUCTIVE IN GROUPS |
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| CONCLUSION REGARDING FACTUAL EVIDENCE |
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| BELIEF THAT INCLUDES AND EMOTIONAL COMPONENT |
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| PERSONALITY TRAIT THAT ASSESSES THE EXTENT TO WHICH PEOPLE'S BEHAVIORS REFLECT THEIR TRUE FEELINGS AND ATTITUDES |
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| UNPLEASANT MENTAL EXPERIENCE OF TENSION RESULTING FROM TWO CONFLICTING THOUGHTS OR BELIEFS |
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| THEORY THAT WE ACQUIRE OUR ATTITUDES BY OBSERVING OUR BEHAVIORS |
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| IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT THEORY |
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| THEORY THAT WE DON'T REALLY CHANGE OUR ATTITUDES BUT REPORT THAT WE HAVE SO THAT OUR BEHAVIORS APPEAR CONSISTENT WITH OUR ATTITUDES |
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| FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR TECHNIQUE |
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| PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUE INVOLVING MAKING A SMALL REQUEST BEFORE MAKING A LARGER ONE |
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| DOOR-IN-THE-FACE TECHNIQUE |
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PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUE INVOLVING MAKING AN UNREASONABLY LARGE REQUEST BEFORE MAKING THE SMALL REQUEST WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE GRANTED
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| PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THE SELLER OF A PRODUCT STARTS BY QUOTING A LOW SALES PRICE AND THEN MENTIONS ALL OF THE ADD-ON COSTS ONCE THE CUSTOMER HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCT |
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| DRAWING CONCLUSIONS ABOUT A PERSON BEFORE EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE |
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| EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLE THAT CREATES A PREDISPOSITION TOWARD DISTRUSTING ANYTHING UNFAMILIAR |
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| TENDENCY TO FAVOR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR GROUP OVER THOSE FROM OUTSIDE OUR GROUP |
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| TENDENCY TO VIEW ALL INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OUR GROUP AS HIGHLY SIMILAR |
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| NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARD MEMBERS OF OUT-GROUP |
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| A BELIEF ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF A GROUP THAT IS APPLIED GENERALLY TO MOST MEMBERS OF THE GROUP |
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| IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT STEREOTYPES |
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| BELIEFS ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OUT-GROUP ABOUT WHICH WE ARE UNAWARE OR AWARE |
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| ULTIMATE ATTRIBUTION ERROR |
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| assumption that behaviors AMONG INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF A GROUP ARE DUE TO THEIR INTERNAL DISPOSITONS |
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| CLAIM THAT PREJUDICE ARISES FROM A NEED TO BLAME OTHERS FOR OUR MISFOTUNES |
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| CLAIM THAT ATTRIBUTIONS AND BEHAVIORS ARE SHAPED BY A DEEP-SEATED ASSUMPTION THAT THE WORLD IS FAIR AND ALL THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON |
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| EDUCATIONAL APPROACH DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE PREJUDICE BY REQUIRING ALL CHILDREN TO MAKE INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SHARED PROJECT |
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| RELATIVELY ENDURING PREDIPOSITIONS THAT INFLUENCE OUR BEHAVIOR ACROSS MANY SITUATIONS |
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| APPROACH TO PERSONALITY THAT FOCUSES ON IDENTIFYING GENERAL LAWS THAT GOVERN THE BEHAVIOR OF ALL INDIVIDUALS |
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| APPROACH TO PERSONALITY THAT FOCUSES ON INDENTIFYING THE UNIQUE CONFIGURATION OF CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFE HISTORY EXPERIENCES WITHIN A PERSON |
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| MOLECULAR GENTEIC STUDIES |
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| INVESTIGATIONS THAT ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO PINPOINT GENES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC PERSONALITY TRAIT |
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| FEELING OF RELIEF FOLLOWING A DRAMATIC OUTRPOURING OF EMOTION |
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| THE ASSUMTION THAT ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL EVENTS HAVE CAUSE |
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| RESERVOIR OF OUR MOST PRIMITIVE IMPULSES, INCLUDING SEX AND AGGRESSION |
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| TENDENCY OF THE ID TO STRIVE FOR IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION |
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| PSYCHE'S EXECUTIVE AND PRINCIPAL DECISION MAKER |
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| TENDENCY OF THE EGO TO POSTPOONE GRATIFICATION UNTIL IT CAN FIND AN APPROPRIATE OUTLET |
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| UNCONSIOUS MANEUVERS INTENDED TO MINIMIZE ANXIETY |
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| MOTIVATED FORGETTING OF EMOTIONALLY THREATENING MEMORIES OR IMPULSES |
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| MOTIVATED FORGETTING OF DISTRESSING EXTERNAL EXPERIENCES |
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| THE ACT OF RETURNING PSYCHOLOGICALLY TO A YOUNGER, AND TYPICALLY SIMPLER AND SAFER, AGE |
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| TRANSFORMATION OF AN ANXIETY-PROVOKING EMOTION INTO ITS OPPOSITE |
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| UNCONCIOUS ATTRIBUTION OF OUR NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS TO OTHERS |
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| DIRECTING AN IMPULSE FROM A SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE TARGET ONTO A SAFER AND MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE TARGET |
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| PROVIDING A REASONABLE SOUNDING EXPLANATION FOR AN UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOR OR FAILURE |
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| AVOIDING EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY PROVOKING EXPERIENCES BY FOCUSING ON ABSTRACT AND IMPERSONAL THOUGHTS |
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| IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR |
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| PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS WE FIND THREATENING |
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| TRANSFORMING A SOCIALLY UNACCEPTING IMPULSE INTO AN ADMIRED GOAL |
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| SEXUALLY AROUSING ZONE OF THE BODY |
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| PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE THAT FOCUSES ON THE MOUTH |
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| PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE THAT FOCUSES ON THE TOILET TRAINING |
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| PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE THAT FOCUSES ON THE GENITALS |
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| CONFLICT DURING PHALLIC STAGE DURING WHICH BOYS SUPPOSEDLY LOVE THEIR MOTHERS ROMANTICALLY AND WANT TO ELIMINATE THEIR FATHERS AS RIVALS |
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| CONFLICT DURING PHALLIC STAGE IN WHICH GIRLS SUPPOSEDLY LOVE THEIR FATHERS AND WANT TO GET RID OF THEIR MOTHERS AS RIVALS |
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| SUPPOSED DESIRE OF GIRLS TO POSSESS A PENIS |
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| PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE IN WHICH SEXUAL IMPULSES ARE SUBMERGED INTO THE UNCONSCIOUS |
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| PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGE IN WHICH SEXUAL IMPULSES AWAKEN AND TTYPICALLY BEGIN TO MATURE INTO ROMANTIC ATTRACTION TOWARD OTHERS |
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| THEORIES DERIVED FROM FREUD'S MODEL, BUT THAT PLACED LESS EMPHASIS ON SEXUALITY AS A DRIVING FORCE IN PERSONALITY AND WERE MORE OPTOMISTIC REGARDING THE PROSPECTS FOR LONG-TERM PERSONALITY GROWTH |
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| ACCORDING TO ALDER, EACH PERSON'S DISTINCTIVE WAY OF ACHIEVING SUPERIORITY |
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| FEELINGS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM THAT CAN LEAD TO OVERCOMPENSATION FOR SUCH FEELINGS |
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| STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE THAT ANALYZES THE CORRELATIONS AMONG RESPONSES ON PERSONALITY INVENTORIES AND OTHER MEASURES |
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| FIVE TRAITS THAT HAVE SURFACED REPEATEDLY IN FACTOR ANALYSES OFPERSONALITY MEASURES |
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| APPROACH PROPOSING THAT THE MOST CRUCIAL FEATURES OF PERSONALITY ARE EMBEDDED IN OUR LANGUAGE |
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| VIEW OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN WHICH ODD BEHAVIOR, HEARING VOICES, OR TALKING TO ONESELF WAS ATTRIBUTED TO EVIL SPIRITS INFESTING THE BODY |
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| PERCEPTION THAT REGARDED MENTAL ILLNESS AS DUE TO PHYSICAL DISORDER REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT |
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| INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL CREATED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY |
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| APPROACH TO MENTAL ILLNESS CALLING FOR DIGNITY, KINDNEDD, AND RESPECT FOR THE MENTALLY ILL |
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| 60S AND 70S GOV. POLICY THAT FOCUSED ON RELEASING HOSPITALIZED PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CLOSING METAL HOSPITALS |
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| EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH A PATTERN OF BINGING AND PURGING IN AN EFFORT TO LOSE OR MAINTAIN WEIGHT |
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| EATING DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE WEIGHT LOSS AND IRRATIONAL PERCEPTION THAT ONE IS OVERWEIGHT |
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| DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS |
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| DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM CONTAINING THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION CRITERIA FOR MENTAL DISORDERS |
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| SCHOLARS WHO ARGUE THAT PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES EXERT POWERFUL NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON PEOPLE'S PERCETIONS AND BEHAVIORS |
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| CONDITIONS MARKED BY PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT SUGGEST AN UNDERLYING MEDICAL ILLNESS, BUT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL IN ORIGIN |
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| AN INDIVIDUALS PREOCCUPATION WITH THE NOTION THAT HE IS SUFFERING FROM A SERIOUS PHYSICAL DISEASE |
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| BRIEF, INTENSE EPISODES OF EXTREME FEAR CHARACTERIZED BY SWEATING, DIZZINESS, RACING HEART BEAT, AND FEELINGS OF IMPENDING DEATH OR GOING CRAZY |
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| REPEATED AND UNEXPECTED PANIC ATTACKS ALONG WITH PERSISTENT CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE ATTACKS OR A CHANGE IN PERSONAL BEHAVIOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THEM |
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| GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER |
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| CONTINUAL FEELINGS OF WORRY, ANXIETY, PHYSICAL TENSION, IRITABILITY ACROSS MANY AREAS OF LIFE FUNCTIONING |
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| INTENSE FEAR OF AN OBJECT OR SITUATION THAT IS GREATLY OUT OF PROPORTION TO ITS ACTUAL THREAT |
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| FEAR OF BEING IN A PLACE OR SITUATION FROM WHICH ESCAPE IS DIFFICULT OR EMBARRASSING OR IN WHICH HELP IS UNAVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF A PANIC ATTACK |
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| INTENSE FEAR OF OBJECTS PLACES OR SITUATIONS THAT ARE GREATLY OUT OF PROPORTION TO THEIR ACTUAL THREAT |
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| MARKED FEAR OF PUBLIC APPEARENCES IN WHICH EMBARRASSMENT OR HUMILIATION IS POSSIBLE |
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| POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
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| MARKED EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER EXPERIENCING OR WITNESSING A SEVERELY STRESSFUL EVENT |
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| CONDITIONS MARKED BY REPEATED AND LENGTHY IMMERSION IN OBSESSIONS, COMPULSIONS OR BOTH |
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| PERSISTENT IDEAS, THOUGHTS, OR IMPULSES THAT ARE UNWANTED AND INAPPROPRIATE CAUSING MARKED STRESS |
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| REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS OR MENTAL ACTS PERFORMED TO REDUCE OR PREVENT STRESS |
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| FEAR OF ANXIETY RELATED SENSATIONS |
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| STATE IN WHICH A PERSON EXPERIENCES A LINGERING DEPRESSED MOOD OR DIMINISHED INTEREST IN PLEASURABLE ACTIVITIES, ALONG WITH SYMPTOMS THAT INCLUDE WEIGHT LOSS AND SLEEP DIFFICULTIES |
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| COGNITIVE MODEL OF DEPRESSION |
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| THEORY THAT DEPRESSION IS CAUSED BY NEGATIVE BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS |
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| TENDENCY TO FEEL HELPLESS IN THE FACE OF EVENTS WE CAN'T CONTROL |
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| EXPERIENCE MARKED BY DRAMATICALLY ELEVATED MOOD, DECREASED NEED FOR SLEEP, INCREASED ENERGY, INFLATED SELF-ESTEEM, INCREASED TALKATIVENESS, AND IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR |
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| CONDITION MARKED BY A HISTORY OF AT LEAST ONE MANIC EPISODE |
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| SEVERE DISORDER OF THOUGHT AND EMOTION ASSOSICATED WITH A LOSS OF CONTACT WITH REALITY |
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| STRONGLY HELD, FIXED BELIEFS THAT HAVE NO BASIS IN REALITY |
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| PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS REFLECTING SERIOUS DISTORTIONS IN REALITY |
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| SENSORY PERCEPTIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXTERNAL STIMULUS |
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| MOTOR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING EXTREME RESISTENCE TO COMPLYING WITH SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS, HOLDING THE BODY IN BIZARRE RIGID POSTURES, OR CURLING UP IN A FETAL POSITION |
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| PERSPECTIVE PROPOSING THAT MENTAL DISORDERS ARE A JOINT PRODUCT OF GENETIC VULNERABILITY, CALLED DIATHESIS, AND STRESSORS THAT TRIGGER THIS VULNERABILITY |
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| CONDITION IN WHICH PERSONALITY TRAITS, APPEARING FORST IN ADOLESCENCE, ARE INFLEXIBLE, STABLE, EXPRESSED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, AND LEAD TO DISTRESS OR IMPAIRMENT |
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| BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER |
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| CONDITION MARKED BY EXTREMEM INSTABILITY IN MOOD, IDENTITY, AND IMPULSE CONTROL |
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| CONDITION MARKED BY SUPERFICIAL CHARM, DISHONESTY, MANIPULATIVENESS, SELF-CENTEREDNESS, AND RISK-TAKING |
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| ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER |
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| CONDITION MARKED BY A LENGTHY HISTORY OF IRRESPONSIBLE AND/OR ILLEGAL ACTIONS |
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| A PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE RSOLVE EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES |
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| PERSON WITH NOT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING WHO PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES |
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| PSYCHOTHERAPIES, INCLUDING PSYCHODYNAMIC AND HUMANISTIC EXISTENTIAL APPROCHES, WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING AWARENESS OR INSIGHT |
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| TECHNIQUE IN WHICH PATIENTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHOUT CENSORSHIP OF ANY SORT |
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| ATTEMPTS TO AVOID CONFRONTATION AND ANXIETY ASSOCIATED WITH UNCOVERING PREVIOUSLY REPRESSED THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, AND IMPULSES |
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| PROJECTING INTENSE, UNREALISTIC FEELINGS AND EXPECTATIONS FROM THE PAST ONTO THE THERAPIST |
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| TO CONFRONT AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS, CONFLICTS, AND INEFFECTIVE COPING RESPONSES IN EVERYDAY LIFE |
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| TREATMENT THAT STRENGTHENS SOCIAL SKILLS AND TARGETS INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS, CONFLICTS, AND LIFE TRANSITIONS |
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| HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY |
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| SHARE AN EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL AND THE BELIEF THAT HUMAN NATURE IS BASICALLY POSITIVE |
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| PERSPECTIVE IN WHICH THERAPISTS ENCOUNTER PATIENTS IN TERMS OF SUBJECTIVE PHENOMENA IN THE PRESENT MOMENT |
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| THERAPY CENTERING ON THE PATIENTS GOALS AND WAYS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS |
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| THERAPY THAT AIMS TO INTEGRATE DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES OPPOSING ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY INTO A UNIFIED SENSE OF SELF |
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| INTERVENTIONS THAT RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE, AND EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS |
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| THERAPEUTIC APPROACH THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND MEANING IN THEIR LIVES |
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| THOSE THAT FOCUS ON SPECIFIC PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THESE BEHAVIORS OCCUR |
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| SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION |
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| PATIENTS ARE TAUGHT TO RELAX AS THEY ARE GADUALLY EXPOSED TO WHAT THEY FEAR IN STAGES |
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| CONFRONTS PATIENTS WITH WHAT THEY FEAR WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE FEAR |
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| RESEARCH PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVNESS OF ISOLATED COMPONENTS OF A LARGER TREATMENT |
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| TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THERAPISTS DONT ALLOW THEIR PATIENTS AVOID THEIR FEARS |
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| TECHNIQUE IN WHICH THERAPIST MODELS A SITUATION AND GUIDES PATIENT WITH STEPS TO COPE WITH IT UNASSISTED |
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| METHOD IN WHICH DESIRABLE BEHAVIORS ARE REWARDED WITH TOKENS THAT PATIENTS CAN EXCHANGE FOR TANGIBLE REWARDS |
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| TREATMENT THAT USES PUNISHMENT TO DECREASE INDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS |
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| COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY |
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| TREATMENT THAT ATTEMPTA TO REPLACE IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS WITH RATIONAL ONES |
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| USE OF MEDICATIONS TO TREAT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS |
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| ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY |
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| BREIF ELECTRICAL PULSES NTO THE BRAIN THAT PRODUCE A SIEZURE TO TREAT SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS |
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