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A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |
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Attempts to explain behavior that arises from a physiological behavior that creates and aroused tension (drives) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. |
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
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proposed human motives maybe ranked from the basic physiological levels through higher level needs for safety, love, esteem, self-actualization until they are satisfied. |
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an eating disorder, usually in females, diets and becomes underweight |
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episodes of overeating, followed by remorse |
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an eating disorder by episodes of overeating followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise |
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4 Stages of Sexual Response Cycle |
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1. Excitement
2. Plateau
3. Orgasm
4. Resolution |
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Penis does not maintain erection during intercourse |
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Happens in females, never has an orgasm |
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3 Reasons American Teenage Pregnancy Rates Higher |
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1. Alcohol use
2. Guilt related to sexual activity
3. Ignorance |
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4 Reasons why Teenagers practice sexual restraint |
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1. Higher Intelligence
2. Religious Engagement
3. Father presence |
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person enduring sexual attraction to members of either the same or opposite gender |
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completely involved, focus state of conscious on a task that engages a person's skills |
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interviewer asks the same job questions to all the interviewees |
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response of whole organism |
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an emotional experience based on awareness of a body's response to emotional arousing stimuli |
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Experience of emotion occurs at the same time as the body's physical reaction |
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emotion process that emotion has 2 ingredients: 1. physical arousal
2.Cognitve Labeling |
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Feel good, do good phenomenon |
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the tendency for people to be helpful, when they are in a good mood |
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process which we perceive and respond to events called stressors, challenging or threatening |
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General Adaptation Syndrome |
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3 sequences of bodily reactions to stress, developed by Hans Sely.
1. Alarm
2. Resistiance
3. Exhaustion |
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competitive, hard-driven, impatient, and verbally agressive person |
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easy-going, relaxed person |
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the study of how pyscologicalneural, integrated process effect the immune system |
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effort to alleviate stress, using emotional cognitive behavior methods |
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cope by reducing stress by directly changing a stressor or how we interact with it. |
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reducing stress by ignoring or avoiding stressor tending to emotional reaction |
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deviant, distressful,and disfunctional |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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usually appears at age 7, either in attention, hyperactivity, or impulse |
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Psychology disorder or illness that can be diagnosed, sometimes cured through a treatment in a hospital |
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Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition Test Revision |
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Multiaxial Classification |
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I. Disorder
II. Personality Disorder or Mental Retardation
III. General Medical Condition
IV. Psychological Stressors
V. GAF Score |
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Number of disorders in DSM-IV TR Version |
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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person is continually tense and apprehensive for no apparent reason |
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chest pain, dizziness, and intense dread |
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irrational fear that is persistent and avoid it |
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Individual has haunting memories, jumpy anxiety, social withdrawals, or insomnia lasting for weeks |
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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Person experiences uncontrollable and repetitive thoughts and actions |
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a separation of conscious awareness from one's previous memories, thoughts, and feelings |
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Major Depressive Disorder |
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A mood disorder where a person has feelings of worthlessness or loss of interest in activities: has to be in depressed mood for at least 2 weeks |
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Mood Disorder where a person alternates between depression and ephorism in a maniac state |
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group of severe disorders where a person has disorganized, disfunctional thinking, inappropriate emotion/actions, and disturbed perception |
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False beliefs that are often symptoms of pyschotic disorder |
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AntiSocial Personality Disorder |
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which the person is aggressive, ruthless, and shows signs of a conscious that would inhibit wrongdoing |
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