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Feel good-do good
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When you do good things, you feel good (Visa versa)
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Catharsis
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Release of emotion in an aggressive manner
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Subjective well being
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Self perceived happiness….. School shopping example (Contentment)
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Adaption level phenomenon
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Our tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
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Relative deprivation
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The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
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Behavioral medicine
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An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
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Health physcology
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A sub field of psychology that provides psychologys contribution to behavioral medicine