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Stage 4 of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.

Achievement status, responsibility, reputation

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Esteem Needs

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the motivation to develop our innate potential to the fullest possible extent

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Self-Actualization

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Stage 3 of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Family, affection, relationship, work group, etc…

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Belongingness and Love Needs

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Stage 2 of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Protection, security, order, law, limits, stability, etc

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Safety Needs

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Stage 1 of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Basic life needs: air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc

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Biological and Physiological Needs

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What are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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Stage 1: Biological and Physiological Needs
Stage 2: Safety Needs
Stage 3: Belongingness and Love Needs
Stage 4: Esteem Needs
Stage 5: Self-Actualization
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Who is Abraham Maslow?

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Conceptualized personality in terms of a pyramid-shaped hierarchy of motives
Maslow argued that only when people are able to meet the lower-level needs are they able to move on to achieve the higher-level needs of self-esteem, and eventually self-actualization

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A disgrace or defect that indicates that person belongs to a culturally devalued social group

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Stigma

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Pushing anxiety-arousing thoughts into the unconscious

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Repression

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Unconscious psychological strategies used to cope with anxiety and to maintain a positive self-image.

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Defense Mechanism

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In psychodynamic psychology, the component of personality that represents our sense of morality and oughts.

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Superego

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In psychodynamic psychology, the component of personality that is the largely conscious controller or decision-maker of personality.

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Ego

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In psychodynamic psychology, the component of personality that forms the basis of our most primitive impulses.

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Id

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A condition characterized by inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, or relating to others that causes problems in personal, social, and work situations.

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Personality Disorders

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A developmental behavior disorder characterized by problems with focus, difficulty maintaining attention, and inability to concentrate, in which symptoms start before 7 years of age.

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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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The ability to think, to learn from experience, to solve problems and to adapt to new situations

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Intelligence

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Learning that occurs based on the consequences of behavior

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Operant Conditioning

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The strong need of an infant to be close to the primary caregiver

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Attachment

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The clear, dome-shaped tissue covering the front of the eye

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Cornea

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A chemical that relays signals across the synapses between neurons.

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Neurotransmitter

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A psychological disorder characterized by swings in mood from overly “high” to sad and hopeless, and back again, with periods of near-normal mood in between.

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Bipolar Disorder

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A vivid and emotional memory of an unusual event that pele believe they remember very well

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Flashbulb Memory

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The region at the back of each cerebral hemisphere that contains the centers of vision and reading ability (located at the back of the head)

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Occipital Lobe

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The part of the neuron that transmits information away from the cell body toward other neurons.

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Axon

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What are the stages of grief?

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  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining
  4. Depression
  5. Acceptance
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A chemical that changes our states of consciousness, and particularly our perceptions and moods.

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Psychoactive Drugs

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A brain area located between the brain stem and the two cerebral hemispheres that governs emotion and memory.

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Limbic System

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The layer of tissue at the back of the eye that contains photoreceptor cells.

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Retina

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Two wrinkled ovals located behind the brain stem that function to coordinate voluntary movement.

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Cerebellum

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The process of changing the curvature of the lens to keep the light entering the eye focused on the retina.

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Visual Accomodation

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