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Arousal

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psychological activation, such as increased brain activity, autonomic responses, sweating, or muscle tension

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Display rules

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rules learned through socialization that dictate which emotions are suitable to given situations

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Drive

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psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy its needs

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Emotion

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feelings that involve subjective evaluation, physiological processes, and cognitive beliefs

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Extrinsic motivation

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motivation to perform an activity because of external goals toward which that activity is directed

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Homeostasis

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the tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium

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Incentives

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external stimuli that motivate behaviors (as opposed to internal drives)

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Intrinsic motivation

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motivation to perform an activity because of the value or pleasure associated with that activity, rather than for an apparent external goal or purpose

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Motivation

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factors that energize, director, or sustain behavior

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Need

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state of biological or social deficiencies

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Need hierarchy

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Maslow’s arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs are lowest priority and personal growth needs are highest priority

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Need to belong theory

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the need for interpersonal attachments is a fundamental motive that has evolved for adaptive purposes

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Primary emotions

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evolutionarily adaptive emotions that humans share across cultures; they are associated with specific biological and physical states

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Secondary emotions

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blends of primary emotions, including states such as remorse, guilt, submission, and anticipation

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Self-actualization

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a state that is achieved when one’s personal dreams and aspirations have been attained

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Sexual response cycle

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a pattern of physiological responses during sexual activity

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Sexual strategies theory

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evolutionary theory that suggests men and women look for different qualities in their relationship partners because of gender-specific adaptive problems

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Somatic markers

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bodily reactions that arise from the emotional evaluation of an action’s consequences

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Yerkes-Dodson law

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performance increases with arousal until an optimal point, after which arousal interferes with performance

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Allostatic load theory of illness

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when people are continually stressed, they are unable to return to bodily states that characterized normal stress levels

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Anorexia nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by an excessive fear of becoming fat and thus a refusal to eat

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Biopsychosocial model

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a model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness

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Body mass index (BMI)

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a ratio of body weight to height, used to measure obesity

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Buffering hypothesis

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the idea that other people can provide direct support in helping individuals cope with stressful events

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Bulimia nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by dieting, binge eating, and purging

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Coping response

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any response an organism makes to avoid, escape from, or minimize an aversive stimulus

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Emotion-focused coping

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a type of coping in which people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor

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Fight-or-flight response

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the physiological preparedness of animals to deal with danger

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General adaptation syndrome

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pattern of physiological response to stress, consisting of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

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Health psychology

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the field of psychological science concerned with the events that affect physical well-being

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis

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the biological system responsible for the stress response

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Immune system

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the body’s mechanism for dealing with invading microorganisms, such as allergens, bacteria, and viruses

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Lymphocytes

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specialized white blood cells known as B cells, T cells, and natural killer cells that make up the immune system

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Oxytocin

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a hormone that is important for mothers in bonding to newborns

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Placebo effect

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a drug or treatment, unrelated to the particular problem of the person who receives it, may make the recipient feel better because the person believes the drug or treatment is effective

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Primary appraisal

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part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful, benign, or irrelevant

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Problem-focused coping

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a type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor

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Secondary appraisal

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part of the coping process during which people evaluate their options and choose coping behaviors

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Social integration

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the quality of a person’s social relationships

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Stress

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pattern of behavioral and physiological responses to events that match or exceed an organism’s abilities to respond

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Stressor

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an environmental event or stimulus that threatens an organism

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Tend-and-befriend response

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females’ tendency to protect and care for their offspring and form social alliances rather than flee or fight in response to threat

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Type A behavior pattern

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a pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, restlessness, inability to relax, and impatience with others

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Type B behavior pattern

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a pattern of behavior characterized by relaxed, noncompetitive, easygoing, and accommodating behavior

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Well-being

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a positive state that includes striving for optimal health

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Accommodation

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the process by which a schema is changed to incorporate a new experience that does not easily fit into an existing schema

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Anxious-ambivalent attachment

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attachment style in which infants become extremely upset when their caregiver leaves but reject the caregiver when he or she returns

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Assimilation

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the process by which a new experience is placed into an existing schema

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Attachment

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a strong emotional connection that persists over time and across circumstances

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Avoidant attachment

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attachment style in which infants ignore their caregiver when he or she returns after a brief separation

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Concrete operational stage

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the third stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which children begin to think about and understand operations in ways that are reversible

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Conventional

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middle stage of moral development, in which rules and the approval of others determines what is moral

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Critical periods

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biologically determined time periods for the development of specific skills

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Developmental psychology

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the study of changes in physiology, cognition, and social behavior over the life span

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Disorganized attachment

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attachment style in which infants give mixed responses when their caregiver leaves and then returns from a short absence

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Formal operational stage

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the final stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; it involves the ability to think abstractly and to formulate and test hypotheses through deductive logic

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Gender identity

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personal beliefs about whether one is male or female

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Gender roles

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the characteristics associated with males and females because of cultural influence or learning

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Gender schemas

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cognitive structures that influence how people perceive the behaviors of females and males

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Infantile amnesia

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the inability to remember events from early childhood

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Object permanence

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the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen

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Postconventional

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highest stage of moral development, in which decisions about morality depend on abstract principles

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Preconventional

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earliest level of moral development, in which self-interest determines what is moral

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Preoperational stage

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the second stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which children think symbolically about objects, but reason is based on appearance rather than logic

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Secure attachment

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attachment style for a majority of infants, who are readily comforted when their caregiver returns after a brief separation

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Sensitive periods

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biologically determined time periods when specific skills develop most easily

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Sensorimotor stage

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the first stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which infants acquire information about the world through their senses and respond reflexively

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Social development

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the maturation of skills or abilities that enable people to live in a world with other people

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Synaptic pruning

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a process whereby the synaptic connections in the brain that are frequently used are preserved, and those that are not are lost

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Telegraphic speech

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the tendency for children to speak using rudimentary sentences that are missing words and grammatical markings but follow a logical syntax

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Teratogens

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environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus

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Theory of mind

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the term used to describe the ability to explain and predict other people’s behavior as a result of recognizing their mental state

73
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psychological activation, such as increased brain activity, autonomic responses, sweating, or muscle tension

A

Arousal

74
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rules learned through socialization that dictate which emotions are suitable to given situations

A

Display rules

75
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psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy its needs

A

Drive

76
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feelings that involve subjective evaluation, physiological processes, and cognitive beliefs

A

Emotion

77
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motivation to perform an activity because of external goals toward which that activity is directed

A

Extrinsic motivation

78
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the tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium

A

Homeostasis

79
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external stimuli that motivate behaviors (as opposed to internal drives)

A

Incentives

80
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motivation to perform an activity because of the value or pleasure associated with that activity, rather than for an apparent external goal or purpose

A

Intrinsic motivation

81
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factors that energize, director, or sustain behavior

A

Motivation

82
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state of biological or social deficiencies

A

Need

83
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Maslow’s arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs are lowest priority and personal growth needs are highest priority

A

Need hierarchy

84
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the need for interpersonal attachments is a fundamental motive that has evolved for adaptive purposes

A

Need to belong theory

85
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evolutionarily adaptive emotions that humans share across cultures; they are associated with specific biological and physical states

A

Primary emotions

86
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blends of primary emotions, including states such as remorse, guilt, submission, and anticipation

A

Secondary emotions

87
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a state that is achieved when one’s personal dreams and aspirations have been attained

A

Self-actualization

88
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a pattern of physiological responses during sexual activity

A

Sexual response cycle

89
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evolutionary theory that suggests men and women look for different qualities in their relationship partners because of gender-specific adaptive problems

A

Sexual strategies theory

90
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bodily reactions that arise from the emotional evaluation of an action’s consequences

A

Somatic markers

91
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performance increases with arousal until an optimal point, after which arousal interferes with performance

A

Yerkes-Dodson law

92
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when people are continually stressed, they are unable to return to bodily states that characterized normal stress levels

A

Allostatic load theory of illness

93
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an eating disorder characterized by an excessive fear of becoming fat and thus a refusal to eat

A

Anorexia nervosa

94
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a model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness

A

Biopsychosocial model

95
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a ratio of body weight to height, used to measure obesity

A

Body mass index (BMI)

96
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the idea that other people can provide direct support in helping individuals cope with stressful events

A

Buffering hypothesis

97
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an eating disorder characterized by dieting, binge eating, and purging

A

Bulimia nervosa

98
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any response an organism makes to avoid, escape from, or minimize an aversive stimulus

A

Coping response

99
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a type of coping in which people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor

A

Emotion-focused coping

100
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the physiological preparedness of animals to deal with danger

A

Fight-or-flight response

101
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pattern of physiological response to stress, consisting of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

A

General adaptation syndrome

102
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the field of psychological science concerned with the events that affect physical well-being

A

Health psychology

103
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the biological system responsible for the stress response

A

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis

104
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the body’s mechanism for dealing with invading microorganisms, such as allergens, bacteria, and viruses

A

Immune system

105
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specialized white blood cells known as B cells, T cells, and natural killer cells that make up the immune system

A

Lymphocytes

106
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a hormone that is important for mothers in bonding to newborns

A

Oxytocin

107
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a drug or treatment, unrelated to the particular problem of the person who receives it, may make the recipient feel better because the person believes the drug or treatment is effective

A

Placebo effect

108
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part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful, benign, or irrelevant

A

Primary appraisal

109
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a type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor

A

Problem-focused coping

110
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part of the coping process during which people evaluate their options and choose coping behaviors

A

Secondary appraisal

111
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the quality of a person’s social relationships

A

Social integration

112
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pattern of behavioral and physiological responses to events that match or exceed an organism’s abilities to respond

A

Stress

113
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an environmental event or stimulus that threatens an organism

A

Stressor

114
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females’ tendency to protect and care for their offspring and form social alliances rather than flee or fight in response to threat

A

Tend-and-befriend response

115
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a pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, restlessness, inability to relax, and impatience with others

A

Type A behavior pattern

116
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a pattern of behavior characterized by relaxed, noncompetitive, easygoing, and accommodating behavior

A

Type B behavior pattern

117
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a positive state that includes striving for optimal health

A

Well-being

118
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the process by which a schema is changed to incorporate a new experience that does not easily fit into an existing schema

A

Accommodation

119
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attachment style in which infants become extremely upset when their caregiver leaves but reject the caregiver when he or she returns

A

Anxious-ambivalent attachment

120
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the process by which a new experience is placed into an existing schema

A

Assimilation

121
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a strong emotional connection that persists over time and across circumstances

A

Attachment

122
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attachment style in which infants ignore their caregiver when he or she returns after a brief separation

A

Avoidant attachment

123
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the third stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which children begin to think about and understand operations in ways that are reversible

A

Concrete operational stage

124
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middle stage of moral development, in which rules and the approval of others determines what is moral

A

Conventional

125
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biologically determined time periods for the development of specific skills

A

Critical periods

126
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the study of changes in physiology, cognition, and social behavior over the life span

A

Developmental psychology

127
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attachment style in which infants give mixed responses when their caregiver leaves and then returns from a short absence

A

Disorganized attachment

128
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the final stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; it involves the ability to think abstractly and to formulate and test hypotheses through deductive logic

A

Formal operational stage

129
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personal beliefs about whether one is male or female

A

Gender identity

130
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the characteristics associated with males and females because of cultural influence or learning

A

Gender roles

131
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cognitive structures that influence how people perceive the behaviors of females and males

A

Gender schemas

132
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the inability to remember events from early childhood

A

Infantile amnesia

133
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the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen

A

Object permanence

134
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highest stage of moral development, in which decisions about morality depend on abstract principles

A

Postconventional

135
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earliest level of moral development, in which self-interest determines what is moral

A

Preconventional

136
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the second stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which children think symbolically about objects, but reason is based on appearance rather than logic

A

Preoperational stage

137
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attachment style for a majority of infants, who are readily comforted when their caregiver returns after a brief separation

A

Secure attachment

138
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biologically determined time periods when specific skills develop most easily

A

Sensitive periods

139
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the first stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, during which infants acquire information about the world through their senses and respond reflexively

A

Sensorimotor stage

140
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the maturation of skills or abilities that enable people to live in a world with other people

A

Social development

141
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a process whereby the synaptic connections in the brain that are frequently used are preserved, and those that are not are lost

A

Synaptic pruning

142
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the tendency for children to speak using rudimentary sentences that are missing words and grammatical markings but follow a logical syntax

A

Telegraphic speech

143
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environmental agents that harm the embryo or fetus

A

Teratogens

144
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the term used to describe the ability to explain and predict other people’s behavior as a result of recognizing their mental state

A

Theory of mind

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