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Health Flashcards

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Affect

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expression of emotion.

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Aggression

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act that is intended to cause pain

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Alienation

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being emotionally separated from others

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Antidepressants

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Medications used to treat depression.

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Antisocial behavior

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A pattern of behavior that is verbally or physically harmful to other people

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Antisocial personality disorder

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disorder whose behavior does not improve as they mature.

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Anxiety/ anxiety disorders

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An unpleasant emotion triggered by anticipation of future events

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Apathy

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can be defined as an absence of emotion

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Applied psychology

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The area of psychology in which basic theory and research are applied to the actual problems faced by individuals on a daily basis.

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Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder

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Disorder characterized by attentional deficit and/or hyperactivity

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Autism

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A disorder that first appears in early childhood and is impaired social interaction

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Autonomic nervous system

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The nervous system responsible for regulating automatic bodily processes, such as breathing and heart rate.

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Avoidance learning

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An individual’s response to avoid an unpleasant or stressful situation

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Behavior therapy

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therapeutic approach that treats emotional and behavioral disorders

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Biofeedback

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A technique that allows individuals to monitor their own physiological processes so they can learn to control them.

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Bipolar disorder

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A condition in which a person alternates between the two emotional extremes of depression and mania

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Body image

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The subjective conception of one’s own body

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Central nervous system

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In humans, that portion of the nervous system that lies within the brain and spinal cord

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Classical conditioning

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The process of closely associating a neutral stimulus with one that evokes a reflexive response so that eventually the neutral stimulus alone will evoke the same response.

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Cognitive behavior therapy

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moods can be changed by replacing inappropriate ways of thinking with thought patterns that are more realistic.

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Defense mechanisms

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Unconscious strategies for avoiding or reducing threatening feelings

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Delay of gratification

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The ability to forgo an immediate pleasure or reward in order to gain a more substantial one later.

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Delusion/ delusional disorders

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Beliefs that are in stark contrast to reality, often having to do with persecution or an exaggerated sense of importance or glory.

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Depression

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An emotional state or mood characterized by one or more of these symptoms: sad mood, low energy, poor concentration,

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Desensitization

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A behavior modification technique used to combat phobias and other irrational fears.

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Drug therapy

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Medications administered to help people suffering from psychological illnesses.

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Ego

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is that portion of the personality that imposes realistic limitations

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Emotional development

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The process by which infants and children begin developing the capacity to experience emotions.

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Emotional intelligence

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The ability to perceive and constructively act on both one’s own emotions and the feelings of others.

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Empathy

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The capacity to experience and understand the thoughts and feelings of another person

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Extroversion

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A term used to characterize people who are typically outgoing

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Forgetting curve

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predictable pattern of the process of forgetting learned information.

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Identity formation

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A person’s mental representation of who he or she is

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Id

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In psychoanalytic theory, the most primitive, unconscious element of human personality.

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Impulse control disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by the repeated inability to refrain from performing a particular action that is harmful either to oneself or others.

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Inferiority complex

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A psychological condition that exists when a person’s feelings of inadequacy are so intense that daily living is impaired.

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Introversion

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A commonly used term for people who are quiet

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Mania

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the condition opposite depression

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Mental imagery

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picture created by the imagination with no visual stimulus required.

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Narcissism

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Excessive preoccupation with self and lack of empathy for others.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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Mental illness characterized by the anxiety-producing thoughts (obsessions)

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Operant conditioning

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Approach to human learning based on the premise that human intelligence and will operate on the environment rather than merely respond to the environment’s stimuli.

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Panic disorders

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An acute feeling of intense fear

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Passive aggressive personality

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Its main distinguishing feature is indirect resistance to the demands or expectations of others through stubbornness, forgetfulness, inefficiency, procrastination, and other covert Its main distinguishing feature is indirect resistance to the demands or expectations of others through stubbornness

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Placebo effect

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a significant response that cannot be explained by physiological variables and is assumed to be psychological in origin.

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Psychoanalysis

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A method of treatment for mental, emotional, and behavioral dysfunctions as developed by Sigmund Freud.

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Psychosis

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A symptom of mental illness characterized by a radical change in personality and a distorted or diminished sense of objective reality.

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Rapid eye movement

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the stage of sleep most closely associated with dreaming.

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Self-actualization

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A prominent term in humanistic psychology that refers to the basic human need for self-fulfillment.

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Self-esteem

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A prominent term in humanistic psychology that refers to the basic human need for self confidence

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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An initial expectation that is confirmed by the behavior it elicits.

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Supergo

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the part of the human personality that represents a person’s inner values and morals

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