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acalculia

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inability to calucalate

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accommondation

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modifying existing cog structure to adjust to reality demands

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acetylcholine (Ach)

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most common, related to voluntary movement, memory & cog (low for Azh, hi for PD)

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acoustic

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pitch, tone, and volume

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Activity theory

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old age is fulfilling when remains active

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Actor-observer effect

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attributions of neg events - personality factors for others, situational factors for self

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Adam’s Equity Theory

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compares ratio of input/output outcomes with others

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Additive tasks

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individual performances are added to a combined effect

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Adverse impact

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% of minorities selected >= 80% of non-minorities selected

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adversive counterconditioning

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pairing a adversive stimulus with a mal beh

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agnosia

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inability to recognize objects

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agonist

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enhances effect

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agranulocytosis

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granulocyte sudden drop -> sore throat, high fever

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agraphia

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inability to write

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Ainsworth’s attachment patterns

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secure, avoidant, ambivalent, disorganized-disoriented

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akathisia

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dysphoria, feeling of jitters, fidgeting, inner restlessness, pacing (antipsychotic side effect)

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akinesia

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slowness of movement, masklike facial expression, emotionless (antipsychotic side effect; PD)

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Alderger’s ERG Theory

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3 needs: existence, relatedness, growth

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alexia

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inability to read

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Alloplastic

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trying to change or blame the external environment

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alogia

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speachless

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alpha waves

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relaxed, doze off

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amino acids

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GABA, Glycine, & Glutamate

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amnesia

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memory loss only

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amygdala

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emotions; removal - Kluver Bucy Syndrome; mediates anger & fear

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anhedonia

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inability to experience pleasurable sensations

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anosagnosia

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unaware of disability

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antagonist

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inhibits effect

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anterograde amnesia

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can’t form new memory

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anticholinergic

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drying out & holding in symptoms

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anticonvulsants

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antiepileptic drugs

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aphasia

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language disorder

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apnea

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sleep related breathing problem

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apraxia

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inability to carry out motor movements

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Arbitration

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third party acts as judge

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assimilation

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incorporating new info into existing cog structures

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ataxia

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incoordination; slurred speech, severe tremors, loss of balance

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Authoritarian parenting

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controlling and require unquestioned obedience

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Authoritative parenting

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firm, fair, and reasonable

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autokinetic effect

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moving light experiment, conforming to group norm

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autokinetic effect

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optical illusion whereby a light appears to move

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Autoplastic

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trying to change oneself or blaming oneself

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avolition

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lack of motivation

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axon

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transmits info

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babinski reflex

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spreading toes and twisting foot

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backward conditioning

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US presented before CS; not as effective in producing CR

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Balance Theory

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attitude change when two people have attitudes toward that same object

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Barnum effect

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someone finds personal meaning in a statement that could apply to anyone

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BARS

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Beh Anchored Rating Scales, based on critical incidents

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basal ganglia

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PD, Tourette Syndrome, Autism, OCD

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base rate

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rate of successful hiring without a given selection procedure

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Baumrind’s Parenting Patterns

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authoritarian, permissive (indifferent/indulgent), authoritative

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Behavioral Confirmation

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people are motivated to confirm expectations others have on them, but not negative

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behavioral contrast effect

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2 beh reinforced, after one extinguished, the remaining will increase

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belligerence

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a hostile attitude

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Berry’s acculturation theory

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assimilation, separtation, integration, marginalization

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beta waves

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alert & attentive

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Big five

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Openness to experience, conscientiouness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism

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Biographical Inventory (BIB)

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applicants life in detail and corr with (un)desirable work beh

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BOS

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Beh Observation Scale, extent engages in every beh

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brain stem

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pons, medulla, reticular activating systems (RAS)

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Bronfenbrenner’ ecological model

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microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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Equal educational opportunities

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Buckly admendment

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federal law giving student over 18 and their parents the right to access school records

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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emtoions and bodily reactions occur at the same time

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CAPP vs. Rank

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Hospital privileges for psychologists in California

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CAT scan

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computerized axial tomography (structure)

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cataplexy

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sudden loss of muscle tone

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catecholamines

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epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine, and dopamine

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Cattell

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g factor with two subtypes - fluid and crystalized

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Cattell-Horn-Carroll

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3 levels, g factor, 10 broad, 70 narrow

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caudate nucleus

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related to OCD, Tourette’s, Huntington Disease, ADHD

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cell body

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integrate info

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centrism

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inabilty to focus on more than one aspect of problem at a time

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cerebellum

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maintaining smooth movement, coordinating motor activity, balance

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cerebral cortex

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frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital

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chaining

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creating a sequence of desired behs

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childhood disintegrative disorder

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sig loss of previously acquired skills before 10

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Cholinergic

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synaptic transmission that is mediated by the release of acetylcholine

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chorea

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uncontrollable and irregular muscle movements

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chronosystem

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role of the passage of time in the person’s life

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chunking

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transforming separate items into meaningful unit for memory

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cingulate gyrus

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satifaction center of brain; eating & sex

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classical neurotransmitters

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acetylcholine (Ach), catecholamines, serotonin, amino acids

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Cognitive dissonance theory

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modifying congition when committed to something inconsistent with belief

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Cognitive play stages

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repetitive, constructive, imaginative, formal games with rules

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Cognitive Resource Theory

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Compares directive vs non-directive leadership on various factors

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common reality

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what the individual is told to do

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concussions

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head injury without bruising

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conduction aphasia

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connection between Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas has been damaged

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confabulate

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make up stories about past events

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Confluence

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lack of differentiation between self and others to avoid conflict

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Congruity Theory

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making predictions about which attitude changes on top of Balance Theory

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Conjunctive tasks

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outcome limited by least effective member

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contiguous

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two stimuli being presented closely in time

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contingency contracting

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contracting on target behs, reinforcers and punishers

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Contrast effect

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ratings of candidates affected by previous candidate

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contusions

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coup-countercoup injuries

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corpus callosom

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bridge between two cerebral hemispheres

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counterconditioning (reciprocal inhibition)

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pairing a mal response with a incompatible adaptive response

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covert sensitization

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type of adversive counterconditioning using imagination

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Criterion contamination

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rating is affected by knowledge of the score on the predictor

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Critical incident technique

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ascertaining the actions for success and failure

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critical period of development

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if certain things don’t occur, unable to compensate

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Cross’s model

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preencounter, encounter, immersion-emersion, internalization, internalization-commitment

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cross-sequential research

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takes several cross sections and follow over time

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Cryptomnesia

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perceives information as being an original idea of their own

108
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cultural encapsultation

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can impede effective psychotherapy with minority clients; stereotyping

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cultural paranoia

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a healthy suspiciosness based on real exeriences of racism

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culture-bound symptoms

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psychiatric symptoms found only in a particular culture group

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Cybernetics

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circular nature of feedback loops (positive & negative)

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Decalage

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unevenness in development in any area

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decay

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memory deteriorates with passage of time

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declarative memories

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includes semantic and episodic memories

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deep dyslexia

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mistakenly reads a given word as one with similar meaning

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Deflection

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distance self from emotions

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deindividuation

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suspending one’s self-identity and adopting identity of group

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delirium

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disturbance of consciousness & change in cognitive abilities

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delta waves

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deep sleep

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dementia

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loss of memory + something else

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dendrites

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receive info from other neurons

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depot neuroleptics

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injected antipsychotics

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detouring

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parents express distress through one child - identified patient

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differential learning

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combines extinction and positive reinforcement

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differential reinforcement of other behs

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all behaviors except target reduction beh is reinforced; reward if no target in interval

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Differential validity

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test more valid in predicting for one group than the other

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diffuse impairment

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loss of complex cognitive functions

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Diffusion of responsibility

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best chances of receiving help when only 1 bystander, the more, the lower chances

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discrete impairment

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loss of foresight & concern, irresponsibility

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discriminative stimulus

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a stimulus that precedes a beh and signals the probability of reinforcement (menu)

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Disjunctive tasks

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outcome affected by most effective member

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Displacement

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transference of emotions to substitue or symbolic representation

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dissociative fugue

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travel away from home and unable to recall past

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distal factors

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external, objective events and conditions

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Distributive negotiation

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parties claiming part of the pie

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diuresis

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excessive urination

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dizygotic twins

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fraternal twins

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dopamine

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related to schizophrenia? Parkinson - low dopamine

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Double bind

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three element maladaptive comm

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Down’s syndrome

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three chromosomes on 21; metal retardation, broad skull, slanted eyes

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dyspareunia

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pain in the genitals associated with intercourse

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dysphoria

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emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease

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dyssomnisa

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disturbance in amount, quality, or timing of sleep

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dystonia

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acute and painful muscle spasm

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echolalia

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imitation of sounds without comprehension

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Effectiveness research

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studies psychotherapy as it is actually practiced

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effectiveness research

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practice in real world

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Efficacy research

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tight experimental control maximizes interal validity

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efficacy research

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tight experimental control

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effort justification

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spending sig time on unworthy task

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effort justification

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spending sig time on unworthy task

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eidetic memory

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photographic memory

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elaborative rehearsal

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memory strategy relates new info with old memory

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Electroencephalography (EEG)

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measures brain wave

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Electromyography (EMG)

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measures surface muscle tension

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Elkind’s adolescent thinking

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personal fable, imaginary audience

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embryonic period

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2 wks until 8-12 wks

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Emic

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culture specific approach

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emotional triangle

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closeness of two members tends to exclude a third

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empirical criterion keying

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items chosen based on discrimination of membership

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enactment

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simulation of the transaction of a family structure in attempt to change it

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encopresis

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passage of feces into inappropriate places

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enculturation

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learing one’s own culture, influenced by home and family

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enkephalins & endorphins

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endogenous opioids; regulate stress and pain

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enuresis

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repeated voiding of urine into the bed or clothes

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epigenesis

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dev occur in a series of stages

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equifinality

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diff cause can produce same results

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equipotentiality

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single cause may produce diff results

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Erikson’s psychosocial stages

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hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, wisdom

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Etic

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a non-culture specific approach that looks for universal principles

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exosystem

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rel between two or more systems where one is indirect

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experimental neurosis

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confusion by changing similar stimuli

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explicit memory

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conscious awareness of remembering

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expressive abuse

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results from difficulty managing emotions

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extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)

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movement related symptoms

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Factitious Disorder

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intentional production of symptoms without secondary gain

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fading

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gradual removal of cues under which a response occurs (gradual reduction of promting)

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false fame effect

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could not recall where they had encountered the names; concluded they are famous individuals

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fetal period

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8-12 wks until birth

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Fiedler’s Contingency (LPC) Theory

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High LPC (relationship) - effective in moderate, Low LPC (task) - effective in extreme

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flashbulb memories

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memories of distinct and usually traumatic events

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Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination

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a brief examination of cognitive functioning for older adults

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Forced Choice

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choose between two equally pos or neg choices

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forced distribution

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distribute employees into perdetermined categories

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Framo

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family-of-origin session; meeting partner’s FOO

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Freud’s psychosexual stages

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oral(1), anal(1-3), phallic(3-6), latency(6-12), genital(12-18)

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frotteurism

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fantasies, urges, beh of rubbing a non-consenting person

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fundamental attribution error

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attributes others’ failures to dispositional causes and underestimating situational variables

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GABA & glycine

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calming effect; anxiety, epileptic seizures - low

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Galvanic skin response (GSR)

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also called ecetrodermal response (EDR); measures sweat

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Gate control theory

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pain not directly related to pain receptors

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Gender-Schema theory

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children use gender as a schema to organize their world

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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

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Alarm -> Resistance -> Exhaustion

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General systems theory

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system is interaction of component parts, seeks homeostatis

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genotype

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genetic makeup of a person - both expressed and unexpressed

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germinal period

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first 2 wks; zygote divides and implants itself onto uterus wall

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Gerstmann’s syndrome

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lesions of the dominant parietal lobe (acalculia, agraphia, left-right difficulty, finger agnosia)

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Gilligan’s moral dev theory

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Justice (men); Caring (women): individual survival, self-sacrifice, nonviolence

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