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PSYC Flashcards

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METHOD OF LOCI

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A strategy for memory enhancement, which uses visualizations of familiar spatial environments to enhance the recall of info

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MNEMONIC

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sth such as very short poem or special word used to help a person remember sth

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ABIDING LOVE

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Feeling, memory or intenrest that one have for a very long time

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PROSPECTIVE BIAS

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SPACED REPITITION

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An evidence-based learning technique that is usually performed with flashcards

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MDMA

3,4-Methyl-enedioxy-methamphetamine

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A synthetic drug that acts as a stimulant and hallucinogen

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MENTAL SEMANTIC NETWORK

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A vast web of connected and interlinking pathways that make associations between different stored knowledge concepts

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BODY DYSMORPHIA DISORDER

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A mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance

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APHASIA

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A language disorder caused by damage in a specific area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension

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DUPER’S DELIGHT

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the pleasure coming from succeeding/getting away with lies

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THIN SLICING

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the process of making quick inferences based on minimal amount of clues

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E-PI-‘NEPH-RINE

also known as Adrenaline

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A neurotransmitter and a hormone. It plays an important role in your body’s “fight-or-flight” response. It’s also used as a medication to treat many life-threatening conditions

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ATARAXIA

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Calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet

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CORTICOSTEROIDS

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Ease swelling & irration
Anti-inflammation
A class of steroid hormones that are produced in the **adrenal cortex **of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones

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EGODYSTONIC

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People who are aware of their mental disorders symptoms and are distressed by those

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EGOSYNTONIC

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People who think that their mental problems are the faults of other persons

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DYSPHORIA

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Of feeling very unhappy, uneasy

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ON THE SPECTRUM

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people who have some form or degree of autism

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POSPARTUM

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the period after childbirth in which the women feel down

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IDIOLECT

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form of unique language that a person speaks

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STYLOMETRY

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the study of linguistics, usually written language

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HEURISTIC

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teaching method that encourages discovering and experiencing

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REGRESSION TO THE NORM / THE MEAN
REVERSION TO MEDIOCRITY

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If a terrible experience is forced to happen, it won’t be bad the 2nd time around

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TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY

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focusses on exploring human experiences that go beyond the individual’s ego or sense of self

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APOPHENIA

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The tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things

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COGNITIVE OFFLOADING

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the act of reducing mental processing through physical actions like writing down

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