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Absolute Poverty

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The inability to meet a bare minimum of basic necessities, most notably, clean water, food, safe housing and reliable access to healthcare

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Absolute Poverty

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The inability to meet a bare minimum of basic necessities, most notably, clean water, food, safe housing and reliable access to healthcare

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Achieved Status

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Those statuses that are considered to be due largely to an individuals efforts

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Acquisition

[Classical Conditioning]

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The process of learning the association between a conditioned stimulus and response

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Acquisition

[Classical Conditioning]

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The process of learning the association between a conditioned stimulus and response

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Activation-Synthesis Theory

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The theory that dreams are simply byproducts of brain activation during REM sleep; suggests that the contents of dreams is not purposeful or meaningful

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Activation-Synthesis Theory

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The theory that dreams are simply byproducts of brain activation during REM sleep; suggests that the contents of dreams is not purposeful or meaningful

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Actor-Observer Bias

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The tendency to blame our actions on the situation and blame the actions of others on their personalities

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Actor-Observer Bias

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The tendency to blame our actions on the situation and blame the actions of others on their personalities

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Addiction

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A compulsion to do an act repeatedly; can consist of a psychological dependence and/or a physical dependence as evidenced by drug addiction withdrawal

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Addiction

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A compulsion to do an act repeatedly; can consist of a psychological dependence and/or a physical dependence as evidenced by drug addiction withdrawal

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Affect

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A person’s visible emotion in the moment

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Affirmative Action

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Policies that take factors like race or sex into consideration to benefit underrepresented groups in admissions or job hiring decisions

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Aggregate

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People who exist in the same space but do not interact or share a common sense of identity

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Aggregate

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People who exist in the same space but do not interact or share a common sense of identity

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Aggression

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Behavior that is forceful, hostile or attacking

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Ainsworth (Mary)

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Strange Situation Experiments where mothers would leave their infants in an unfamiliar environment to see how they would react

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Algorithm

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Step-by-step detailing of steps that aids with problem solving

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Alpha Waves

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Low amplitude, high frequency brain waves present in a relaxed state; indicators that a person is ready to drift off to sleep

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Altruism

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A behavior that helps ensure the success or survival of the rest of a social group, possibly at the expense of the success or survival of the individual

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Amalgamation

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Occurs when majority and minority groups combine to form a new group

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Amalgamation

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Occurs when majority and minority groups combine to form a new group

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Anal Stage

[Freud’s Psychosexual]

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The second stage in which the child seeks sensual pleasure through control of elimination

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Anterograde Amnesia

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An inability to form new memories

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Characterized by a history of serious behavior problems beginning in adolescence including significant aggression against people or animals, property destruction, lying or theft and serious rule violation

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Anxiety Disorder

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An emotional state of unpleasant physical and mental arousal; a preparation to fight or flee; anxiety is intense, frequent, irrational and uncontrollable

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Asch (Solomon)

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Research on conformity and group pressure by placing subjects in a room with several confederates and observing the behavior of the subject when the confederates provided clearly wrong answers to questions

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Asch (Solomon)

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Research on conformity and group pressure by placing subjects in a room with several confederates and observing the behavior of the subject when the confederates provided clearly wrong answers to questions

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Ascribed Status

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Those statuses that are assigned to a person by society regardless of the persons own efforts

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Assimilation

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The process in which an individual forsakes aspects of his or her own cultural tradition to adopt those of a different culture; attempts to conform to the culture of the dominant group

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Assimilation

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The process in which an individual forsakes aspects of his or her own cultural tradition to adopt those of a different culture; attempts to conform to the culture of the dominant group

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Associative Learning

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Process of learning in which one event, object, or action is directly connected with another; categories = classical and operant conditioning

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Associative Learning

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Process of learning in which one event, object, or action is directly connected with another. Categories = classical and operant conditioning

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Associative Learning

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Process of learning in which one event, object, or action is directly connected with another. Categories = classical and operant conditioning

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Attenuation Model of Selective Attention

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The mind has an attenuator (like a volume knob) that can tune up inputs to be attended and tune down unattended inputs rather than totally eliminating them

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Attenuation Model of Selective Attention

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The mind has an attenuator (like a volume knob) that can tune up inputs to be attended and tune down unattended inputs rather than totally eliminating them

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Attitude

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A person’s feelings and beliefs about other people or events around him, and his behavioral reactions based on those underlying evaluations

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Attitude

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A person’s feelings and beliefs about other people or events around him, and his behavioral reactions based on those underlying evaluations

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Attribution Theory

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A person’s feelings and beliefs about other people or events around them and their behavioral reactions based on those underlying evaluations

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Attribution Theory

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A person’s feelings and beliefs about other people or events around them and their behavioral reactions based on those underlying evaluations

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Authoritarian Parenting

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Parenting style in which parents impose strict rules that are expected to be followed unconditionally in an attempt to control children; this style is demanding and often relies on punishment

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Authoritarian Parenting

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Parenting style in which parents impose strict rules that are expected to be followed unconditionally in an attempt to control children; this style is demanding and often relies on punishment

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Availability Heuristic

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Mental shortcut of making judgments on the frequency of something occurring based on how readily it is available in our memories

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Availability Heuristic

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Mental shortcut of making judgments on the frequency of something occurring based on how readily it is available in our memories

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Avoidance Learning

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The process by which one learns to perform a behavior in order to ensure that a negative or aversive stimulus will not be present

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Avoidance Learning

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The process by which one learns to perform a behavior in order to ensure that a negative or aversive stimulus will not be present

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by feelings of inadequacy, inferiority and undesirability, and a preoccupation with fears of criticism

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by feelings of inadequacy, inferiority and undesirability, and a preoccupation with fears of criticism

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Babinski Reflex

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In response to the sole of the foot being stroked, a baby’s big toe moves upward or toward the top surface of the foot and the other toes fan out

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Babinski Reflex

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In response to the sole of the foot being stroked, a baby’s big toe moves upward or toward the top surface of the foot and the other toes fan out

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Back Stage Self

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In the dramaturgical perspective, where we can ‘let down our guard’ and be ourselves, as opposed to the ‘front stage’ where we are playing a role for others

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Back Stage Self

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In the dramaturgical perspective, where we can ‘let down our guard’ and be ourselves, as opposed to the ‘front stage’ where we are playing a role for others

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Bandura (Albert)

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Bobo doll studies that demonstrated observational learning; also pioneered the idea of the importance of self-efficacy in promoting learning

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Behavioral Therapy

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A type of therapy uses conditioning to shape a client’s behaviors in the desired direction

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Behaviorism

[Personality]

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Personality is a result of learned behavior patterns based on a person’s environment; it is deterministic proposing that people begin as blank slates and that environmental reinforcement and punishment completely determine an individual’s subsequent behavior and personailities

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Behaviorism

[Personality]

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Personality is a result of learned behavior patterns based on a person’s environment; it is deterministic proposing that people begin as blank slates and that environmental reinforcement and punishment completely determine an individual’s subsequent behavior and personailities

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Beliefs

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The convictions or principles that people within a culture hold

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Belief Bias

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A tendency to draw conclusions based on what one already believes rather sound logic

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Belief Perservance

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The maintenance of beliefs even in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Belief Perservance

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The maintenance of beliefs even in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Bilateral Descent

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A system of lineage in which the relatives on the mother’s side and father’s side are considered equally important

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Biofeedback

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Means of recording and feeding back information about subtle autonomic responses to an individual in an attempt to train the individual to control previously involuntary responses

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Bipolar Disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by cyclic mood episodes at both extremes or poles, depression and mania

Bipolar I: a person has experienced at least one manic or mixed episode

Bipolar II: the manic phases are less extreme

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Bipolar Disorder

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A psychological disorder characterized by cyclic mood episodes at both extremes or poles, depression and mania

Bipolar I: a person has experienced at least one manic or mixed episode

Bipolar II: the manic phases are less extreme

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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A preoccupation with a slight physical anomaly or imagined defect in appearance, often involving the face, hair, breasts or genitalia

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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A preoccupation with a slight physical anomaly or imagined defect in appearance, often involving the face, hair, breasts or genitalia

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Enduring or recurrent instability in impulse control, mood and image of self and others; Impulsive and reckless behavior, together with extreme mood swings, reactivity and anger can lead to unstable relationships and damage to the person and individuals around them

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Bottom-Up Processing

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A type of sensory processing that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the complex integration of information occurring in the brain; the brain uses this in combination of this and top-down processing

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Bottom-Up Processing

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A type of sensory processing that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the complex integration of information occurring in the brain; the brain uses this in combination of this and top-down processing

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Bystander Effect

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The fact that a person is less likely to provide help when there are other people around

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