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a set of assumptions and concepts that helps scientisrs explain and interpret observations.
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Model or Paradigm
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a neve cell
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neuron
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a chemical that, released by one neuron, crosses the synaptic space to be received at receptors on the dendrites of neighboring neurons.
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neurotransmitter
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The chemicals released by glands into the bloodstream.
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Hormones
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Chromosome segments that control the characteristics and traits we inherit.
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Gene
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Drugs that primarily affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunctioning.
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Psychotropic Medications
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A form of biological treatment used primarily on depressed patients, in which a brain seizure is triggered as an electric current passes through electrodes attached to the patient's forehead.
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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Brain surgery for mental disorders.
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Psychosurgery
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According to Freud the psychological force that produces instinctual needs, drives and impulses.
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ID
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According to Freud the psychological force that employs reason and operates in accordance with the reality principle.
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EGO
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stategies developed by the ego to control unacceptable id impulses and to avoid or reduce the anxiety they arouse.
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EGO defense mechanisms
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According to Freud, the psychological force that represents a person's values and ideals.
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Superego
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A condition in which the id, ego, and superego do not mature properly and are frozen at an early stage of development.
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Fixation
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The psychodynamic theory that emphasizes the role of the ego and considers it an important force.
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Ego theory
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The psychodynamic theory that emphasizes the role of the self-our unified personality.
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Self theory
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the psychodynamic theory that views the desire for relationships as the key motivating force in human behavior.
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Object relations theory
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A psychodynamic technique in which the patient describes any thought, feeling or image that comes to mind, even if it seems unimportant.
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Free Association
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An unconscious refusal to participate fully in therapy.
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Resistance
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According to psychodynamic theorists a process that occurs during psychotherapy, in which patients act toward the therapist as they did or do toward important figures in their lives.
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Transference
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A series of ideas and images that form during sleep.
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Dreams
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the relieving of past repressed feelings in order to settle internal conflicts and overcome problems.
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Catharsis
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The psychoanalytic process of facing conflicts, reinterpreting feelings and overcoming one's problems.
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Working through
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A simple form of learning
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Conditioning
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A process of learning in which behavior that leads to satisfying consequences is likely to be repeated.
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Operant conditioning
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A process of learning in which behavior that leads to satisyfing consequences is likely to be repeated.
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Modeling
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A process of learning by temporal association in which two events that repeatedly occur close together in time become fused in a person's mind and produce the same response.
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Classical Conditioning
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A behavioral treatment in which clients with phobias learn to react calmly instead of with intense fear to objects or situations they dread.
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systematic deinsitization
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A therapy developed by Aaron Beck that helps people recognize and change their faulty thinking.
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Cognitive therapy
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The humanistic process by which people fulfill their potential for goodness and growth.
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Self-actualization
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The humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which clinicians try to help clients by conveying acceptance, accurate empathy and genuineness.
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Client-centered therapy
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The humanistic therapy developed by Fritz Perls in which clinicians actively move clients towards self recognition and self acceptance by using techniques such as role playing and self discovery excercises.
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Gestalt therapy
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A therapy that encourages clients to accept responsibility for their lives and to live with greater meaning and values.
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Existential Therapy
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A theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules.
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Family Systems Theory
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Approaches that address the unique issues faced by members of minority groups.
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Culture sensative therapies
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Approcahes geared toward the special pressures of being a woman in Western society.
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Gender sensative therapies
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A group made up of people with similar problems who help and support one another without the direct leadership of a clinician.
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Self help group
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A therapy format in which the therapist meets with all members of the family and helpd them to change in theraputic ways.
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Family therapy
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A therapy format in which the therapist works with two people who share a long term relationship.
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Couple therapy
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A treatment approach that emphasizes community care.
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Community mental health treatment
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Explanations that attribute the cause of abnormality to an interaction of genetic, biological,developmental, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social, and societal influences.
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Biosychosocial theories
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hiker
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el/la excursionista
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football
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el fútbol americano
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golf
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el golf
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hockey
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el hockey
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player
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el/la jugador(a)
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swimming
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la natación
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game;match
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el partido
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ball
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la pelota
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swimming pool
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la piscina
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tennis
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el tenis
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volleyball
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el vóleibol
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to scuba dive
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bucear
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to climb mountains
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escalar montañas
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to write a letter
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escribir una carta
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to write an email message
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escribir una mesaje electrónico
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to write a postcard
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escribe ina tarjeta (postal)
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to ski
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esquiar
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to win
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ganar
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to go on a hike (in the mountains)
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ir de excursión (a las montañas)
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to read email
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lerr correo electrónico
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to read a magazine
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leer una revista
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to play sports
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practicar deportes (m.pl.)
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to be a fan of
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ser aficionado/a a
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sports related
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deportivo/a
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to read the newspaper
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lee el periódico
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soccer
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el futbol
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visit a monument
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visitan el monumento (visitar)
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sun bathe
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Toma el sol (tomar)
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roller skate
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patina el línea (patinar)
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basketball
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el baloncesto
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