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What is the median?
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the score that cuts the distribution of scores in half
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Name and Define the two phases of Bulimia
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Binging: severely over eats lots of food
Purging: Voids of eliminates the food that was consumed |
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What are some symptoms of conversion disorder?
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inability to use healthy body part
(loss of sight after seeing best friend murdered) |
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What are the features of Motivated Behavior?
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Starts: Instigated or initiated
Goal Directed Requires selective behaviors for reaching the goal Stops |
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What are the types and symptoms of Schizophrenia?
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Paranoid: delusions of persecution
Catatonic: awkward positions for extended periods, repetitive sounds and movements Hebephrenic: illogical speech, silly, disorganized Undifferentiated: experience all symptoms Residual: currently in remission |
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What is the Satiety/Satisfaction Center?
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Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus
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What are some dissaciative disorders and their symptoms?
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amnesia: loss of memory
fugue: fleeing and not remembering why identity: Loss of identity |
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What are the three basic Motivators?
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Bio-physiological
Intra-Psychic (mental) Socio-behavioral (relationships) |
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What are symptoms of Hypochondrical reaction?
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sickness with no cause
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What are the three basic catagories of eating disorders?
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Obesity
Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia |
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What is the medical model approach to normalcy and abnormality?
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all mental disorders are diseases
they have symptoms symptoms can be diagnosed symboms can be treated |
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What does Motivere Mean?
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movement or to move
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What are symptoms of Depression?
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sadness, non productive behaviors, insomnia, loss of appetite
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What is the role of insulin?
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insulin metabolizes glucose
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What is the mean?
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the average score or performance
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What is Motivation?
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Hypothetical Construct
Can't be seen implied from observation What moved the individual to act |
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Who based their personality theory on interests?
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Sanger
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What is Needs Theory?
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there are needs which are arranged in a hierarchy. The lower needs must be satisfied before moving on to the higher needs
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What are some of the symptoms of Generalize anxiety disorder?
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persistently tense, jittery, worried, racing heart, clammy hands, sleeplessness, person cannot identify the cause
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What is hyperphagia?
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over eating
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What are the two basic types of personality tests?
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Objective: MMPI
Projective: Inkblots |
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What is a wholistic approach to motivation?
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a more comprehensive explaination of what moved a person to act using more than one motivation
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What is Bi-Polar?
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Mood swings in opposite directions
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What is the Feeding Center?
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Lateral Hypothalamus
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What are symptoms of an Antisocial personality/sociopath/psychopath?
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No remorse, violations against society, Freud says ruled by id have weak ego
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Who is a drive Theorist?
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Clark Hull
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What is a Personality Disorder?
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maladaptive behavior pattern not involving anxiety, depression, or delusions
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What is aphagia?
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Undereating
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What is the culprit and symptoms of Obsessive- Compulsive disorder?
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Serotonin
persistent repetative thoughts repetitive behaviors, often appear ritualistic |
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Who disproved the swallow count mechanism and how?
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Stellar
put a rubber tube down subjects throats, they still reported fullness |
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What is a Psychoses?
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severe disturbances requiring hospitalization
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What is Incentive Theory?
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External factors move the individual to act.
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What are symptoms of a Histrionic personality?
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Shallow, attention getting emo9tiohs, go to great lengths to gain other's praise.
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What are the 6 symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa?
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Self imposed starvation
set and re-set weight goal inaccurate perception of weight No menstrual Cycle will hoard food but will not eat it Preoccupied with thoughts of food |
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What are some of the symptoms of Phobias?
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focus anxiety on specific object, irrational fears that disrupt behavior.
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What happens when the Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus is stimulated?
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feeling of fullness occurs
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What are the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality disorder?
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exaggerate own importance, aided by success fantasies, hard to accept critism, react with rage or shame
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Define the Need of Self Actualization
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need to find fullfillment, to realize ones potential, to become what one is capable of becoming
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What three indexes indicate what is normal?
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Mean
Mode Median |
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How do you cause aphagia?
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stimulate the Ventro-medial Hypothalamus
Destroy the Lateral Hypolthalamus |
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Who reported that people have characteristic personality traits?
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Cattell and Eysenck
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Who studied Hunger pangs and what did he learn?
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Canon
Stomach pains are learned |
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What is the mode?
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the most frequent score
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Define Safety/Security Need
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Need to feel secure, safe and free from danger
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What are the three types of mental disorders?
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Anxiety Disorders
Psychoses Personality Disorders |
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What is the Instict Theory?
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simple unlearned behavior
Just born that way instinct theorists didn't explain behavior, just named it. |
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What is Mania?
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elation, rapidity of speech, flight of ideas, delusions of grandeur
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Define Self Esteem Need
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Need to achieve, to be competent and strong, to gain approval and recognition
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What are Anxiety disorders?
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less severe
uncontrollably tense marked by distressing, persistant anxiety |
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Who were two instict theorists?
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Darwin, Freud
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What is a mesomorph?
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Muscular body: verbally abusive, lover of physical activity
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Define Belongingness/Love need
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Need to affiliate with others, to belong, to be accepted and loved
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What is an endomorph?
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round/heavy body: jolly sociable, talkative
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Who is a drive Theorist?
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Clark Hull
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What is the Electral Complex?
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Girl is attracted to father
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What did Freud define as the 3 features of personality?
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Id
Ego Superego |
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What is the Oedipal Complex?
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Boy is attracted to his mother
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Who usually suffers from Eating disorders?
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Female, White, Middle to upper middle class
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Who used boyd type as an indicator of personality?
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Sheldon
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Whatis Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (starting from bottom)
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Biophysiological
Safety/Security Belongingness/Love Self Esteem Self Actualization |
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What are the 8 stages of Erickson's stages of personality?
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Trust vs. Mistrust: after birth
Autonomy vs. Shame: 2's Initiative vs. Guilt: flirtation 3-6 Industry vs. Inferiority: 6-12 competition, early success Identity vs. role confusion: Teens Who am I Intimacy vs. isolation: 20-39 settling down, job, marriage Generativity vs. stagnation: 40-59 influence on generation to come Ego Integrity vs. Despair: Late adulthood - death Life review |
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Who is a Needs theorist?
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Maslow
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What is the Superego?
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understands the rules of society
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What does Homeostasis mean?
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Balance or remaining the same
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What does freud label as the three states of conscious?
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Conscious: anything person is currently attending
preconscious: easily called into conscience Unconscious: Most important. Locked in unconscious |
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Who discovered the role of Insulin?
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Atkinson
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What are Ego defense mechanisms and how do they work?
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Rationalization: Making excuses
Regression: reverting back Repression: Forgetting info Projection: putting feelings on someon else Displacement: re-directing to scapegoat Sublimination: redirecting anger to socially acceptable channel REaction Formation: Child pornographer give money to Child Abuse cause Identification: act like role model Denial- Inability to accept |
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What is Drive Reduction/ Drive Theory?
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Homeostatic approach
Uses internal factors to explain behavior |
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What are the names and descriptions of freuds Psychosexual theory stages?
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Oral- birth-18 months- weaning
Anal= 2-3-pottytraining Phallic- 3-6 -attraction to opposite sex parent Latency- No new crisis Genital- appropriate interaction with opposite sex peers |
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What is the swallow count mechanism?
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Individual stops eating based on the number of swallows
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What is the Ego?
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reality based
negotiator between Id and Superego |
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What is personality?
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distinct pattern of behaviors, attitudes, and experiences which uniquely characterize a person
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When is personality complete according to Erickson?
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Never its a life process
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Who is an Incentive Theorist?
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Hollander
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What is the Id?
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innate urges
seeks instant gratification Hedonistic |
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What is the Glucostatic Explaination?
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based on Homeostatic Theory. When glucose level drops, receptors take a message to the Lateral Hypothalamus (feeding center) and sensation of hunger occurs.
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What are the 5 characteristics of Psychosexual theory of personality?
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stage approach
crisis at each stage crisis must be resolved can't move to next level until crisis is resolved crisis not resolved, then stuck |
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Who came up with the Psychoanalytic Theory?
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Freud
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When is Personality complete according to Freud?
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onset of Puberty
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Define Biophysiological Need
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Need to satisfy hunger/thirst, need for air, no pain, maintain body temp, satisfy sex drive and maternal drive, and satisfy the sensory stimulation.
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Who is the primary influences in personality development according to Freud and Erickson?
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Freud: Parents
Erickson: Peer, Society, Parents |
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What are 3 problems with Maslows Hierarchy of Need?
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two different models
data collected only from Middle class of western civilization Lack of experimental evidence |
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What is an ectomorph?
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thin frail: shy timid reserved
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How do you cause Hyperphagia?
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Stimulate the Lateral Hypothalamus
Destroy the Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus |
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What did Hippocrates believe about personality?
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based on excesses in body fluid
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Who studies Personality?
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Personalogists
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