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An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
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Drive
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A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
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homeostasis
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External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
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incentive
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Arousal escalates rapidly
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excitment
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An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
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Drive
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This is the second stage of sexual response where arousal continues to build much slower
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plateau
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A time following orgasm during which males are largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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Refractory period
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A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
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homeostasis
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Refers to what each sex has to invest in terms of time, energy, survival risk. etc
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Parental investment
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External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
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incentive
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Natural selection is fueled by variations in reproductive success
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Evolutionary theory
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Arousal escalates rapidly
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excitment
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Refers to transitions in youngsters patterns of thinking, including reasoning, problem solving
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Cognitive development
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This is the second stage of sexual response where arousal continues to build much slower
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plateau
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Comfortable when mother around and get upset when she leaves
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secure attachment
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A time following orgasm during which males are largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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Refractory period
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appear anxious even when mothers are near and protest when she leaves but not comforted when she returns
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anxious-ambivalent
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Refers to what each sex has to invest in terms of time, energy, survival risk. etc
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Parental investment
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children seek little contact with their mothers and oftern are not distressed when she leaves
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avoidant attachment
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Natural selection is fueled by variations in reproductive success
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Evolutionary theory
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions that it is meant to
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underextensions
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Refers to transitions in youngsters patterns of thinking, including reasoning, problem solving
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Cognitive development
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to descrbie a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to
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Overextension
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Comfortable when mother around and get upset when she leaves
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secure attachment
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The primitive, instincitive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
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id
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appear anxious even when mothers are near and protest when she leaves but not comforted when she returns
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anxious-ambivalent
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children seek little contact with their mothers and oftern are not distressed when she leaves
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avoidant attachment
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions that it is meant to
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underextensions
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to descrbie a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to
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Overextension
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The primitive, instincitive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
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id
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An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
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Drive
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A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
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homeostasis
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External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
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incentive
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Arousal escalates rapidly
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excitment
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This is the second stage of sexual response where arousal continues to build much slower
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plateau
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A time following orgasm during which males are largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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Refractory period
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Refers to what each sex has to invest in terms of time, energy, survival risk. etc
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Parental investment
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Natural selection is fueled by variations in reproductive success
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Evolutionary theory
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Refers to transitions in youngsters patterns of thinking, including reasoning, problem solving
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Cognitive development
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Comfortable when mother around and get upset when she leaves
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secure attachment
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appear anxious even when mothers are near and protest when she leaves but not comforted when she returns
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anxious-ambivalent
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children seek little contact with their mothers and oftern are not distressed when she leaves
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avoidant attachment
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions that it is meant to
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underextensions
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to descrbie a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to
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Overextension
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The primitive, instincitive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
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id
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An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
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Drive
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A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
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homeostasis
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External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
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incentive
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Arousal escalates rapidly
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excitment
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This is the second stage of sexual response where arousal continues to build much slower
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plateau
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A time following orgasm during which males are largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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Refractory period
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Refers to what each sex has to invest in terms of time, energy, survival risk. etc
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Parental investment
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Natural selection is fueled by variations in reproductive success
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Evolutionary theory
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Refers to transitions in youngsters patterns of thinking, including reasoning, problem solving
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Cognitive development
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Comfortable when mother around and get upset when she leaves
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secure attachment
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appear anxious even when mothers are near and protest when she leaves but not comforted when she returns
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anxious-ambivalent
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children seek little contact with their mothers and oftern are not distressed when she leaves
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avoidant attachment
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions that it is meant to
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underextensions
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to descrbie a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to
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Overextension
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The primitive, instincitive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
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id
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An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
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Drive
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A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
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homeostasis
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External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
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incentive
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Arousal escalates rapidly
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excitment
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This is the second stage of sexual response where arousal continues to build much slower
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plateau
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A time following orgasm during which males are largely unresponsive to further stimulation
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Refractory period
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Refers to what each sex has to invest in terms of time, energy, survival risk. etc
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Parental investment
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Natural selection is fueled by variations in reproductive success
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Evolutionary theory
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Refers to transitions in youngsters patterns of thinking, including reasoning, problem solving
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Cognitive development
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Comfortable when mother around and get upset when she leaves
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secure attachment
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appear anxious even when mothers are near and protest when she leaves but not comforted when she returns
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anxious-ambivalent
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children seek little contact with their mothers and oftern are not distressed when she leaves
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avoidant attachment
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions that it is meant to
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underextensions
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When a child incorrectly uses a word to descrbie a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to
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Overextension
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The primitive, instincitive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle
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id
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The decision making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle
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Ego
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The moral component of personality that incorporates social standards about what represents right and wrong
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Superego
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The need to fulfill ones potential
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Self-actualization
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Set of personality traits, differences among people reacting to the same situation
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distinctiveness
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Stability in a persons behavior over time and across situations
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Consistency
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Proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease
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Medical model
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involves distinguishing one illness from another
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Diagnosis
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Refers to the apparent causation and development history of an illness
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etiology
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Is a forecast about the probable course of an illness
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Prognosis
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Which form for abnormal behavior is behavior that deviates from what their society considers acceptable
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deviance
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Which form for abnormal behavior is everyday behavior is impaired
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Maladaptive
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What form for abnormal behavior is based on an individuals report of great personal distress
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Personal distress
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What are the 3 criteria for abnormal behavior?
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deviance, maldaptive behavior, and personal distress
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Persistent feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure
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Basic symptoms/features of depression
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This type of schizophrenia is dominated by delusions of persecution along with delusions of grandeur
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paranoid type
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This type of schizophrenia has striking motor disturbances, ranging from muscular rigidity to random motor activity
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Catatonic type
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this type of schizophrenia is severe deterioration of adaptive behavior is seen
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disorganized type
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This type of schizophrenia is marked by idiosyncratic mixtures of schizophrenic symptoms
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undifferentiated type
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Persistent, uncontrollable intrusions of unwated thoughts
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Obsession
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urges to engage in senseless rituals
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compulsion
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involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, usually very different personalities
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Dissociative identity disorder
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Physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
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Psychiatrists
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What component to emotion is subjective to conscious experience?
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Cognitive
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What component to emotion is bodily arousal, polygraph
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Physiological
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What component to emotion is based on overt expressions
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Behavioral
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What are the three components to emotion?
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cognitive, physiological, behavioral
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who is a famous insight therapist?
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Carl Rogers
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Restructure self concept to better correspond to reality
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Insight therapy
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What therapy is refered to as the talk therapy
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insight therapy
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Who is a famous behavioral therapist?
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B.F. Skinner
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What type of therapy is unlearning maladaptive behavior and learning adaptive ones?
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Behavioral therapy
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Insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses
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Psychoanalysis
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What type of therapy uses techniques such as free association and transference?
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psychoanalysis
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Refers to largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy
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Resistance (psychoanalysis)
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Occurs when clients start relating to their therapits in a way that mimic critical relationships in their lives
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Transference (psychoanalysis)
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Behavior therapy used to reduce clients phobic responses
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Systematic desensitization
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Joseph Wolpe is known for using what?
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systematic desensitization
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Which drugs are best for treating schizophrenia?
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Antipsychotic drugs
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Which drugs are best for treating bipolar disorder?
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Lithium
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When an actor and an observer draw inferences about the cause of the actors behavior, they often make different attributions
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Actor observer bias
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The tendency to attribute ones successes to personal facotrs and ones failures to situational factors
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self-serving bias
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When people yeild to real or imagine social pleasure
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Conformity
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Solom Asch with classic experiment group size and group unanimity illustrated what?
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conformity
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form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority
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obedience
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Stanley Milgram controversial landmark experiment shock illustrated what?
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Obedience
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Occurs when members of a cohesive group emphasize concurrence at the expense of critical thinking in arriving at a decision.
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Group think
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A reduced sense of responsibility
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Diffusion of responsibility
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Is a reduction in effort by individuals when they work in groups as compared to when they work by themselves
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social loafing
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The person who sends a communication
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source
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The person whom teh message is sent
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receiver
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The information transmitted by the source
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message
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The medium through which the message is sent
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Channel
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Exists when related attitudes or beliefs are inconsisitent that is when they contradict each other
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Cognitive dissonance
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Festinger and Carlsmith experiment demonstrated what?
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cognitive dissonance
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assumes taht inconsistency among attitudes propels people in the direction of attitude change
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Dissonanace theory
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