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55 Cards in this Set
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psychosomatic
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referring to a physical disorder caused by emotional stress
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narcissism
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abnormal self-love
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oedipus complex
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sexual attraction to the parents of the opposite sex and hostility to the other parents
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psychosis
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a mental disorder such as paranoia or schizophrenia, disorganization of the personality
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paranoia
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delusions of persecution and grandeur
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schizophrenia
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split personality, retreat from reality, emotional deterioration
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trauma
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emotional shock with a lasting effect
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voyeur
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a peeping tom, watches sexual objects and acts and is gratified
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sibling
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brother or sister
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rationalization
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justifying of unreasonable behavior by presenting false but plausible reasons to oneself or others
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regression
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going back to earlier, less mature behavior to escape a conflict.
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novel
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a long fictitous story involving characters, scenes, and action. Pamela (Richardson Eng) and The Power of Sympathy (Brown America)
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novelette
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a short novel, novella, Old Man and the Sea
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plot
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the central plan of action in a story or play
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coincidence
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the remarkable occurrence of certain events at the same time, apparently by chance.
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suspense
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uncertainty as to the outcome, anxiety caused by a tense situation
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flashback
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interruption in a story or play to present action which occurred earlier.
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anachronism
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something happening or present in the wrong time period
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setting
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environment in which a story takes place
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local color
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picturesque details or customs, dialect, scenery that bring out the setting of a story.
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point of view
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writer's way of telling the story...participant or observer
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characterization
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the portrayal of people, physical and spiritual traits, flat, three dimensional
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motivation
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what causes a character to do something
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protagonist
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main character of a drama or fictional work
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anti-hero
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a protagonist who lacks the noble spirit or admirable life purposes found in a heroic figure.
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stream of consciousness
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thoughts and feelings of a character presented as an unceasing, disjointed sequence.
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irony of fate
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the way destiny twists or foils the plans of men
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epistolary novel
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a novel written in the form of a series of letters
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picaresque novel
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has a vagabond hero who goes from one adventure to another
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gothic novel
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horror tale often involving a haunted castle, crimes etc.
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victorian novel
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a novel written during the reign of Queen Victoria, reflects the "decent" tastes of the time period
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science fiction
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fantasies about time machines, space travel, and future marvels, technical details
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whodunit
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a murder story dealing with the detection of the criminal, a detective story.
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allegory
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a symbolic story in whcih the actions and characters have a secondary set of meanings, telling of parallel stories
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sentimentalism
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excessive emotionalism
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realism
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presentation of everyday life, as it is, in accurate detail
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satire
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wit, irony, sarcasm used to ridicule abuses and follies.
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social criticism
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exposure of faults in various aspects of society
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alienation
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separation from others and from participation
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existentialism
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a view of life which maintains that man is alone in a purposeless universe and that he must exercise his own free will to oppose a hostile environment.
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naturalism
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an extension of realism tending to stress sordidness and sexuality to portray man as a soulless animal shaped by environment and heredity.
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ambivalence
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conflicting feelings toward a thing
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aptitude
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natural ability to acquire a skill or knowledge
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claustrophobia
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fear of small or enclosed spaces
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compensation
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make up for an undesirable trait by exaggerating an approved one
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dipsomania
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craving for alcohol
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kleptomania
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tendency to steal
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ego
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conscious part of personality, logical thinking
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id
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primitive instinct
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superego
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conscious control of id, ego, morals standards
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extrasenory perception
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gain knowledge without senses, mentally
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free association
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talk and repressions are discovered
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psychoanalysis
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dream analysis and free association, info released from unconscious
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hallucination
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sights and sounds don't exist are witnessed
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hypochondria
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fear of illness or injury, imaginary ailments
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