Chapter 12 & 14 Vocab

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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disorder in which a person uses other people without worrying about their rights or feelings and often behave in an impulsive or reckless manner without regard for the consequences of that behavior.

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Bipolar disorder

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periods of mood that may range from normal to manic, with or without episodes of depression, or spans of normal mood interspersed with episodes of major depression and episodes of hypomania

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Delusion

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False beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness

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Hallucination

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false sensory perceptions, such as hearing voices that do not exist

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Severe depression that comes on suddenly and seems to have no external cause, or is too severe for current circumstances

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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disorder in which intruding, recurring thoughts or obsessions create anxiety that is relieved by performing a repetitive, ritualistic behavior or mental act.

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compliance

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changing one's behavior as a result of others people directing or asking for the brain

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conformity

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changing one's own behavior to match that of other people.

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Attribution

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the process of explaining one's own behavior and the behavior of others.

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Attitude

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a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain person, object , idea, or situation

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phobia

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an irrational, persistent fear of an object, situation, or social activity.

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Panic disorder

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disorder in which panic attacks occur more than once or repeatedly, and cause persistent worry or changes in behavior.

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Schizophrenia

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severe disorder in which the person suffers from disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, hallucinations, and inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

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obedience

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changing one's behavior at the command of an authority figure

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Social Psychology

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the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior influence and are influenced by social groups; area of psychology In which psychologist focus on how human behavior is affected by the presence of other people.