Kinn's Medical Assistant

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Adage

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A saying that embodies a common observation

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Aggressive

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Forceful or intended to dominate, hostile or destructive

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Ambiguous

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Capable of being understood in two or more possible ways

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Animate

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To fill with life

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Battery

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An offensive touching or use of force on a person without his or her consent

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Caustic

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Marked by sarcasm

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Channels

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Means of communication or expression

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Comfort zone

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A place in mind where an individual feels safe and confident

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Congruent

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Being in agreement, conforming to the circumstances or requirements

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Decodes

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Recognizes and interrprets

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Defense mechanism

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Psycological methods of dealing with stressful situations that are encountered in day to day living

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Encodes

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Converts a message into code

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Encroachments

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Actions that advance beyond the usual or proper limits

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Enunciate

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To utter articulate sounds, the act of being very distinct in speech

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External noise

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Sounds or factors outside the brain that interfere with the communication process

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Externalization

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The attribution of an event or occurence to causes outside the self

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Feedback

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The transmission of evaluative or corrective information to the original source about an action

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Grief

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Reaction to an unfortunate outcome

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Internal noise

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Factors inside the brain that interfere with the communication process

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Language barrier

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Ant type of interference that inhibits the communication process

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Litigious

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Prone to engage in lawsuits

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Malediction

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Speaking evil or the calling of a curse

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Media

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A term applied to agencies of mass communication

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Paraphrasing

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To express an idea in different wording in an effort to enhance communication and clarify

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Perception

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Capacity for comprehension

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Physiologic noise

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Physiologic interferences with the communication process

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Pitch

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Highness or lowness of sound, intensity

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Proxemics

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The study of nature

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Sarcasm

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A sharp and often satirical response to cut or inflict pain

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Stereotype

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Something conforming to a general pattern, a prejudiced attitude

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Stressors

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Stimuli that causes stress

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Subtle

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Difficult to understand or perceive

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Thanatology

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The study of the phenomena of death and os psychological methods of coping with death

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Vehemently

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In a manner marked by forceful energy

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Volatile

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Aroused, tending to erupt in violence

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Cognitive-behavior Approach

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Based on the belief that mental disorders result from a deficit in a thought process and that the patient suffers from a maladaptive thinking process

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Psychoanalytic Approach

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The doctor will engage in a therapy with a patient face to face

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Phobias

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Exaggerated fear of a particular object or situation

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Obsessive-compulsive Dissorder

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Anxiety dissorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and/or repetitive behaviors

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Anti-social Behavior

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Inability to distinguish right from wrong or feel remorse; dies functional thinking

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Panic Dissorder

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Sudden episodes of intense fear that develope for no apparent reason

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General Anxiety Dissorder

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Ongoing anxiety that interferes with day to day activities and relationships

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Major Depressive Dissorder

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Conditin affecting both mind and body that can cause a variety of emotional and physical problems

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Rationalization

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Attributing actions to rational and credible motives without analyzing underlying method

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Compensation

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A psychological mechanism through which feelings of inferiority, frustration or failure in one area are counterbalanced by achievement in another

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Regression

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Reversion to an earlier mental or behavioral level

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Repression

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The process whereby unwanted desires or impulses are excluded from the consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious

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Displacement

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The redirection of an emotion or impulse from its original object to another object

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Denial

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Psycological defense mechanism in which a person avoids confronting a personal problem or reality by denying the existence of the problem or reality

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Projection

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Attribution of ones own ideas, feelings or attitudes to other people or to objects

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Conflict

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The struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing née, drives, wishes or external or internal demands

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Passive Agression

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Feelings of rage, inadequacy or resentment that they can't articulate in a direct manner

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment of a person because of race, gender, religion, affiliation or handicap or for any other reason