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53 Cards in this Set
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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
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