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The intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm on another

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Aggression

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From the Latin, “to know” the study of the origins and consequences of thoughts, memories, beliefs, perceptions, explanations, and other mental processes

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Cognitive

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Characteristic ways of responding to stress

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Coping

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The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self

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Denial

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Redirection of emotion to other targets

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Displacement

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An unconscious, irrational means used by the ego to defend against anxiety

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Ego Defense Mechanisms

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The outward expression or display of mood or feeling states

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Emotion

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Feelings such as happiness, anger, or grief, created by brain patterns and accompanied by bodily changes

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Emotions

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The process that initiates, directs, and sustains behavior satisfying physiological or psychological needs

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Motivation

10
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Is a relatively stable system of determining tendencies within an individual

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Personality

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Negative attitude towards others based on their gender, religions, race, or membership in a particular group

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Prejudice

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Attribution of one’s unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaviors to someone else

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Projection

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A medical doctor with a specialty in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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Psychiatrist

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and/or animals

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Pshycology

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Supplying a logical, rational, socially acceptable reason rather than the real reason for an action

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Rationalization

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A defense mechanism used to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping

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Regression

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Blocking of threatening material from consciousess

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Repression

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A phenomenon that occurs when an individual’s performance improves because of the presence of others

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Social Facilitation

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Life Events and minor hassles that exert pressure or strain

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Stress

20
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Any event capable of producing physical or emotional stress

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Stressor

21
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Redirection of emotion to culturally or socially useful purposes

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Sublimation