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| The idea that behavior is problematic or not problematic depending on the environment in which it occurs. |
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| The shared behavioral patterns and lifestyles that differentiate one group of people from another. |
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| The abnormal behaviors that are specific to a particular location or group. |
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| Conduc that is inconsistent with the individual's developmental,cultural, and societal norms; creates emotional distress; or interferes with daily functioning. |
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| An approach to understanding behavior that considers ir from a quantitative perspective. not a qualitative perspective. |
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| the process in which a circular instrument was used to cut away sections of the skull, possibly in an attemtpt to release demons from the brain. |
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| A situation in which a group of people share and sometimes even act upon a belief that is not based in fact. |
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| the automatic mimicry and synchronization of expressions, vocalizations, posture, and movemtns of one person by another. |
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| forece that Mesmer believed flowed within the body and when impeded, resulted in disease |
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| a conditon in which symptoms of illness diminish or disappear not because of any specific treatment but because the patient believes that a treatment is effective. |
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Kraepelin's name for a psychological disorder characterized by deterioration of mental faculties.
A.K.A schizophrenia. |
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| therapy in the form of disccussion of psychological distress with a trained professional, leading to the eliminations of distressing symptoms. |
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| theory of abnormal behavior originated by Sigmund Freud that was based on the belief that many aspects of behavior were controlled by unconcious innate biological urges that existed from infancy. |
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| a form of learning in whcih a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus to produce a conditioned response |
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| the theory that the only appropriate objects of scientific study are behaviors that can be observed and measured directly |
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