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| the process of considering alternatives and choosing among them |
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| thoughts and actions required to achieve a desired goal that is not readily attainable. |
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| an approach to problem solving in which one solution after another is tried in no particular order until an answer is found |
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| the meaning or the study of meaning derived from morphemes, words, and sentences. |
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| the ability to produce original, appropriate, and valuable ideas and/or solutions to problems. |
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| the realization that objects continue to exist, even when they can no longer be perceived. |
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| Erikson's eight developmental stages for the entire life span; each is defined by a conflict that must be resolved satisfactorily in order for healthy personality development to occur. |
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| a period so important to development that a harmful environmental influence at that time can keep a bodily structure from developing normally or can impair later intellectual or social development |
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| a person's behavioral style or characteristic way of responding to the environment. |
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| the developmental stage that begins at puberty and encompasses the period from the end of childhood to the beginning of adulthood. |
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| the principle that performance on tasks is best when the arousal level is appropriate to the difficulty of the task- higher arousal for simple tasks, moderate arousal for tasks of moderate difficulty, and lower arousal for complex tasks. |
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| the weight the body normally maintains when one is trying neither to gain nor to lose weight; if weight falls below the normal level, appetite increases and metabolic rate decreases; if weight is gained, appetite decreases and metabolic rate increases to its original level. |
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| an eating disorder characterized by an overwhelming, irrational fear of being fat, compulsive dieting to the point of self-starvation, and excessive weight loss. |
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| an eating disorder characterized by repeated and uncontrlled episodes of binge eating, usually followed by purging- that is, self-induced vomiting and/or the use of large quantities of laxitives and diuretics. |
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facial-feedback hypothesis
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| the idea that the muscular movements involved in certain facial expressions trigger the corresponding emotions (for example, smiling makes one feel happy). |
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