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| set of expectations defined by particular society of appropriate behaviors for male and female |
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mental framework that organizes/guides child's understanding of info related to that gender |
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personality- degree of aggressiveness, self esteem, communcation skills cognitive- minimal differences |
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| sexual response phases- excitement phase |
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arousing stimulus begins sequence that prepares genitals or intercourse |
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| sexual response phases- plateau phase- |
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| maximum level of arousal attained, genitals swell with blood, body prepares for orgasm |
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| sexual response phases- orgasm |
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| rhythmic muscle contractions occur in genitals |
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| sexual response phases- resolution stage |
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| follows orgasm, when body returns to normal state |
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| sexual response phases- refractory period |
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| period of time after sex in which the male cannot be aroused again |
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| feeling of dissatisfaction with your life in the face of physical aging |
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| people begin to question their lives during early 40s as the idea that their life will end becomes prominent |
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| divation from average (stats), deviation from ideal (majority), personal disconformities, inability to function effectively (society), legal concept |
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| models of abnormality- medical |
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| symptoms of abnormal behavior are rooted by psychological factors |
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| models of abnormality- psychoanalytic |
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| abnormal behavior is caused by wishes for sex and aggression |
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| models of abnormality- behavioral |
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| abnormal behavior is a learned response |
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| models of abnormality- cognitive |
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| cognitions are central to person's abnormal behavior |
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models of abnormality- humanistic |
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| people are responsible for their own behavior, abnormal or not |
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| models of abnormality- sociocultural |
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behavior is shaped by type of family, community raised in |
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clinical (depression, schizophrenia) developmental/personality (autism, retardation; paranoia, antisocial) physical (brain injury) psychosocial stressors (life events) highest level (rates level of function) |
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| occurs without external justification, affects daily life |
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| psychological problems that take on physical form, no medical cause |
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| constant fear of illness and preoccupation with health |
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actual physical disturbance (can't move a limb) whose cause is purely psychological |
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| separation of critical parts of personality that usually work together to keep bad thoughts from reaching conscious awareness |
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| dissociative personality disorder |
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| multiple personality- possessing 2 or more distinct personalities |
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| class of disorders in which severe distortion of reality takes place |
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| symptoms occur at early age, suddenly and subtly |
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| symptoms occur suddenly and conspicuously |
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| disorganized schizophrenia |
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| inappropriate laughter, infantile behavior |
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| delusions and hallucinations of persecution or greatness, loss of judgement, unpredictable behavior |
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| either uncontrollable spazzmatic movement or frozen in one position for hours or days |
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| undifferentiated schizophrenia |
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| mixture of major symptoms, doesn't fit in any category |
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| major signs of schizophrenia followed by a serious episode |
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| characterized by inflexible, maladaptive personality traits that don't let a person behave normal for society |
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doesn't care about others morals/ethics or rights of others |
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| borderline personality disorder |
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| difficulty in developing secure sense of who you are |
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| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder- marked by inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration, inappropriate activity |
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