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What term describes the intentional injury of, or harm to, another person?

What is the term for helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires self-sacrifice?

What is the tendency to think of people as being similar to oneself even when meeting them for the first time?

What term refers to evaluations of a particular person, behavior, belief, or concept?

What theory of personality seeks to explain how we decide the specific causes of a person's behavior based on samples of their behavior?

What is the process of discharging built-up aggressive energy called?

What is message interpretation characterized by thoughtful consideration of the issues and arguments used to persuade?

What are the major traits considered in forming impressions of others?

What is the conflict that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes or thoughts?

What term describes the strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved?

What is behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure called?

What is a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people?

What is the tendency for people to feel that responsibility for acting is shared among those present?

What is behavior directed toward individuals based on their membership in a particular group?

What are perceived causes of behavior that are based on internal traits or personality factors?

What is the thwarting or blocking of some ongoing, goal-directed behavior called?

What is the tendency to over attribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and minimize situational causes?

What type of thinking occurs when group members share a strong motivation to achieve consensus, losing the ability to critically evaluate alternatives?

What phenomenon occurs when an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics?

What branch of psychology focuses on work and job-related issues, including worker motivation, satisfaction, safety, and productivity?

What term describes positive feelings for others, including liking and loving?

What is a change in behavior in response to the commands of others called?

What is a state of intense absorption in someone that includes intense physiological arousal, psychological interest, and caring for the needs of another?

What is message interpretation characterized by consideration of the source and related general information rather than the message itself?

What is a negative (or positive) evaluation of a particular group and its members called?

What term describes helping behavior?

What is the tendency to like those who like us called?

What is the tendency to attribute personal success to personal factors and failure to factors outside oneself?

What are perceived causes of behavior that are based on environmental factors?

What are the cognitive processes by which people understand and make sense of others and themselves?

What is the process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others?

What is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others?

What is a group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier?

What is the social rank held within a group called?

What is a set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a particular group and its members?

What is behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevents them from functioning in their daily lives?

What disorder is characterized by individuals showing no regard for the moral and ethical rules of society or the rights of others?

What is the occurrence of anxiety without an obvious external cause, affecting daily functioning?

What disorder is marked by inattention, impulsiveness, a low tolerance for frustration, and a great deal of inappropriate activity?

What perspective looks at the behavior itself as the problem in psychological disorders?

What disorder involves alternating between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression?

What disorder is characterized by individuals having difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are?

What perspective suggests that people's thoughts and beliefs are a central component of abnormal behavior?

What is an irresistible urge to carry out some act that seems strange or unreasonable?

What major somatoform disorder involves an actual physical disturbance, such as the inability to use a sensory organ or move an arm or a leg?

What system, devised by the American Psychiatric Association, is used by most professionals to diagnose and classify abnormal behavior?

What disorder involves a significant, selective memory loss?

What psychological dysfunctions are characterized by the separation of critical personality facets that are normally integrated?

What form of amnesia involves the individual leaving home and sometimes assuming a new identity?

What disorder is characterized by a person displaying characteristics of two or more distinct personalities?

What disorder involves the experience of long-term, persistent anxiety and worry?

What perspective emphasizes the responsibility people have for their own behavior, even when such behavior is abnormal?

What disorder is characterized by a constant fear of illness and a preoccupation with health?

What is a severe form of depression that interferes with concentration, decision making, and sociability?

What is an extended state of intense, wild elation called?

What perspective suggests that the root cause of abnormal behavior will be found in a physical examination revealing a hormonal imbalance, chemical deficiency, or brain injury?

What is an emotional disturbance that is strong enough to intrude on everyday living?

What is another term for dissociative identity disorder?

What personality disturbance is characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance?

What is a persistent, unwanted thought or idea that keeps recurring?

What disorder is characterized by obsessions or compulsions?

What anxiety disorder takes the form of panic attacks lasting from a few seconds to as long as several hours?

What disorder is characterized by a set of inflexible, maladaptive behavior patterns that keep a person from functioning appropriately in society?

What are intense, irrational fears of specific objects or situations called?

What perspective suggests that abnormal behavior stems from childhood conflicts over opposing wishes regarding sex and aggression?

What class of disorders involves severe distortion of reality?

What perspective assumes that people's behavior is shaped by the kind of family group, society, and culture in which they live?

What are psychological difficulties that take on a physical form, but for which there is no medical cause?

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