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| 14014853915 | free association | in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing | 0 | |
| 14014865109 | constructive memory | the act of remembering construed in terms of making inferences about the past, based on what is currently known and accessible | 1 | |
| 14014878094 | psychopharmacology | the use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders | 2 | |
| 14014887802 | mood-congruent memory | A memory process that selectively retrieves memories that match one's mood. | 3 | |
| 14014900056 | Resistance | in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material | 4 | |
| 14014907427 | dopamine hypothesis | the idea that schizophrenia involves an excess of dopamine activity | 5 | |
| 14014913248 | systematic desensitization | A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias. | 6 | |
| 14014922889 | autonomic nervous system | A subdivision of the peripheral nervous system. Controls involuntary activity of visceral muscles and internal organs and glands. | 7 | |
| 14014930260 | token economy | a form of behavior therapy in which clients are given "tokens" for desired behaviors, which they can later trade for rewards | 8 | |
| 14014949134 | did | a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities | 9 | |
| 14014955096 | Transference | in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent) | 10 | |
| 14014970761 | antisocial personality disorder | a personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members; may be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist | 11 | |
| 14014980745 | Schizophrenia | a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression | 12 | |
| 14014987265 | ECT | electroconvulsive therapy; a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient | 13 | |
| 14014998927 | major depressive disorder | a mood disorder in which a person, for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities | 14 |