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Chapter 7 Vocabulary
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Health Care
10th Grade
03/16/2014

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mental/emotional health
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the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life
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hierarchy of needs
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a ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need for reaching your highest potential
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self-actualization
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the striving to become the best you can be
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personality
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a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique
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modeling
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observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you
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personal identity
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your sense of yourself as a unique individual
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developmental assets
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the building blocks of development that help young people grow up as healthy, caring, and responsible individuals
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constructive criticism
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nonhostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement
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emotions
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signals that tell your mind and body how to react
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horomone
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a chemical sereted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells
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empathy
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the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
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hostility
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the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior
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defense mechanisms
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mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations
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suppression
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holding back or restraining
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