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| habituation | |
| The decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus (Ch. 12) | |
| hair cells | |
| Tiny cells covering the basilar membrane that, when bent by vibrations entering the cochlea, transmit neural messages to the brain (Ch. 4) | |
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| A drug that is capable of producing hallucinations, or changes in the perceptual process (Ch. 5) | |
| halo effect | |
| A phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics (Ch. 18) | |
| hardiness | |
| A personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness, consisting of three components: commitment, challenge, and control (Ch. 15) | |
| health psychology | |
| The area of applied psychology that investigates the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems (Ch. 15) | |
| hemispheres | |
| Two symmetrical left and right halves of the brain that control the side of the body opposite to their location (Ch. 3) | |
| heritability | |
| A measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic, inherited factors (Ch. 9) | |
| heterosexuality | |
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Sexual attraction and behavior directed to the opposite sex, consists of far more than male-female intercourse (Ch. 11) |
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| heuristic |
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| A rule of thumb or mental shortcut that may lead to a solution (Ch. 8) | |
| histogram | |
| Bar graph (App.) | |
| homeostasis | |
| The process by which an organism strives to maintain some optimal level of internal biological functioning by compensating for deviations from its usual, balanced internal state (Ch. 10) | |
| homosexuals | |
| Persons who are sexually attracted to members of their own sex (Ch. 11) | |
| hormones
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| Chemicals that circulate through the blood and affect the functioning or growth of other parts of the body (Ch. 3) | |
| humanistic approaches to personality | |
| The theory that emphasizes people’s basic goodness and their tendency to grow to higher levels of functioning (Ch. 14) | |
| humanistic model of abnormality | |
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The model that emphasizes the control and responsibility that people have for their own behavior, even when such behavior is abnormal (Ch. 16) |
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| humanistic perspective | |
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The psychological model that suggests that people are in control of their lives (Ch. 1) |
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| humanistic therapy | |
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Therapy in which the underlying assumption is that people have control of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for solving their own problems (Ch. 17) |
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| hypnosis | |
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A state of heightened susceptibility to the suggestions of others (Ch. 5) |
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| hypothalamus |
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A tiny part of the brain, located below the thalamus of the brain, that maintains homeostasis and produces and regulates vital, basic behavior such as eating, drinking, and sexual behavior (Ch. 3) |
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| hypothesis | |
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A prediction, stemming from a theory, stated in a way that allows it to be tested (Ch. 2) |
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