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what is the availability heuristic
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when we estimate how likely an event is to happen, we base it on the ease of bringing specific examples to mind. the easier it is to bring it to mind, the more likely we think it is.
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the availability heiristic can explaim fears of ____
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planes and sharks
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wmotional memories are particularly ____ for availibility heuristic
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emotional
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Decks in class (188)
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CHAPTER 1.3: Early Influences23
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CHAPTER 1.4: Influences From Medicine17
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CHAPTER 1.5: Establishing a Science19
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CHAPTER 1.6: Behaviourism6
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CHAPTER 1.7: Beyond Behaviourism7
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CHAPTER 1.8: The Cognitive Revolution7
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CHAPTER 2.1; Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research17
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CHAPTER 2.2: Sources of Bias9
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CHAPTER 2.3: Reducing Bias9
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CHAPTER 2.4: Descriptive Research7
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CHAPTER 2.5: Correlational Research6
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CHAPTER 2.6: Experimental Research15
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CHAPTER 2.8: Research Ethics12
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CHAPTER 2.9: Basic Statistics9
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CHAPTER 2.10: Hypothesis Testing5
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CHAPTER 3.1: Biological Psychology6
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CHAPTER 3.2: Studying Genetic Influences8
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CHAPTER 3.3: Nature and Nurture3
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CHAPTER 3.4: Evolutionary Psychology6
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CHAPTER 3.5: Neurons20
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CHAPTER 3.6: Brain Cells - Glia7
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CHAPTER 3.7: Communication Within Neurons13
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CHAPTER 3.8: Communication Between Neurons17
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CHAPTER 3.9: Divisions of the Nervous System10
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CHAPTER 3.10: Hindbrain and Midbrain10
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CHAPTER 3.11: Forebrain14
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CHAPTER 3.12: The Cortex14
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CHAPTER 3.13: Hemispheric Specialization12
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CHAPTER 3.14: Studying Structure and Function9
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CHAPTER 3.15: Studying Causality5
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CHAPTER 4.1: Sensation and Perception10
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CHAPTER 4.2: Signal Detection Theory8
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CHAPTER 4.3: Gestalt Principles8
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CHAPTER 4.4: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing2
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CHAPTER 4.5: Attention5
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CHAPTER 4.6: Light and the Eye14
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CHAPTER 4.7: Cells of the Retina10
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CHAPTER 4.8: Trichromatic Theory6
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CHAPTER 4.9: Mono to Tetra7
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CHAPTER 4.10: Opponent Process Theory13
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CHAPTER 4.11: Lateral Inhibition4
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CHAPTER 4.12: The Visual Pathway13
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CHAPTER 4.13: Face Processing8
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CHAPTER 4.14: Perceptual Constancy3
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CHAPTER 4.15: Colour and Lightness Constancy4
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CHAPTER 4.16: Interacting with the World3
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CHAPTER 4.17: Depth Perception12
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CHAPTER 4.19: Sound and the Ear8
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CHAPTER 4.20: Place Theory of Hearing5
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CHAPTER 4.21: Frequency Theory6
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CHAPTER 4.22: Auditory Pathway7
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CHAPTER 4.23: Sound Localization5
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CHAPTER 4.24: Multimodal Integration3
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CHAPTER 4.25: Skin and Touch6
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CHAPTER 4.26: Touch Sensitivity and Perception6
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CHAPTER 4.27: Proprioception and Kinisthesis3
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CHAPTER 4.28: Pain Perception7
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CHAPTER 4.29: Gustatory System; Taste9
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CHAPTER 4.30: Olfactory System; Smell9
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CHAPTER 5.1: Conciousness2
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CHAPTER 5.2: Sleep7
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CHAPTER 5.3: Sleep Stages27
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CHAPTER 5.4: Sleep Deprivation6
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CHAPTER 5.5: Dreaming6
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CHAPTER 5.6: Disorders of Sleep14
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CHAPTER 5.7: Hypnosis8
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CHAPTER 5.8: Mind-Wandering5
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CHAPTER 5.9: Disorders of Conciousness3
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CHAPTER 5.10: Persistent Vegatative States3
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CHAPTER 5.11: Approaching Normal Conciousness4
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CHAPTER 5.12: Short Term Drug Effects3
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CHAPTER 5.13: Long Term Drug Effects8
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CHAPTER 5.14: Stimulants8
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CHAPTER 5.15: Hallucinogens7
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CHAPTER 5.16: Opiates7
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CHAPTER 5.17: Sedatives5
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CHAPTER 5.18: Alcohol6
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CHAPTER 5.19: Marijuana8
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CHAPTER 6.1: Learning8
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CHAPTER 6.2: Features of Classical Conditioning5
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CHAPTER 6.3: Learning Shaped by Evolution3
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CHAPTER 6.4: Higher Order Classical Conditioning3
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CHAPTER 6.5: Conditioning Emotions9
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CHAPTER 6.6: Operant Conditioning10
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CHAPTER 6.7: Types of Reinforcement and Punishment9
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CHAPTER 6.8: The Limits of Punishment5
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CHAPTER 6.9: Discrimination and Generalization in Operant Conditioning4
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CHAPTER 6.10: Applications of Operant Conditioning4
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CHAPTER 6.11: Fixed Schedules of Reinforcement6
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CHAPTER 6.12: Variable Schedules of Reinforcement4
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CHAPTER 6.13: Superstitions3
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CHAPTER 6.14: Learning Without Reinforcement4
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CHAPTER 6.15: Risks of Observational Learning5
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CHAPTER 6.16: Neural Mechanisms of Social Learning2
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CHAPTER 7.1: Memory12
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CHAPTER 7.2: Short Term Memory5
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CHAPTER 7.3: Long Term Memory5
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CHAPTER 7.4: Serial Position Effect8
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CHAPTER 7.5: Working Memory13
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CHAPTER 7.6: Elaborating on LTM10
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CHAPTER 7.8 Memory and the Brain12
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CHAPTER 7.9: Encoding11
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CHAPTER 7.10: Retrieval10
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CHAPTER 7.11: Combating Forgetting8
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CHAPTER 7.12: Improving Studying7
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CHAPTER 7.14: The Role of Schemas9
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CHAPTER 7.15: The Fallability of Memory7
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CHAPTER 7.16: Familiarity vs Source Memory5
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CHAPTER 7.17: Eyewitness Testimony9
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CHAPTER 8.1: Thought and Language7
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CHAPTER 8.2: Organizing Thought6
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CHAPTER 8.3: Language and Thought4
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CHAPTER 8.4: Problem Solving5
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CHAPTER 8.5: Representative Heuristic4
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CHAPTER 8.8: Availability Heuristic3
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CHAPTER 8.9: The Influence of Framing3
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CHAPTER 8.10: Staying in our Ideological Bubble3
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CHAPTER 8.11: Language5
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CHAPTER 8.12: Morphemes to Semantics3
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CHAPTER 8.13: Syntax5
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CHAPTER 8.14: Pragmatics2
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CHAPTER 8.15: Language and the Brain4
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CHAPTER 8.16: Language Development13
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CHAPTER 8.17: Language Acquisition2
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CHAPTER 8.18: Learning Multiple Languages2
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CHAPTER 8.19: Theories of Language Acquisition5
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CHAPTER 8.20: Is Language Unique?4
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CHAPTER 8.21: Beyond Apes4
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CHAPTER 9.1: Intelligence Testing10
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CHAPTER 9.2: Wechsler Scale and Raven’s Matrices12
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CHAPTER 9.3: A Racist History5
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CHAPTER 9.4: Is Intelligence Changable?8
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CHAPTER 9.5: The Philosophy of Intelligence3
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CHAPTER 9.6: Multiple Intelligences8
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CHAPTER 9.7: Intelligence and the Brain5
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CHAPTER 9.8: Sex Differences3
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CHAPTER 9.9: Intelligence and Brain Injury6
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CHAPTER 9.10: Genetics of Intelligence3
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CHAPTER 9.11: The Role of the Environment9
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CHAPTER 9.13: Nature and Nurture1
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CHAPTER 10.1: Lifespan Development6
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CHAPTER 10.2: Prenatal Development11
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CHAPTER 10.3: Auditory and Visual Development8
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CHAPTER 10.4: Smell, Taste and Touch6
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CHAPTER 10.5: Motor and Brain Development13
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CHAPTER 10.6: Cognitive Development7
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CHAPTER 10.7: Preoperational Stage1
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CHAPTER 10.8: Concrete and Formal Operational Stages4
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CHAPTER 10.9: Evaluating Piaget11
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CHAPTER 10.10 Attachment5
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CHAPTER 10.11: Prosocial Behaviour6
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CHAPTER 10.12: From Self to Other13
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CHAPTER 10.13: Adolescence and Self Control6
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CHAPTER 10.14: Adolescent Social and Cognitive Development8
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CHAPTER 10.15: Moral Development10
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CHAPTER 10.16: Adult Development10
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CHAPTER 10.17: Cognition and Aging8
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CHAPTER 11.1: Motivation and Emotion4
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CHAPTER 11.2: Hunger8
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CHAPTER 11.3: Attention and Social Influences5
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CHAPTER 11.4: Problematic Eating3
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CHAPTER 11.5: Sexual Motivation3
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CHAPTER 11.6: Studying Sex9
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CHAPTER 11.7: Sexual Orientation9
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CHAPTER 11.8: Transgender and Intersex4
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CHAPTER 11.9: Belongness and Love6
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CHAPTER 11.10: Achievement Motivation10
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CHAPTER 11.11: Emotion7
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CHAPTER 11.12: Theories of Emotion8
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CHAPTER 11.13: Emotions and Culture5
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CHAPTER 11.14: Concealng Emotions2
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CHAPTER 12.1: Personality4
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CHAPTER 12.2: Psychodynamic Approaches11
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CHAPTER 12.3: Defense Mechanisms7
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CHAPTER 12.4: Beyond Freud8
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CHAPTER 12.5: Humanism5
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CHAPTER 12.6: Traits and Factors10
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CHAPTER 12.7: Predicting Personalities4
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CHAPTER 12.8: The Darker Side of Personality9
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CHAPTER 12.9: Development of Personality6
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CHAPTER 12.10: Cultural Aspects of Personality3
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CHAPTER 12.11: Genetic Influences4
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CHAPTER 12.12: Evolution of Personality6
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CHAPTER 12.13: Personality and Brain6
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CHAPTER 13.1: Social Psychology4
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CHAPTER 13.2: Working in Groups8
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CHAPTER 13.3: Conformity6
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CHAPTER 13.4: The Perils of Groups5
