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TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR. OBJECTIVES. To learn terminology related to human behavior – normal and abnormal. PERCEPTION. Awareness , how individual looks at information and sees it. CRITICAL THINKING.
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OBJECTIVES • To learn terminology related to human behavior – normal and abnormal
PERCEPTION • Awareness, how individual looks at information and sees it.
CRITICAL THINKING • The constant practice of considering all aspects of a situation when deciding what to believe or what to do.
EMPATHY • Sensitivity to the individual needs and reactions of a patient
REFLECTION • The process of considering new information and accepting it to create new ways of examining information
AGGRESSION • A forceful action or procedure intended to dominate; hostile
COMFORT ZONE • A place in the mind where an individual feels safe and comfortable
CONGRUENT • Being in agreement, harmony or correspondence
FEEDBACK • The transmission of evaluative or corrective information to the original source
PARAPHRASING • To express an idea in different wording in effort to clarify the meaning.
SARCASM • A sharp and often satirical response or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
ARTICULATION • To speak clearly
PRIORITIZE • To arrange in order of importance
STEREOTYPE • Something comforting to a fixed or general pattern; a standardized mental picture; prejudice attitude or judgment
PREJUDICE • Preconceived judgment or opinion
DISCRIMINATORY • To set someone apart or act with prejudice against a group
ALLOCATING • Apportioning for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things.
ADVOCATE • One who pleads the cause for another
ANNOTATION • A note added by way of comment or explanation.
ABSOLUTE • Without condition; unrestricted
FIDELITY • Faithfulness to something to which someone is bound by pledge or duty.
DUTY • Obligatory tasks, conduct, service that arise from one’s position
EUTHANASIA • The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick individuals for reason of mercy.
OPINION • A formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert;
SOCIOLOGICAL • Oriented or directed toward social needs and problems
RECTIFY • To correct by removing errors
PERTINENT • Having a clear, decisive relevance to the matter at hand
ETHICS • Principles and guides for moral behavior
ALLEGED • Asserted or declared without proof
CULTURE • Ideas and customs of a group of people
BEHAVIOR • The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, esp. toward others: