| A | B |
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| mental health | the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life |
| hierarchy of needs | 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 |
| compassion | a trait that you can express when you understand the needs of others |
| self-actualization | the striving to become the best you can be |
| abstinence | the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex |
| personality | a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique |
| modeling | observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you |
| personal identitiy | your sense of yourself as a unique individual |
| development assets | e the building blocks of development that help young people grow up as healthy, caring, and responsible individuals |
| constructive criticism | nonhostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement |
| emotions | signals that tell your mind and body how to react |
| hormone | a chemical secreted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells |
| empathy | the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels |
| phobia | an exaggerated fear |
| hostility | the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior |
| defense mechanisms | mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations |
| supression | conscious, intentional pushing of unpleasantness from one’s mind |
| projection | attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group |
| rationalization | making excuses to explain a situation or behavior rather than directly taking responsibility for it |
| repression | involuntary pushing of unpleasant feelings out of conscious thought |
